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SS/action.pr Contact: Sandra Kaiser, 301-217-2638
RESIDENTS URGED TO GET INVOLVED
IN TRANSPORTATION ACTION GROUPS For Immediate Release: Feb. 9, 1996
Got a concern about a transportation-related issue in your neighborhood?
Don't sit back passively -- take action! That's what the Montgomery County
Department of Transportation encourages local residents to do through its
regional action groups.
"Our transportation action groups allow us to address community concerns
at their earliest level," said DOT Director Graham J. Norton. "Our objective
is to get citizens involved at the problem-solving stage so that we can better
respond to the needs in their neighborhoods."
Action groups are in place to serve the areas of Bethesda, Colesville,
Germantown, Silver Spring and Wheaton/Glenmont. In addition to the five
transportation-oriented action groups, the department also sponsors an
Environmental Advisory Group, the Keep Montgomery County Beautiful Task Force,
the Keep Montgomery County Moving Committee, and a Bicycle Action Group.
Some of the groups meet monthly and others meet every other month.
Residents who would like to join one of the groups should call 217-2638.
Anyone is welcome to attend and participate in the meetings.
Meeting times and locations for the advisory groups are as follows:
o Bethesda Action Group -- Meets on the first Friday of each month,
from 8-9 a.m. at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce,
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12th Floor Conference Room, Landow Building, 7910 Woodmont Avenue,
Bethesda. Evening meetings are scheduled periodically.
o Colesville Action Group -- Meets the third Monday, every other
month (January, March, May, July, September, November), from 7:30-
8:30 p.m. at East County Services Center, 13436 New Hampshire
Avenue, Silver Spring.
o Germantown Action Group -- Meets the fourth Thursday, every other
month (January, March, May, July, September, November), from 7:30-
8:30 p.m. at the Upcounty Services Center, 12900 Middlebrook Road,
Germantown.
o Silver Spring Action Group -- Meets the third Friday, every other
month (February, April, June, August, October, December), from 8-9
a.m. at the Silver Spring Services Center, 8818 Georgia Avenue,
Silver Spring.
o Wheaton/Glenmont Action Group -- Meets the third Thursday, every
other month (January, March, May, July, September, November), from
7:30-8:30 p.m., at the Mid-County Services Center, 2424 Reedie
Drive, Wheaton.
o Bicycle Action Group -- Meets the third Thursday of each month
(except July, August and December), from 6-8 p.m. in the Executive
Office Building, 10th Floor Conference Room, 101 Monroe Street,
Rockville. Call Gail Tait-Nouri at 217-2145 for information.
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o The Environmental Advisory Group -- Meets the fourth Monday, every
month, from 7:30-9 p.m., in the Executive Office Building, 10th
Floor Conference Room, 101 Monroe Street, Rockville.
o Keep Montgomery County Beautiful -- Meets the first Wednesday of
each month, from 8:30-9:30 a.m., in the Executive Office Building,
10th Floor Conference Room, 101 Monroe Street, Rockville.
o Keep Montgomery County Moving -- Meets every six weeks (Jan. 4,
Feb. 22, April 4, May 23, July 25, Sept. 5, Oct. 24, Dec. 5), from
8-9:30 a.m. in the Exectuive Office Building, 10th Floor
Conference Room, 101 Monroe Street, Rockville. Call Tom Pogue at
565-7317 for information.
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