Community Day a success!

Hello Neighbors,

I am glad to say we had yet another excellent turnout for our HCA community day. With ten homes participating in the yard sales and a coffee stop at Elwood, there was quite a bit of neighborhood activity this morning.

This was then followed by a very productive exchange with the council and mayoral candidates. We had all but one candidate in attendance and 40-50 attendees. Each of the candidates was asked to speak for 3 minutes about themselves and their plans as well as addressing the top 3 survey results on areas of interest to the community (schools, economic development, and neighborhood safety). We then allowed for a couple direct questions from the neighborhood to the mayoral candidates prior to breaking so people could socialize and snack with candidates in a more informal setting.

With so many passionate candidates, we are quite lucky to have a variety of good choices. I would encourage you all to vote and read up in the recent Rockville newsletter to understand their agendas.

Lastly, a big thanks to Lok Samson and Mary Belknap who lead this event, as well as others who volunteered to help. Events like this aren't possible without the efforts of people in the neighborhood.

Best Regards,

Jeff Perkins

HCA President

Hungerford Community Day

Join in Hungerford Community Day!

Saturday, September 28, 2019

Morning—Community Yard Sales, Coffee Social & Community Food Donation

Afternoon—City of Rockville Council Candidate Forum

Location:  Elwood Smith Community Center,  601 Harrington Rd, Rockville

9 am – 1 pm Neighborhood-wide Yard Sales

To put your home’s yard sale on the community yard sale ‘master map’, register with Mary Belknap by September 15. We will also place signage throughout the neighborhood and online to bring in yard sale buyers.

Copies of the map will be available at the Elwood Smith Community Center on Saturday, September 28 for browsers and buyers. Mary’s contact information: bel.boi@verizon.net   or 301 251 1486

Regretfully, we can’t sell anything at the Rec center due to City regulations. 

9 am - 12 pm — Morning Coffee Social:  Elwood Smith Community Center

                               

 This is the place to pick up your yard sale map and chat with your neighbors.  

We welcome donations of juice boxes that Hungerford Civic Association will donate to Stepping Stones, our neighborhood shelter.

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm — Candidate Forum: Meet City of Rockville Council Candidates

This is your opportunity to connect with the mayoral and councilmember candidates running for Rockville City Council elections on November 5. This year is a mail-in ballot only. Candidates will be asked to introduce themselves briefly and participate in a community question session. Informal social afterwards.

A craft table will be available to keep kids occupied during the forum.

Please submit suggested questions for the Forum to Lok Samson by September 20 or in person on the day,  lok.w.samson@gmail.com