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Kentlands®
— Lakelands — Gaithersburg — all Maryland 208** zip codes
Maryland
20878® magazine began as
Kentlands Dot Us
which focused on Kentlands. We rapidly acquired both readers and
contributors from Lakelands and added both the Market Square area as well as
Lakelands to our coverage areas. As we have now added Gaithersburg city news, we
have expanded.
Kentlands®
is now registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office,
owned by the Kentlands Citizens Assembly, Inc.
Kentlands is a neo-traditional, or new urbanist, community. The community design is based on the concept that the most pleasant living environments were nineteenth century villages in which homes were grouped around a town center with shops, community buildings, and schools. New urbanism has developed architectural communities going back to this design.
Lakelands is a similar, and neighboring, community built on property which was also once owned by Otis Beal Kent. Lakelands has its own distinct character. Both communities are within walking distance of restaurants, grocery stores, and shops.
Kentlands and Lakelands were built on the estate of Otis Beall Kent. His mansion is now the cultural arts center for Gaithersburg, Maryland. The barn, which is now the Arts Barn, houses a rich center for community theater and artists' workspace as well as offices and a pleasant shop selling the works of local artists. The former barn loft is now a 99-seat theater for the performing arts. Kentlands is thought to be the largest and most successful neo-traditional project in North America.
Kentlands Dot Us focuses primarily on
Kentlands, while KentLakes®
adds Lakelands, and Maryland 20878® is the over-all publication with city
news and information for the area covered by the 20877 and 20878 zip codes. We thank our readers and advertisers for their interest
which has led to our expansion.
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