Five Things to Know for March 4 in Montgomery County

It’s Wednesday, March 4 and here are five things to know in Montgomery County.

1. Charter Review Commission Seeks Public Input: From 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Council Office Building’s 3rd floor hearing room in Rockville, the public is invited to participate in a listening session to discuss the make-up of the Montgomery County Council. Here’s more information.

2. Community Meeting on the State of Education: Councilmember Craig Rice, Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Jack Smith, Montgomery College President DeRionne Pollard, and The Universities at Shady Grove Executive Director Stewart Edelstein are hosting a community meeting to present the state of education in the county from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Northwood High School in Silver Spring.

Officials Holding Two Community Forums on State of Education in Montgomery County

3. Listening Session on Silver Spring Parking Lot District: The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) is partnering with the Silver Spring Urban District (SSUD) to hold a listening session about Silver Spring Parking Lot District’s fiscal health and parking rates. The session begins at 6:30 p.m. and takes place in downtown Silver Spring’s Civic Building located at 1 Veterans Plaza.

@MCDOTNow & @SilverSpringMD invites the public to a listening session on the Fiscal Health/Parking Rates in the Silver Spring Parking Lot District.
March 4- 6:30PM at the Silver Spring Civic Building
@reemberto @MoCoCouncilMD @MCDOT_Parking https://t.co/m39GEYGEZE pic.twitter.com/oUAGG12Q2p

— mococommuter (@mococommuter) March 2, 2020

4. Registration for City of Gaithersburg Recreation Activities: City of Gaithersburg residents can start registering for its Department of Parks, Recreation and Culture’s spring sports, spring classes and programs, and summer camps through the RecXpress website.

5. A Panel Conversation with “Yes She Can” Contributors: Both Taylor Lustig and Kalisha Dessources Figures shared their experiences in the book “Yes She Can: 10 Stories of Hope & Change from Young Female Staffers of the Obama White House.” Lustig and Figures will be interviewed by Becky Kauff from 7 to 9 p.m. at Bender JCC of Greater Washington in Rockville. General admission to the event costs $15. Here’s more information.

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Deirdre Byrne is a social media coordinator for Montgomery Community Media. She can be reached at dbyrne@mymcmedia.org or on twitter at @DeirdreByrneMCM.

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