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Day: January 27, 2017

New GIS Web Map Speeds Data Discovery

A new geographic information system map on the city’s website incorporates property data with City of Rockville services and administrative data to provide one stop for a variety of information.

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One Year, 65 Rockville Parks

When it comes to love for Rockville’s parks and open spaces, it’s hard to top the Downs family. Melissa and Tony Downs, and daughters Madelyn and Alyson, made it their mission in 2016 to visit each one of the city’s 65 parks. To help track their adventures, Melissa Downs developed

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Open Houses Set for Bus
Rapid Transit Options

The Maryland Department of Transportation has partnered with the Montgomery County Department of Transportation to hold two public open houses on alternatives for a bus rapid transportation system being studied for MD Route 355. Bus rapid transit, or BRT, is a transit system that uses buses primarily in dedicated lanes

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Open Houses Set for Bus Rapid Transit Options

The Maryland Department of Transportation has partnered with the Montgomery County Department of Transportation to hold two public open houses on alternatives for a bus rapid transportation system being studied for MD Route 355. Bus rapid transit, or BRT, is a transit system that uses buses primarily in dedicated lanes

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It Takes a Village (Facilitator)

The Senior Center has hired a former community liaison to fill a new city position to advocate for a growing movement that will allow seniors to live in their own homes longer. Trish Evans, the city’s first senior villages facilitator for Rockville’s Senior Services Division, assumed her new role in

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Water-saving Toilets Available for Low-income Homeowners

Revised Income Guidelines for Conservation Program City staff will coordinate removal of up to two older, inefficient toilets per eligible home and replace them with new water-saving toilets through the city’s water conservation program. Older toilets use between 3.5 and 7 gallons per flush (gpf), while new water saving toilets

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Mayor and Council Approve
Floodplain Ordinance Changes

City is Conducting Outreach and Offers Online Resources for Property Owners Changes to the city’s floodplain ordinance, unanimously adopted by the Mayor and Council on Jan. 9, will create a more rigorous process for approving construction in the floodplain and remove previously allowed exemptions to what can be built there.

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Mayor and Council Approve Floodplain Ordinance Changes

City is Conducting Outreach and Offers Online Resources for Property Owners Changes to the city’s floodplain ordinance, unanimously adopted by the Mayor and Council on Jan. 9, will create a more rigorous process for approving construction in the floodplain and remove previously allowed exemptions to what can be built there.

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West and Plummer to Lead Rockville Police Department

Acting Maj. Jason West will become acting chief and Maj. Troy Plummer acting deputy chief of the Rockville City Police Department, following the resignation of Chief Victor V. Brito, City Manager Jeff Mihelich has announced. The appointments take effect Friday,

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Recycle Your Pumpkins — But Compost Carefully!

Don’t let your pumpkins go to waste, try these pumpkin-recycling ideas!   Before you donate or compost your pumpkins, please check inside for candles or battery-powered lights. Pumpkins decorated with glitter, paint, stickers or other inorganic materials will contaminate the composting

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