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Marylou Berg, Communication Manager, 240-314-8105
    

Rockville City Hall to Close Jan. 19 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
No Recycling or Refuse Collection
 
ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 13 - Rockville City Hall and many City facilities and programs will be closed or operate on a limited schedule on Monday, Jan. 19, in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
 
Parking is free in Town Square garages and at on-street parking meters all day.
 
The City will not collect recycling, refuse or yard waste on Monday, Jan. 19. Residents with twice-per-week collection should hold their items until their next regularly scheduled collection day. Residents with once-per-week collection will have their collection shifted to the following day.
 
Monday, Jan. 19, collections will shift to Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 21, collections will shift to Thursday. With the higher than normal traffic expected on Inauguration Day, the City will make every attempt to make collections as scheduled. If the City is unable to complete collections on Tuesday, then residents should leave items out on Wednesday. Call 240-314-8568 with questions.

Below is the status of Rockville facilities and programs for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday:

• City Hall will be closed.
• No money will be required for parking meters or in Town Square garages.
• Refuse and recycling will not be collected.
• The Rockville Senior Center will be closed. No programs, lunch, transportation or evening programs will be provided.
• Rockville Civic Center Park offices will be closed.
• Discovery Childcare, Early Risers, Enrichment Program and Kidz Clubs afterschool programs will be closed.
• All City of Rockville youth basketball team practices held in Montgomery County Public School facilities are canceled.
• The Glenview Mansion and the Glenview Mansion Art Gallery will be closed.
• The F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre Box Office will be closed.
• The Twinbrook Community Recreation Center will be open 6 a.m.-9:30p.m.
• The Lincoln Park Community Center will be open 9 a.m.-9:30 p.m.
• The Croydon Creek Nature Center will be open 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
• The Rockville Municipal Swim Center will be open.
• RedGate Municipal Golf Course will be open weather permitting.

For more information about City facilities and programs, call 240-314-5000 or visit the Web site at www.rockvillemd.gov.

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