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Test Your Green Thumb with a Rockville Garden Plot
Yard too small for that spring harvest you’ve always dreamed of? The City of Rockville has 159 garden plots, approximately 25-by-25 feet, available for rent at Woottons Mill Park for growing food and other plants. The cost is $80 per plot for nonresidents; Rockville residents pay $55 per plot. Registration for the garden plot program…
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Kids Can Learn to Swim — and Stay Active — at the Swim Center
Looking for a weekday afterschool activity for your kid? How about learning a life skill to get children ready for summer fun in the pool? The Rockville Swim and Fitness Center offers dozens of learn-to-swim classes to keep your children, aged 4-11, active during the winter months. Classes are available between 3:35-5:15 p.m. on Monday,…
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Certified Instructor? The Swim and Fitness Center is Hiring!
The Rockville Swim and Fitness Center is hiring part-time fitness instructors to teach classes this winter. Instructors are sought for yoga, kickboxing and Bootcamp. Ideal candidates will have availability either early mornings, weekday evenings or Saturday mornings. Instructors work about 3-4 hours a week. An additional perk offered to Rockville Swim and Fitness Center employees…
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Meet a Rockville Employee: Melinda Norton
This month, “Rockville Reports” talks with Melinda Norton, who in October became the new supervisor of the Thomas Farm Community Center at 700 Fallsgrove Road. Tell us a bit about yourself. I grew up in a small town outside of Flint, Michigan, and attended college at Central Michigan University where I earned a Bachelor of…
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City Academy Offers an Insider Look at Rockville Government
Free, 6-Session Program Begins March 27 The Rockville City Academy returns this spring with a new opportunity to learn about the City of Rockville. The free, six-session program begins Wednesday, March 27 with presentations from staff leaders who oversee the city’s daily operations. Topics will include: • Rockville’s form of government and how to be…
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More News, More Often, On YouTube …
Now on Rockville 11’s YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/cityofrockville): Take a look back at Rockville 11’s best of 2018, including a new elementary school named for a civil rights activist, Rockville’s own ninja warrior, the world championship Wizards.exe robotics team, a new police chief, a look at why a longtime resident and her famous son chose to…
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Procurement Division Presents Annual Report
The City of Rockville’s Procurement Division presented its Fiscal Year 2018 annual report in November to the Mayor and Council, the fourth since the Mayor and Council requested a yearly accounting of the city’s purchasing in 2014. The Procurement Division is responsible for the acquisition of goods and services for City of Rockville operations. The…
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Say ‘Yes, Please!’ for Free Trees This Spring
The City of Rockville plans to mark Earth Month in April by giving away 300 trees to celebrate its 30th consecutive year receiving a Tree City USA designation from the National Arbor Day Foundation. The “300 for the 30th” giveaway will be from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, April 6 at the Rockville Senior Center, 1150…