Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County is blessed to enjoy great cultural, ethnic and religious diversity within its population.  This provides ample opportunities to learn and grow from each other. Recently, the residents and employees of Riderwood, the Erickson Living retirement community in Silver Spring, hosted Around the RiderWORLD.  The event was a lively celebration of the diversity found […]

When Mary Jane Phillips was a youngster, rooting for the Washington Senators baseball team was a family affair.  With her parents and sister, she would listen to every radio broadcast, pulling for her favorite player, third-baseman Eddie Yost. Nearly six decades later, Ms. Phillips’ dedication to major league baseball in Washington is on full display […]

In the midst of a vigorous 9-week practice schedule, they’ve sweated and toiled, building stamina and surviving the perilous seas of Canton Harbor. Team Erickson Living has left no stone unturned in its preparation for the 2014 Dragon Boat Races on September 6 to benefit Catholic Charities.  The event takes place in Baltimore’s world-famous Inner […]

They were like any teen-aged girls in high school.  Some loved athletics, others focused on their studies…and boys were the common denominator! That was 1941.  Yet a bond between a group of twelve girls from McKinley Technical High School in Washington, DC created a lifetime of friendship that endures, seventy-three years later. Formally, they started  […]

Riderwood, the Erickson Living retirement community, announced the appointment of Nicole Walker, SPHR, CHHR as the Director of Human Resources. Ms. Walker has served as an administrator in Human Resources with Erickson Living, the manager and developer of Riderwood, for fifteen years.  Previously, she has worked at sister communities in Northern Virginia (Ashby Ponds and […]

Many companies encourage their employees to participate in health and wellness activities, especially in the summer months, and Erickson Living, the management company of Riderwood retirement community, is no exception. On July 12, employees from six of the retirement communities in Erickson Living’s national network competed in the annual employee softball tournament in Savage, Md.  […]

Operating a large-scale senior living community such as Riderwood in Silver Spring is like running a small city.  Daily services for 2,500 residents must be carefully planned and executed, just as a city manager coordinates services for citizens. At Riderwood, those types of services in the General Services Department include infrastructure maintenance, transportation and security. […]

SILVER SPRING, MD—Residents of senior living communities socialize together, dine together and learn together each and every day.  But many of them also worship together. What has been a great source of inspiration to me in seven years in this industry is observing how these folks of different faiths and religions are able to respect […]

Riderwood, the Erickson Living retirement community, received the Star of Life Award in Geriatrics from the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS). The state agency’s presentation to the Riderwood Emergency Medical Services team was held May 21 at the Miller Senator Office Building in Annapolis. The recognition was given “for providing high quality […]

Sometimes, you just never know what the day will bring. When Debra Vinh, Communications Specialist at Riderwood retirement community, signed for a large delivery of flowers May 13, the mystery had just begun. The notecard on the delivery read “To the Residents of Riderwood: Wishing you a bountiful and beautiful spring! –Sean ‘P Diddy’ Combs […]