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Message from County Executive Marc Elrich
April 2, 2021
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich
finds optimism in the battle against COVID-19 as more County residents are
receiving vaccinations, but he also has great concerns as the number of
positive cases reported also is increasing. In addition, the County
Executive comments on an incident that involved a student and County police
officers.
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§ COVID-19 Update: Vaccine Preregistration Now Open
to All County Residents 16-and-Over; Mass Vaccination Center Now Open
§ County Buses to Continue Free Service Through At
Least June 30, But Will Resume Front-Door Boarding on April 5
§ COVID-19 Information Portal Has Statistics on How
the Virus Has Impacted the County, Including Infections by Zip
Codes
§ GreenFest 2021: A Month-Long Virtual Celebration of Earth
Month Begins April 1
§ Restaurants Invited to Participate in MoCo Eats Week from April 23-May 3 to Gain Exposure
from Event’s Marketing and Promotion
§ New Episode of Montgomery County’s ‘What’s
Happening MoCo’ Podcast Addresses Safety and
Quality of Life for Seniors
§ County Recreation Seeks Residents to Join
Volunteer Program That Reaches Out to Seniors to Detail Services and Opportunities
Available
§ New Online Series Will Update Business
Professionals and Homeowners on Permitting Procedures; Next Session
Addresses Fences
§ Alcohol Beverage Services Launches ‘Pause Program’
to Encourage Responsible Driving Decisions for Alcohol Awareness Month
§ Montgomery County Challenges Residents to Start
Plogging—An Initiative to Encourage Picking Up Trash While Jogging or
Walking
§ TCR2 Therapeutics Establishes Commercial-Scale
Cell Therapy Manufacturing Facility in Montgomery County That Will Add 175
New Jobs
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COVID-19 Update: Vaccine Preregistration Now Open
to All County Residents 16-and-Over; Mass Vaccination Center Now Open
Montgomery County has opened preregistration at
County-operated COVID-19 vaccine centers to all County residents
16-and-over. To register for a County-operated center, go to https://tinyurl.com/xunp4598.
More vaccines have become available, so the County has opened a mass
vaccination site on the campus of Montgomery College in Germantown.
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County Buses to Continue Free Service Through At
Least June 30, But Will Resume Front-Door Boarding on April 5
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich
has directed the County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) to continue
free service on all Ride On, Ride On extRa and
Flash buses at least through the end of the current fiscal year, which ends
on June 30. Throughout the COVID-19 health crisis, MCDOT has been operating
its bus operations with fare collections suspended and was one of the first
agencies in the country to implement this policy.
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COVID-19 Information Portal Has Statistics on How
the Virus Has Impacted the County, Including Infections by Zip
Codes
COVID-19 Deaths by Zip Code, Montgomery County, MD
Montgomery County’s COVID-19 Information Portal provides a
variety of breakdowns on how the virus has impacted the County. The
statistics are regularly updated to reflect the most recent reports during
the health crisis. Among the information available is how many
positive cases have been reported in each zip code in the County.
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GreenFest 2021: A Month-Long Virtual
Celebration of Earth Month Begins April 1
Montgomery County’s annual GreenFest—a
celebration of the environment—this year will be a month of free online and
in-person events throughout April. The series of activities will include
educational workshops, an environmental film festival and family friendly
games and scavenger hunts.
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Restaurants Invited to Participate in MoCo Eats Week from April 23-May 3 to Gain
Exposure from Event’s Marketing and Promotion
The COVID-19 health crisis has made the past 13 months
difficult for residents and businesses of all kinds in Montgomery County.
Particularly impacted have been the County’s restaurants. Now, as more
people become vaccinated and restrictions are eased, Visit Montgomery and
the County’s Department of Alcohol Beverage Services are working on a
campaign to increase business at restaurants.
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New Episode of Montgomery County’s ‘What’s
Happening MoCo’ Podcast Addresses Safety and Quality
of Life for Seniors
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Improving the
quality of life of senior residents in Montgomery County, identifying
services available to them and how to obtain emergency housing for those
in crisis situations are the themes of the latest episode of the “What’s
Happening MoCo” podcast. The podcast highlights
people and programs important to the residents of Montgomery County.
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County Recreation Seeks Residents to Join
Volunteer Program That Reaches Out to Seniors to Detail Services and
Opportunities Available
Montgomery
County Recreation’s (MCR) Senior Program Team is
inviting residents to help advance programming for adults 55 and
older by joining a new outreach team. The newly formed group
was organized after a series of community listening
sessions indicated there was a strong interest in
volunteering as senior promoters to assist
with the delivery of senior services.
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New Online Series Will Update Business
Professionals and Homeowners on Permitting Procedures; Next Session
Addresses Fences
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Montgomery County’s
Department of Permitting Services has launched a new online educational
series for business professionals and homeowners that will update the
department's regulations and permit processes. The first of the series
covered the topic of sediment control permits. The next session, on
Thursday, April 15, will address installation or replacement of
fences.
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Alcohol Beverage Services Launches ‘Pause Program’
to Encourage Responsible Driving Decisions for Alcohol Awareness Month
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April is National
Alcohol Awareness Month and Montgomery County’s Department of Alcohol
Beverage Services (ABS) is launching a “Pause Program” in partnership
with Brown-Forman, a spirits manufacturer. The program encourages people
to momentarily “pause” and make responsible decisions around alcohol,
particularly in relation to drinks to-go.
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Montgomery County Challenges Residents to Start
Plogging—An Initiative to Encourage Picking Up Trash While Jogging or
Walking
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To celebrate the
start of Earth Month, Montgomery County is kicking off a spring
#PloggingChallenge from April 1 through June 30. The initiative, led by
the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) in
partnership with Montgomery Parks and the Montgomery County Department of
Transportation, challenges everyone to “plog”—pick
up trash while they jog or walk.
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TCR2 Therapeutics Establishes Commercial-Scale
Cell Therapy Manufacturing Facility in Montgomery County That Will Add 175
New Jobs
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TCR2 Therapeutics
Inc., a clinical-stage cell therapy company with a pipeline of novel T
cell therapies for patients suffering from cancer, has announced that it
has signed a long-term, full-building lease in Rockville. The
Massachusetts-based company plans to add 175 jobs in the County to
support its clinical and commercial production of gavo-cel,
with a capacity to treat several thousand cancer patients annually.
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