Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett will join municipalities and jurisdictions across the country to spotlight the impact of national service and thank those who serve on April 1 at 1 p.m. Leggett will present a proclamation recognizing National Service Recognition Day in the County Executive’s Conference Room in the Executive Office Building. In Montgomery County, […]

Faith, identity and integration are the topics of an upcoming County forum on challenges facing Muslim women in today’s society. The seminar is scheduled for April 8 at 11:30 a.m. in the Executive Office Building Auditorium and is sponsored by the Montgomery County Commission for Women and the Montgomery County EEO and Diversity Office as […]

Local, national and global leaders engaged in efforts to end poverty will share their efforts and approaches during the National Conference on Ending Poverty on March 29. The conference is sponsored by A Wider Circle in collaboration with Montgomery County’s Office of Community Partnerships. It will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at […]

Montgomery County Recreation hosted a job fair for summer camp workers and year-round temporary staff at the Bauer Drive Community Recreation Center in Rockville on March 28. “One part of our mission is to provide the community with a service, but we also want to help our teens get jobs and work experience as well,” […]

The redevelopment of the White Flint area is well underway, and one local organization dedicated to the topic has launched a new resource for community members to stay in touch with updates on the construction.  Friends of White Flint, a nonprofit organization started in 2007 and dedicated to implementing the White Flint Sector Plan, created a map […]

Between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement, 40 African American churches were constructed in Montgomery County. Heritage Montgomery has produced a new 60-minute documentary video featuring five of these historic church communities. MyMCMedia’s Valerie Bonk attended the “world premiere” of the film where members of the church congregations saw the documentary for the […]

With water jugs in hand students from Gaithersburg High School joined visiting students from Japan in a walk for a good cause in honor of National Water Day. MyMCMedia’s Valerie Bonk has the story of the meaning behind the their “walk for water.” They didn’t know each other before their newest service project, but these […]

Between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement, 40 African American churches were constructed in Montgomery County. In a unique “world premiere,” Heritage Montgomery will show its new 60-minute documentary profiling five of these historic church communities where generations of black families created their own spiritual, social and educational opportunities. The documentary titled “Community Cornerstones,”  […]

Students at Gathersburg High School hit the street on March 24 to raise awareness and funding for “National Water Day.” The local students joined 80 visiting students from Yokohama Hayato High School in Japan as they walked through Bohrer Park on Summit Hill Farm in Gaithersburg. “World Water Day” is celebrated each year as an opportunity to […]

The Korean community publicly thanked Montgomery County Executive Ike Legget for including in his FY15 recommended budget, community grants and Department of Health and Human Services assistance to four community organizations totaling $543,301. In this MyMCMedia Extra, the County Executive and members of the Korean community explain the importance of the grant money for Korean residents […]