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Our Community
The Greater Shady Grove Civic Alliance is concerned about social and
government
events that impact our residents. Our Communities span the Shady Grove
Metro
area, including Candlewood, Cashell Estates, Derwood Station,
Mill Creek Towne, Needwood Estates, Old Derwood, Park Overlook,
Parkside
Estates, Washington Grove, Amity Drive and greater Derwood
neighborhoods. This
includes areas in three Montgomery County Master Plans: Shady
Grove,
Unincorporated Gaithersburg, and Upper Rock Creek.
"We need vigilance here
to take our concerns before elected officials because we don't have a
mayor, and I think...a lot of things have been dumped here by Rockville
and Gaithersburg."
— Pat Labuda, Alliance
President, to the Gaithersburg Gazette
Our Mission
The objective (mission) of the Alliance is to educate and inform the
citizens of the Greater Shady Grove area on matters of public concern
and to act on matters of common interest in a manner consistent with
positions approved by the membership.
(By-Laws of the Alliance)
Here are
some examples of issues and activities we have worked on in the past
few years:
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Providing input to and
monitoring development of the Shady Grove Sector Plan focused on the
Shady Grove Metro and Crabbs Branch Way areas. |
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Working with the county
and state officials on the ICC, Shady Grove Road sound barriers, and
Redland Road expansion. |
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Holding forums with public
officials and state legislators on topics affecting the community
including school overcrowding, traffic, Metro, housing,
streetscape, and more. |
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Keeping the community
apprised of issues and events through our monthly e-mails. |
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Host candidate forums for
county elections. |
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Annual forum with
state legislators to report on results of the legislative session |
Alliance
Meeting Schedule
Alliance meetings are held at the Mill Creek Towne
Elementary School located at 17700 Park Mill Drive, Derwood, Maryland,
in the All Purpose Room from
8:00 - 10:00 pm. They are held on the
fourth Wednesday of the month from September to May. The November
meeting is held on the third Wednesday of the month. There is no
meeting in December. Alliance members may also submit notices of
other meetings of interest to the membership for posting here by
notifying the GSGCA board.
The next meeting is:
May 27,
2009
Meetings for
the rest of the year are: To Be Announced
Newsletter:
May 2009
GSGCA Newsletter
April 2009
GSGCA
Newsletter
March 2009
GSGCA Newsletter
February
2009 GSGCA Newsletter
January
2009 GSGCA
Newsletter
November
2008 GSGCA
Newsletter
September
2008 GSGCA
Newsletter
May
2008 GSGCA Newsletter
Correspondence:
Sound Barrier
Policy email from SHA, April 14, 2008, Maryland State Highway
Administration Sound Barrier policy
Testimony
to County Council CIP Budget,
Jim Snee, February 6, 2006
Highway
Noise Abatement Funding Cut,
January 2006, Background
Document
Councilmember
Silverman Letter to GSGCA on Shady
Grove Master Plan Vote, January 2006
Letter
on Shady Grove Master Plan Vote,
Brad Botwin, January, 2006
GSGCA
President's Comment to County
Council, James Snee, December 2005
Recent GSGCA Press Coverage:
Dissent
to ICC Again
Surfaces, November 4, 2005
Drawback
to ICC, September 21, 2005
Alliance
Rejects Sector Plan, September 19, 2005
Literacy
Volunteer Saluted on TV, September 7, 2005
Useful Links:
Rockville Community Network
Membership
Membership is open to individuals, civic organizations and
homeowners' associations that are affected by development in the
Greater
Shady Grove area and that are concerned with improving community
life. Join
today!
Membership
Survey results on proposed development of the Shady Grove
Area.
Alliance Officials
Pat
Labuda, President
(Parkside)
Ken Weiss, 1st Vice
President (Park Overlook)
Joe Parello, 2nd Vice
President (Old
Derwood)
Bill Labuda,
Treasurer
(Parkside)
Harrison Wein, Secretary
(Mill Creek Towne South)
Contact Information
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Email us
» Telephone
(Voice & Fax) --301/527-8380
» Postal Address -- Greater Shady Grove Civic Alliance (GSGCA), 16929
Briardale Road, Derwood, MD 20855-2036
Join Our Email Group
We hope that you will join
in
the work of
the Alliance. By joining our email list at Yahoo! Groups, you will
receive notices of our
meetings and other important Alliance information. Members of the list
can post articles and other information of interest to Alliance
members. Note that people who abuse this list will be removed. The
Alliance does not
make its e-mail list available to anyone other than to Alliance
officials, and you can
unsubscribe and change your setting at any time.
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