1. Fireside Apartments Issue
For those of you interested in the Fireside Apartment issue (southern end of Monroe Street), where the
City of Rockville is considering providing
financial support for Rockville Housing Enterprise's (RHE) acquisition of
Fireside Park Apartments to preserve moderately-priced rental housing in the
City of Rockville, please note that this item will be discussed at the next
Mayor & Council meeting on Monday, September 24th. The
WECA President, Noreen Bryan, has written an overview of this issue, which is available by contacting her at president@weca.us
2. Dawson’s Market Invites You to their Grand Opening!
Doors Open 7:00am on Sept 29th (with Sept 28th Sneak-Peek)
Friday, September 28th:
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6:30pm:
Rockville Town Square celebrates their final Friday Night Live of the season
with the band, Mambo Combo!
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7:00pm:
Dedication of the Dawson's Market Pavilion by Mayor Marcuccio, Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer of Federal Realty, Robin McBride, Dawson's Market
owner, Rick Hood, and others.
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7:45pm:
Everyone is welcome to enjoy a sneak peek of the store before it opens
on Saturday!
Saturday, September 29th:
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7:00am:
DOORS OPEN! Breakfast is served and
the coffee will be hot!
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10:00am -
4:00pm Grand opening activities start and last all day! VisArts will host a
cookie decorating station outside and other kid friendly activities. Kids ages
5-12 are given the chance to design our next paper bag graphic. Enjoy live
music on the Dawson's Market patio. Test your fruit & vegetable skills at
our Name That Produce contest where you'll have the chance to win a $75.00 gift
card to the store.
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11:00am -
7:00pm: Curious as to what Dawson’s Market has to offer? We'll be sampling
more delicious goodies all day long!
Dawson's Market is located at 225 N. Washington Street in
Rockville Town Square, Rockville, Maryland.
3. Public Forum Set for Thursday, September 27th
for Ride On's Proposed Route Changes
Montgomery County will hold a public forum regarding
proposed Ride On bus route changes on Thursday,
September 27, 2012 beginning at 6:30 pm and ending after the
last speaker at the Executive
Office Building Cafeteria on Terrace Level, 101 Monroe St. Rockville, Maryland.
In order to serve areas that have been recently developed and to eliminate sections of routes that are under performing, Ride On has proposed changes to six Ride On routes and one Metrobus route operated on Saturday by Ride On. Those routes are 38, 47, 52, 53, 58, 98 and the Z2.
Public comment on the proposed changes will be accepted through 5:00 pm October 1, 2012.
In order to serve areas that have been recently developed and to eliminate sections of routes that are under performing, Ride On has proposed changes to six Ride On routes and one Metrobus route operated on Saturday by Ride On. Those routes are 38, 47, 52, 53, 58, 98 and the Z2.
Public comment on the proposed changes will be accepted through 5:00 pm October 1, 2012.
For more information, please visit the Montgomery County
Department of Transportation website, or contact Hjarman Cordero, hcordero@rockvillemd.gov, (240)
314-8344 at the City of Rockville.
Please mark your calendars for the fall WECA General
Membership Meeting, being held on Thursday, October 18th at 7:00pm
at the Rockville Presbyterian Church. Details on the agenda will be forthcoming
in the meeting reminder, sent out a couple days before the meeting. Please plan
to join your neighbors!
