Friday, October 12, 2012
Dedication and open house will showcase new Town Center headquarters.
If you’ve wondered what the inside of the new Rockville City Police Department headquarters looks like—but have never wanted to get “taken downtown”—now you have a good reason to visit. The city will hold a grand opening of the new police station at 2 West Montgomery Avenue in Town Center on Oct. 20. Click here to view an announcement on the city’s website. There will be a dedication ceremony at 10 a.m., followed by an open house from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Parking will be available at City Hall or in the Town Center garages. The new station combines the renovated 11,415-square-foot historic U.S. Post Office and a newly constructed 14,538-square-foot annex. Click here to learn more about the project. The station handles all police-related …
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society brought cancer patients, survivors, families and friends to Town Center on Saturday.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s National Capital Area Chapter held its first of three Light The Night Walks on Saturday in Rockville Town Center. Teams of walkers raised money in the names of "Honored Heroes"—patients and survivors of blood cancer. Five-year-old leukemia survivor Rett Bush, of Germantown, served as an Honored Hero for Saturday's walk. Two more Light The Night Walks are planned for Saturday at Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC, and Oct. 20 at the Reston Town Center. LLS-NCA has raised $1.5 million towards its goal of raising $2.2 million to fight cancer, The Gazette reported. The national campaign raised more than $50 million across 185 communities last year, according to an LLS-NCA news release. Click here for more …
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Montgomery County Executive Leggett announced a request for $4.16 million in aid from the county and City of Rockville to build the mixed-use project.
Montgomery County and Rockville officials on Monday announced a request for a $4.16 million economic development grant to support construction of two mixed-use high-rise towers featuring a hotel, residences and street level retail space in Rockville Town Center. The county aid to Reston, VA-based Duball LLC would help bring 485-multifamily homes, a 140-room Cambria Suites hotel and 40,000 square-feet of street level retail to what is now the Regal Cinemas parking lot at East Middle Lane and Monroe Street. The project’s cost is about $100 million. “It is a project that I think is long overdue,” County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) said. The parking lot where the project is planned is across the street from the future Choice Hotels …
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Rockville residents will soon be able to grab a flauta from popular food truck 'Pepe'.
Looking for a new, non-traditional lunch option? If so, you’re in luck. Famed local chef Jose Andres is expanding the reach of his popular food truck, Pepe, and the mobile eatery will soon be stopping in Rockville, Huffpost DC Restaurants reported. The food truck, which serves up “flautas,” or Spanish sandwiches, has been feeding hungry Washington, DC residents since March, according to the report. The truck will soon begin making stops near Rockville Town Center, Bethesda’s NIH campus, Bethesda Row and Friendship Heights, along with Northern Virginia, Huffpost DC Restaurants reported. Just a few flauta selections include the Fútbol Club Barcelona, with thinly sliced chicken, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and shallot mayonnaise, and the …
Friday, September 21, 2012
Apartments, a drug store and a bank are in the mix for downtown revitalization.
Several redevelopment projects planned for Rockville Town Center’s second phase were mentioned at Tuesday’s meeting of the Town Center Action Team. Here’s a brief overview of a few of those redevelopment projects: Bank of America building, 255 N. Washington St. KSI Services Inc. filed a proposed use permit in 2006 for what is described on the city’s website as “a multi-story condominium complex with live/work and commercial units on the first floor.” Click here for a rendering of an earlier version of that proposal. Nancy Regelin, an attorney for KSI and Cornerstone, which owns the property, said at Tuesday’s TCAT meeting that the preliminary development plan approved in 2004 called for 325 units with retail on the first floor. The …
Town Center Action Team reconvenes to consider new development and next steps.
In search of a unifying vision for the second phase of Rockville Town Center redevelopment, city residents and officials reconvened the Town Center Action Team on Tuesday. About 30 people attended a meeting at City Hall, including Mayor Phyllis Marcuccio, City Council members Bridget Donnell Newton and Mark Pierzchala and city planning chief Jim Wasilak. Residents, officials and one representative of developers expressed concern that, unlike the first phase of Town Center redevelopment—in which the city worked closely with developers and businesses to build Rockville Town Square, the second phase thus far has nothing tying it together. “It’s a concern about the piecemealing that’s going to happen,” Marcuccio said. Plans in the works The…
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Grand opening plans not yet announced for new Town Center headquarters.
The Rockville City Police Department is on the move. Staff will move to a new home in Town Center on Friday, the city announced in a news release. The new station combines the renovated 11,415-square-foot historic U.S. Post Office at 2 W. Montgomery Ave. and a newly constructed 14,538-square-foot annex. The department will announce plans for a ceremonial grand opening and public tour dates in the weeks to come on the city’s website. Rockville 11 recently toured the new station as it was being completed. Click the video above to take a look inside. All police-related functions will move from the bottom floor of City Hall to the new station, including: People in need of police assistance or looking to pay a ticket or fine should visit the …
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Controversial project will provide needed affordable senior housing.
After years of controversy and a court case, Victory Housing Inc. welcomed a new phase for its senior housing project in Rockville Town Center on Tuesday: Construction. Victory Court will bring 86 units—including 65 with rents below market rate—to 74 Maryland Ave. They will be available to people 62 and older. Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the Archbishop of Washington, acknowledged the controversy over the project during a groundbreaking ceremony under a tent sheltering attendees from the wind and rain. Participants included elected officials, housing advocates and community members. “Today is a reminder [that] storms come and they go. At end of the storm will be the beautiful day surrounding this building,” Wuerl said. Victory Housing is the …
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Blaze sent a woman to the hospital, killed three dogs and did $125K in damage.
A Tuesday morning fire near Town Center that sent a Rockville woman to the hospital and killed three dogs was accidentally caused by improperly discarded smoking materials, county fire investigators concluded. The woman was being treated for smoke inhalation. Her condition was not considered life threatening. The fire did an estimated $125,000 in damage to the home at 207 N. Van Buren St., including $75,000 in damage to the structure and $50,000 in damage to its contents, Beth Anne Nesselt, a county fire and rescue service spokesman said in an email. The fire broke out about 10 a.m. in the living room of the ranch-style home, Nesselt said. The woman was rescued from a bedroom window on the ground floor at the rear of the home. It was …
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Concert series wraps up Aug. 29 along East Montgomery Avenue.
Cool tunes and cooler temperatures could make this week’s “Out to Lunch Wednesday” at the Rockville Farmers’ Market a go-to for those looking for lunch in Rockville Town Center. The Barry Gurley Band brings what the city’s Web site calls “mainstream music” to the market on Wednesday. The summer concert series has just two weeks remaining. The Robert Redd Trio wraps up the series with its jazz and swing tunes on Aug. 29. The live music runs from noon to 1:30 p.m. AccuWeather.com is calling for mostly sunny skies and a noontime temperature of 81 degrees on Wednesday. While these are the last two weeks for music, the market runs 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays through Oct. 31 on East Montgomery Avenue between Maryland Avenue and Monroe Street…
Sean R. Sedam
9:25 pm on Monday, October 15, 2012
The cost, as reported last year, is $8.6 million. Some of the particulars: "It includes a $6.4 million renovation to the 11,415-square-foot historic building and construction of a 14,538-square-foot freestanding annex building on the site’s southwest corner. The city will put a state bond bill of $100,000 and a state grant of $219,875 toward the project. The city also is anticipating a $224,000 … more ›