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Month of Outreach Highlights Importance of Building Safety Codes
May is Building Safety Month, and this year’s theme is “Code Officials — Community Safety and Economic Growth.” “Building Safety Month is a public awareness campaign to help individuals, families and businesses understand what it takes to create safe and sustainable structures,” according to the International Code Council, which founded the monthlong outreach program. “The…
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Month of Outreach Highlights Importance of Building Safety Codes
May is Building Safety Month, and this year’s theme is “Code Officials — Community Safety and Economic Growth.” “Building Safety Month is a public awareness campaign to help individuals, families and businesses understand what it takes to create safe and sustainable structures,” according to the International Code Council, which founded the monthlong outreach program. “The…
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Big Trucks, Coloring Books and Kids at the Public Works Week Equipment Show
Display to Celebrate the Theme of ‘Public Works Connects Us’ Rockville will join the American Public Works Association to celebrate National Public Works Week from Monday, May 22-Friday, May 26. The highlight of the week will be the annual Equipment Show from 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 25 at the outdoor pool parking lot of…
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Julius West Middle School’s New Addition
Rockville’s Mayor and Council and members of the Montgomery County Board of Education toured in April a new addition to Julius West Middle School that includes new athletic fields, classrooms, faculty rooms, a gym, a café and recreation areas, and safer vehicle and pedestrian access. The Mayor and Council partnered with MCPS to advocate for…
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A Vision of Safer Streets for All
Vision Zero Aims to Eliminate Traffic-Related Deaths Rockville and Montgomery County are taking steps toward Vision Zero, an initiative with the goal of eliminating traffic-related deaths and serious injuries by designing safer streets, improving traffic law enforcement and increasing public education and outreach.
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Bike to the Future
Mayor and Council Approve Vision for the Next Decade of Bicycling in Rockville The Mayor and Council on April 3 approved an update to the Rockville Bikeway Master Plan that seeks to guide planning of bicycle infrastructure over the next decade. As part of the city’s Comprehensive Master Plan, the plan establishes a vision of…
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Rockville Police to Participate in National Police Week
The Mayor and Council are scheduled to issue a proclamation on May 1 declaring the week of May 14-20 as National Police Week in Rockville. National Police Week honors law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. As in past years, Rockville police will participate in events throughout the week,…
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Rockville Police to Participate in National Police Week
The Mayor and Council are scheduled to issue a proclamation on May 1 declaring the week of May 14-20 as National Police Week in Rockville. National Police Week honors law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. As in past years, Rockville police will participate in events throughout the week,…