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Redesigned and Updated Development Watch Email Launches
The city recently updated and relaunched its Development Watch newsletter, a monthly email with details on projects and new residential, office, and commercial development in the City of Rockville. The email will include: a link to a GIS map showing the newly submitted projects; plans and other information; and upcoming meeting dates when available. The…
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Students: Register Now for Diversity and Inclusion Training
The city’s Human Rights Commission will offer virtual diversity and inclusion training for students living in and attending Rockville-area high schools or Montgomery College (Rockville campus) on Saturday, Oct. 17. The dynamic, interactive online training will provide students with tools to handle difficult situations with an understanding of diverse populations. It is designed to help…
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New Sidewalks for Walking into Walktober
Two projects completed in the summer added sidewalks to busy roads in the city’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. One project installed approximately 1,700 linear feet of 5-foot-wide sidewalk, including some pervious concrete for stormwater management, to the southside of Southlawn Lane between Lofstrand Lane and East Gude Drive. Constructed at a cost of $760,000, it also…
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Volunteer for Clean Streams
City stream cleanups offer safe ways to serve your city while social distancing during the pandemic. This month, cleanups will be held 10 a.m.noon Saturday, Oct. 10 at Maryvale Park, 812 First St., and 9:30-11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24 at Twinbrook Community Recreation, 12920 Twinbrook Parkway. Cleanups will follow safety guidelines for preventing the spread…
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Help Rockville on Climate Change Action
The City of Rockville is embarking on a process to develop its first Climate Action Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare the community to adapt to a changing climate. Share your vision for the plan by taking a survey at www.rockvillemd.gov/climate. While you’re there, find details about the city’s Climate Action Plan online…
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Create with VisArts at Rockville Town Square
Bring your inner artist to Town Square on Thursday evenings through October and take part in VisArts’ outdoor CREATE art labs. CREATE labs are from 4:45-6:45 p.m. each Thursday through Oct. 22 at the square, at 131 Gibbs St. Participants must register to take part. (For more information, and to register, visit www.visartscenter.org/visarts-in-the-community/create.) All participants…
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Rockville-Pinneberg Relationship to be Formalized
For more than six decades, Pinneberg, Germany, has been a sister city to Rockville. But no official agreement to become municipal relatives appears to have been adopted. On Nov. 15, the two cities will remedy that by formally signing a sister city agreement at a virtual ceremony, 2 p.m. U.S. and 8 p.m. German time.…