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Fall for a More Sustainable Lawn and Garden with These Tips
Fall is the perfect season to take environmentally friendly steps for healthier, more sustainable gardens and lawns. Fall Wildlife GardeningHelp pollinators, birds and other wildlife thrive by leaving flower stalks and seeds over the winter. Plant goldenrod, asters and other native plants that bloom in fall. Use fall leaves as mulch in your garden beds.…
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City Police Achieve Accreditation for 10th Time
The Rockville City Police Department has once again been reaccredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. Accreditation is earned through a rigorous and comprehensive review of professional standards in law enforcement. RCPD has been an accredited law enforcement agency since 1994. This is RCPD’s 10th consecutive accreditation cycle. During the recent four-year…
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Mayor and Council to Hold Public Hearing on Community Development Block Grant Funds Needs
The Mayor and Council will hold a public hearing during their Monday. Sept. 9 meeting on housing and community development needs for Community Development Block Grant funding in Fiscal Year 2026.Testimony from the hearing will be used by the Mayor and Council to determine funding decisions. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. CDBG are federal…
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Painting the Plow to Prevent Pollution
Campers in Croydon Creek Nature Center’s Conservation Service Learning program in July designed and painted an environmentally friendly message on a snowplow blade used by Department of Public Works trucks. The “Don’t Be Salty, Save Our Streams” message seeks to spread the word about protecting our wildlife and environment by using less salt to treat…
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Grants and Rebates Aid Energy-Efficient Lighting Upgrades at City Facilities
A state grant is helping Rockville meet the goals of its Climate Action Plan with funding to convert city facilities to LED lighting. Upgrades are in progress at the Rockville Senior Center and Twinbrook Community Recreation Center using grants from the Maryland Energy Administration’s Maryland Smart Energy Communities program, and rebates from Pepco’s Energy Savings…
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Free Trees, If You Please
Rockville’s annual Fall Tree Giveaway will open for online registration at 7 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3 at www.rockvillemd.gov/treegiveaway. Registrants will be able to pick up their trees from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 28, at the Rockville Senior Center, 1150 Carnation Drive. Trees will be available to City of Rockville residents only. Preregistration is required. Limit…
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Summer of Safety: Advancing Vision Zero Projects for Rockville Roadways
Rockville advanced several Vision Zero projects this summer, including a study of potential safety improvements to Mannakee Street, construction of a sidewalk along West Gude Drive and a shared-use path along Scott and Veirs drives. The projects are part of the city’s Vision Zero Action Plan to eliminate traffic-related deaths and serious injuries. In July,…
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Fall Outreach Coming for Zoning Ordinance Update
Public outreach will begin this fall on an update to the zoning ordinance. Public outreach meetings will be held to present the zoning diagnostic report and calibration tables for the project. Among recommendations outlined in the report is an emphasis on the need for a streamlined development review process and clearer, more understandable language in…
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September Will Turn Purple for Opioid Awareness
In their ongoing effort to bring awareness to the national impact of opioid addiction and signal hope for recovery, Rockville’s Mayor and Council will proclaim September as National Recovery Month. Rockville Goes Purple is a campaign, alongside the city’s county and state partners, that seeks to shine a spotlight on the national impact of opioid…