Rockville

The City of Rockville will be holding a community yard sale this Saturday, May 6 at Richard Montgomery High School (250 Richard Montgomery Drive, Rockville, MD 20852). Additional details below […]

Per the City of Rockville: Rockville Housing Enterprises, the city’s public housing agency, recently acquired Scarborough Square in the city’s College Gardens neighborhood, which provides and preserves 121 affordable housing units in the City of Rockville. Scarborough Square has a variety of units, including larger ones that are often in short supply but ideal for families. The property’s 121 one-to-four-bedroom units are contained in townhomes and multifamily buildings. RHE plans to modernize the building over the next two to four years.

The acquisition of Scarborough Square is a step towards achieving the city’s housing policy objectives outlined in the 2040 Comprehensive Plan. The Regional Metropolitan Council of Government’s goal is to increase the number of affordable units in the city of Rockville to 1,000 by 2030. To support this goal, RHE acquired Scarborough Square apartments through the Montgomery County Right of First Refusal program in November 2022. The acquisition was made possible through intergovernmental and public-private partnerships with the City of Rockville, Montgomery County and a private lender, ORLO.

Per the City of Rockville: The City of Rockville and Rockville Farmers Market opens for the season on Saturday, May 13 and will provide a dollar-for-dollar match of up to $10 for customers using their federal nutrition benefits. Entering its 12th year, the Eat Fresh Rockville and Maryland Market Money program removes economic barriers for food-insecure shoppers by increasing access to fresh produce and increasing purchasing power. Customers can receive a dollar-for-dollar match of up to $10 weekly when they shop with SNAP/EBT (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program/Electronic Benefits Transfer), P-EBT (Pandemic EBT) and WIC-FVC (Women, Infants and Children-Fruit and Vegetable Checks) at the market. Matching funds can be used to purchase locally grown and produced items including fruits, vegetables, meat, cheese, dairy, baked goods, eggs and honey.

The program aims to fight hunger while investing directly in farmers, strengthening the local food system. Customers can stop by the market tent, located at the market entrance for more information.  The market will be open 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, from May 13 through Nov. 18, in the jury parking lot at East Jefferson (MD 28) and Monroe streets in Rockville Town Center. The market gives shoppers their pick of farm-fresh produce and more from regional growers/producers, transforming itself weekly as fruits and vegetables become available throughout the season.

Per the City of Rockville: The city’s Traffic and Transportation Division will hold two virtual meetings in May to discuss upcoming projects to improve mobility and safety for pedestrians and bicyclists as part of the city’s Vision Zero Action Plan. One project will take a Complete Streets approach on Fleet and Monroe streets, near Richard Montgomery High School, in Rockville Town Center. A meeting from 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 4 will review alternatives and allow opportunity for public input. Alternatives being considered include a wide shared-use path next to sidewalk, or an on-street cycle track — sometimes called a protected bike lane — that uses a physical barrier to separate bike traffic from motorized traffic.

A year ago, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments awarded the city $60,000 for a Complete Streets feasibility study of its streets. The Complete Streets approach can reduce speeding vehicles and help move the city towards achieving the goals of Vision Zero, a plan adopted by the Mayor and Council to eliminate traffic- and pedestrian-related deaths and serious injuries. Learn more at www.rockvillemd.gov/visionzero.

Per the City of Rockville: A city contractor is completing 58 bus stop improvement projects this spring, bringing freestanding bus shelters, benches and other improvements to bus stops citywide. The improvements, which began with concrete work in March, include constructing seven Americans with Disabilities Act-required concrete wheelchair landing pads, replacing 28 shelter benches that were not ADA compliant, and installing missing shelter benches, freestanding benches and leaning rails, and larger shelters at high-activity stops, as well as relocating trash cans and other equipment to remove sidewalk and shelter obstructions.

The contractor completed concrete work in March at bus stops on:

Per the City of Rockville: Rockville City Hall and some city facilities will be closed on Mondays, May 29 for Memorial Day and June 19 for Juneteenth. Recycling, trash and yard waste collection will be made one day later than usual during the weeks of May 29 and June 19. Find more information at www.rockvillemd.gov/recycling-trash.

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