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Budget Watch: Fiscal Year 2024
Rockville’s Mayor and Council continue budget deliberations this month with a public hearing and work sessions focused on crafting a Fiscal Year 2024 budget that outlines the city’s priorities. City Manager Rob DiSpirito was scheduled to present the Mayor and Council with a FY 2024 budget proposal on Feb. 27 that focuses on Mayor and…
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Rockville Revels in the Year of the Rabbit
The City of Rockville and the city’s Asian Pacific American Task Force hosted the annual Lunar New Year celebration Jan. 28 at Thomas S. Wootton High School. The celebration marked 4721, the Year of the Rabbit on the Chinese zodiac calendar, with interactive displays and multicultural performances from a variety of performance groups, including XiaoRong…
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City Begins Development of 10-Year Plan to Update Historic Preservation Initiatives
Rockville is developing a Historic Preservation Work Plan, a 10-year program that lays out a series of recommendations to assess and update the city’s historic preservation program. The plan, which will be open to public input during its development, will be the first step in updating how the city approaches preserving its history.
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Rake Away: Spring Leaf Collection in April
The city will vacuum leaves from neighborhood curbs from April 3-14 in five collection areas throughout Rockville. An interactive map at www.rockvillemd.gov/leafcollection allows residents to input their address and learn when their leaves will be collected. Unlike the fall leaf collection, which has two collection rounds, city crews make only one pass to collect leaves…
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Meet a Rockville Employee: Jane Lyons-Raeder
Jane Lyons-Raeder joined Rockville’s Department of Community Planning and Development Services in September. We asked her a few questions to introduce her to the community. What did you do before joining the city?I was the Maryland Advocacy Manager for the Coalition for Smarter Growth. There, I led advocacy campaigns around affordable housing, public transit and…
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Rockville Ranked Eighth Most Ethnically Diverse City in U.S.
According to a Recent Diversity Study By WalletHub Rockville has been ranked eighth overall and fourth among small cities in the United States for its ethnic diversity, once again placing highly in an annual WalletHub study. More than one-third of Rockville’s 67,117 residents were born outside of the U.S.Rockville and three other Montgomery County cities,…
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Earth Month for Early Birds (and Bees and Flowers and Trees)
Earth Day is Saturday, April 22, but Rockville celebrates Earth Month throughout the spring, including these events budding in March, blooming in April and fully flowering in May: Saturday, March 25: Earth Hour. 8:30-9:30 p.m. Click here to learn more. Tuesday, March 28-Wednesday, March 29: Montgomery County Energy Summit. Silver Spring. Learn more at mcenergysummit.org.…
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Go Green and Save Green With Permit Fee Waivers This April
Rockville to Waive Fees for Select Home Improvement Permits During Earth Month The City of Rockville will mark Earth Month in April by waiving permit fees for certain environmentally friendly home improvements. The city will waive all fees assessed by Rockville’s Inspection Services Division that are directly associated with the residential installation of solar photovoltaic…