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2025 Paint the Town Labor Day Show
A bit of background about the Montgomery Art Association’s Annual Show [by Gerald Sharp] Over the Labor Day weekend, Kensington again hosted this year’s Paint the Town art show and…
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Labor Day Parade
Every year the Town of Kensington sponsors its annual Labor Day Parade. Great fun and a way to say goodbye to the hot summer and hello to the cooler fall.…
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Update on Solar Power Program for Parkwood
[Gerald Sharp, PRA Treassurer, has published this update to his previous article on the Solar Switch program for Montgomery County]. In 2023 I took advantage of the Solar Switch program…
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Parkwood’s Joe Harkins to be honored by the Montgomery County Civic Federation.
The Montgomery County Civic Federation [MCCF] will honor Parkwood’s Joe Harkins at its 100th Year Anniversary Celebration on June 8, 2025. Joe will receive the Federation’s Star Cup, awarded to…
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Status report on N.O.W. housing proposals
On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, the Montgomery County Council approved legislation and two zoning measures to incentivize the conversion of highly vacant office buildings into housing. Zoning Text Amendment…
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Housing Legislative Update: Governor’s Housing Bill Expires with General Assembly Session
On Monday/early Tuesday morning, April 7/8, Governor Moore’s Housing for Jobs Act, substantially rewritten in a House of Delegates committee, expired along with the General Assembly’s regular 2025 session. Although…
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Housing: Further consideration of N.O.W. housing proposals postponed until June.
At the end of the Planning, Housing, and Parks [PHP] Committee work session on March 31, 2025, CM Friedson announced that because the Council was about to enter the budget…
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LEGISLATIVE ALERT: Governor’s Housing Bill Weakened in Committee
This is an update on housing from Joe Harkins, Co-Chair of the PRA Housing Committee. Governor Moore’s Housing for Jobs Act, HB 503, was recently overhauled and approved in the…
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LEGISLATIVE ALERT: Maryland General Assembly, proposed Housing for Jobs Legislation
The PRA Housing Committee, and its neighboring partner associations*, want to alert residents to legislation now pending before the Maryland General Assembly. The Housing for Jobs bills, HB 503 and…
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Housing proposals: Summary of Council Hearings and Next steps for NOW
This is an update from the Committee on Housing, a collaborative effort of the Parkwood Residents Association, the Kensington Estates Civic Association, and the Byeforde-Rock Creek Highlands Citizens Association. The…
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