City Pairs Helpers with Seniors Each winter, the Rockville Senior Center looks for ways to help older Rockville residents with snow removal. If you’re handy with a shovel and don’t mind digging out an extra driveway or clearing a walkway or two, you can sign up and volunteer for the
For 50 Years, Drive Has Encouraged Heartfelt Giving For a half-century, through the Holiday Drive, the city has sponsored outreach that brings the community together each year to provide food baskets, gift certificates and toys to needy Rockville families throughout the Thanksgiving and December holidays. Rockville’s community warmth and holiday
Need financial help? Facing eviction? Utilities about to be shut off? Need help paying for prescription medication? Emergency financial assistance is available to eligible Rockville residents facing a financial crisis through the Rockville Emergency Assistance Program. Depending on eligibility, REAP assistance may also be available for funeral and medical expenses.
The city’s matching grant program helps neighbors work together to accomplish common goals that support the health, vitality and inclusivity of the place they call home. Community Empowerment Matching Grant applications will open Monday, Nov. 4. The application deadline is Friday, Jan. 17. Neighborhood, civic or homeowners associations, community groups,
This article has been updated to reflect a new date for the grant application deadline. The deadline was extended after the October issue of “Rockville Reports” went to press and is different than what appears in the print edition. Applications will open soon for a new grant for local organizations
A new residential project is under review at a site that has been used exclusively for offices in the past. Located near the city’s southeast boundary in the Twinbrook neighborhood, the redevelopment envisions converting the existing office building into a 181-unit residential multifamily building. The approved site plan includes construction
The Mayor and Council has preliminarily approved a new residential development along Tower Oaks Boulevard, just south of its intersection with Wootton Parkway. The adopted project plan envisions a townhome community of 82 units, which will include both front- and rear-loaded unit types and a central open-space plaza. The project
Applications will open soon for a new grant for local organizations that partner with Rockville to support community services and enrichment programs that benefit city residents and visitors. What was previously the Human Services Nonprofit Grant and the Community Organization Grant have been combined into one grant program — the
In their ongoing effort to bring awareness to the national impact of opioid addiction and signal hope for recovery, Rockville’s Mayor and Council will proclaim September as National Recovery Month. Rockville Goes Purple is a campaign, alongside the city’s county and state partners, that seeks to shine a spotlight on
The City of Rockville is experiencing delays in collecting residents’ yard waste. If your yard waste is not collected on your normal collection day, please leave it at the curb until a crew collects it later that week. Stay in the know. Visit www.rockvillemd.gov/recycling-trash for collection status updates and for
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,
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
Celebrate Beall Avenue’s vibrant transformation with art, fun and community spirit at the Beall Avenue Asphalt Art Celebration and Dedication. The street festival, from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10 at Gibbs and Beall streets in front of VisArts, 155 Gibbs St.,
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