Greater Shady Grove Civic Alliance

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Upcoming Events:

ICC UPDATE & ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 * Monthly Meeting * 8 p.m.
Mill Creek Towne Elementary School, 17700 Park Mill Drive, in the All Purpose Room

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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."
â€” 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)

Recent Alliance Activities

Here are some examples of issues and activities we have worked on in the past few years:

Providing input to and monitoring development of the Shady Grove Sector Plan focused on the Shady Grove Metro and Crabbs Branch Way areas.

Working with the county and state officials on the ICC, Shady Grove Road sound barriers, and Redland Road expansion.

Holding forums with public officials and state legislators on topics affecting the community including school overcrowding, traffic, Metro, housing, streetscape, and more.

Keeping the community apprised of issues and events through our monthly e-mails.

Host candidate forums for county elections.

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:

October 27, 2010

Meetings for the rest of the year are: .

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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Â» Telephone (Voice & Fax) --301/527-8380
Â» 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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