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Maryland, are you ready for a pickle paradise? The Big Dill World’s Largest Pickle Party®, the second-largest pickle celebration worldwide, is descending upon Baltimore on September 23rd and 24th. Power Plant Live is about to be transformed into an unforgettable celebration of “all things pickle.”

This year’s festival will tantalize your taste buds beyond your wildest imagination. Look forward to an extensive array of pickle-inspired culinary delights, from pickle egg rolls to pickle pizzas, and for the adventurous, even pickle ice cream. Alongside these mouth-watering morsels, spectators can enjoy the fan-favorite Brine Chug Challenge and the World Pickle Eating Championship®. It’s a fusion of flavor and fun guaranteed to leave you craving more.

But The Big Dill offers more than just a feast for your palate. This extravaganza invites you to immerse yourself in an atmosphere brimming with excitement and energy. Take a memorable snapshot with mascots like Dilly the Pickle™, The RAVENS POE, or The Oriole Bird, plus test your mettle with thrilling carnival games and bull riding, or sit back and enjoy the diverse range of live performances from musicians and entertainers.

Saturday, August 5th from 12-2 pm at Top Golf Germantown

Free Food, Beverages, and Networking

There’s a lot of buzz in Montgomery County about new affordable housing  being built by the Housing Opportunities Commission (HOC). To increase its successes in developing affordable, mixed-income, and mixed-use housing in the county, HOC has launched a comprehensive new strategic planning process, to gather input from the community on the needs of low- and moderate-income households. HOC is requesting feedback via either their strategic planning survey or town hall meetings. Everyone who lives, works, studies and/or recreates in Montgomery County is encouraged to participate!

HOC’s outreach to the community is ambitious. The agency wants to hear from all its stakeholders – residents, customers, applicants, vendors, partners, and the general public – about the challenges and obstacles faced by low- and moderate income households in the county. Based on everyone’s feedback, HOC will create a five-year strategic plan that will guide its efforts to provide affordable housing opportunities and related services to low- and moderate-income households in Montgomery County.

James Creek Lawn & Landscape is a full-service lawn & landscape company offering everything from clean up services, to landscape install & construction, to creating the outdoor living space of your dreams! Owners, Tucker and Jeremy grew up in Montgomery County and graduated from Sherwood High School.  They pride themselves on working hard, being honest and reliable, and making sure each and every client is satisfied. Give them a call to set up a free consultation on your next landscape project, you won’t be sorry!

Email:  sales@jamescreeklawn.com

[Rockville, Maryland] Young & Well, an established pediatric occupational and speech-language therapy company in Montgomery County, is set to make a splash in the local community by introducing an innovative aquatic therapy program specifically tailored for children. Launching on July 11, this groundbreaking program aims to utilize the therapeutic power of water to help children build confidence, promote development, and help them form a love of water that lasts a lifetime.

Aquatic therapy, also known as water therapy or hydrotherapy, is a specialized form of therapy that utilizes water as a therapeutic medium to facilitate physical, cognitive, and emotional growth in children. The unique properties of water provide an ideal environment for children to improve their motor skills, balance, coordination, and sensory integration.

Buckle your seat belts as Sunday afternoon opens with DMV Fankaar in a rollicking Bollywood journey of music and dance. Emcee Kartikeya Tripathi introduces Shilpa Sharma, Sangeeta Mathur Simlote, Alok Srivastava, Farid Mahmood, Parasuram Iyer, and Sunila Bali and the dance troupes from Lasya Dance Academy. The Infusion band blends famous Southeast Asian and Western music in a modernist palette.

Grammy award winning artist Falu Shah has collaborated with world-famous artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Wyclef Jean, Philip Glass, Ricky Martin, Blues Traveler and A. R. Rahman amongst others. Now experience for yourself her rare blend of a modern inventive style with a vocal talent with deep roots in the Indian classical tradition. Saturday and Sunday offer a la carte ticket purchases per program or an incredible $39 all-day pass. Whether you are a South Asian music afficionado or just wanting to discover its rich diversity, you’re your tickets at https://dcsaaci.org/welcome-to-dcsamf-2023/ . This first of its kind of event is one you will not want to miss. Bring your friends and make a lot of new ones this summer.

As the academic year came to an end, the University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering’s Cyber-Physical Systems Engineering (CPSE) program at the Universities of Shady Grove (USG) hosted a graduation dinner celebration for their senior class of 2023. The celebration was on the evening of Tuesday, May 23rd. With there only being two seniors in the graduating class of the CPSE program at USG, it was a small but joyous celebration. Senior, Kaiyue Zhou, was in attendance as well as family, guests, academic partners, the CPSE junior class, and the CPSE faculty.

As dinner was served, there was ample and meaningful discussion happening, especially between the senior class, junior class, and the faculty. Much of this discussion included how students found out about their major, the CPSE community summer program, and current student coursework/expectations. Most of the students in the program remarked how they found out about this program during their time at Montgomery College (whether it was through an advisor, another classmate, or a representative of the CPSE program). One of the students from the junior class said he attended the CPSE summer program in 2022, before he was a student of the CPSE program. Now this student and the other students in the junior class are volunteering to help with this year’s summer program as rising seniors.

495Movers was established on May 18th, 2009 by two best friends. They created 495Movers to change the way people felt about their moving experience. 495Movers established its reputation by being a pioneer in up-front, no-hassle pricing, and including all of the packing materials and other fees already included and built into the price you see from the very beginning. 495Movers leads the way when it comes to transparency and putting customers first. Over the past 14 years, 495Movers has grown to be one of the elite moving companies in the DMV area, growing from just 1 truck to more than 20 trucks on the road today.

495Movers recently launched 495 Self-Storage, a new service line that is sure to round out the customer experience when it comes to moving and storage. Where most moving companies can only offer warehouse space which adds logistical hassles and expenses, 495Movers now has 3 self-storage facilities. They just announced two new exciting facilities right in the heart of Rockville MD including a newly constructed, fully climate-controlled facility with 24-hour video surveillance at 12111 Parklawn Dr Rockville, MD, 20852. The company just purchased the former Tri Mini Storage at 12330 Parklawn Drive and plans to redevelop the 16,000 sqft facility into a 100,000 sqft brand-new storage building.