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$25,000 Bloomberg Arts Grant Will Create Safer City Streets
The City of Rockville is among 25 cities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, chosen from an extensive pool of 200 applicants, that have been awarded Asphalt Art Initiative grants through Bloomberg Philanthropies. In collaboration with VisArts, the city will use the $25,000 Bloomberg grant to integrate artistic elements and asphalt art into a broader…
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Rockville Holiday Drive Continues into Gift-Giving Season
Donations are being accepted for the 2023 Holiday Drive, Rockville’s annual push to help the community’s hundreds of children and families in need during the holiday and gift-giving season. In what has become an annual tradition, businesses, individuals, civic groups, schools, foundations and the faith community, as well as individuals, contribute time and resources to…
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Zoning Update to Include Diagnostic Report as Guide
Rockville’s zoning laws will be evaluated as a first step for the Zoning Ordinance Rewrite. The comprehensive rewrite of the city’s zoning ordinance — chapter 25 of city code — aims to modernize the laws to meet the changing living, working and recreation trends of Rockville’s residents in the 21st century.
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Mayor and Council Name Acting City Manager
The outgoing Mayor and Council on Nov. 15 appointed Craig L. Simoneau as Rockville’s acting city manager. Mayor Monique Ashton announced the appointment at the first meeting of the new Mayor and Council on Nov. 20. The Mayor and Council are conducting a national search for a new city manager. Immediately before arriving…
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Rockville Certifies 2023 Vote-by-Mail Election Results
Votes cast in the City of Rockville’s 2023 vote-by-mail election have been certified by the city’s Board of Supervisors of Elections. In addition to 12,637 ballots cast on Election Day, 133 provisional ballots were tallied, for a total of 12,770 votes. The number of votes cast in the 2023 vote-by-mail election increased 3.9% over 2019’s…
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Statement from the Mayor and Council on the City of Rockville 2023 Election
The Mayor and Council today issued the following statement: “The City of Rockville would like to thank the members of the Board of Supervisors of Elections (BSE), City and Montgomery County staff members, and the volunteer election workers and judges for their efforts in ensuring that the City’s November 7, 2023, general election was fair…
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Voters Elect Monique Ashton as Rockville Mayor
Fulton, Van Grack, Shaw, Myles, Jackson and Valeri Elected to Council Seats Rockville voters elected Monique Ashton mayor with 7,190 votes, or 58.71% of the total, according to unofficial results in the City of Rockville’s vote-by-mail election, which were announced early today. Six councilmembers were also elected: Kate Fulton; Adam Van Grack; Izola (Zola) Shaw;…
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Open Houses on the Future of the American Legion Bridge and Interstate 495/270 Corridor
The Maryland Department of Transportation will host a series of open houses, including one in Rockville, to engage the public about improvements to the Interstate 495/270 corridor from the American Legion Bridge to Frederick. The open houses will solicit input about improvements for the entire corridor. Topics include transit and ridesharing, transit-oriented development, a phased…