February 21, 2013

Leggett’s State of the County Speech: Challenges of the Past Bring Strength, Vision to Move to the Future

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Addressing a packed room of more than 700 at the Silver Spring Civic Building on February 20, County Executive Ike Leggett p...

Executive Testifies on State Transportation Financing Bill; Urges Consensus on Plan to Produce “Significant and Sustainable…Revenues”

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County Executive Ike Leggett has testified before the Maryland State Senate Budget and Taxation Committee on SB 830, known as the Transporta...

Area Officials Urge Congressional Solution to Avoid Sequester; Cite Negative Impacts on Local Economies

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Photo caption. Speaking out about the potential sequester at the press event hosted by County Executive  Ike Leggett  (at podium) were(fro...

NOTEWORTHY NOTES

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From Ho Hum to Hip: Montgomery Seeks to Change for “Generation Y” Population Officials don’t dispute that Montgomery County is not exactly ...

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

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Sunday, March 3 -- Fourth Annual Choose Respect Montgomery Teen Dating Conference  for students, grades six to 12.   Montgomery College/G...
February 14, 2013

State of the County Speech

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The public is invited to attend County Executive Ike Leggett’s “State of the County” speech on Wednesday, February 20, at 7:30 p.m., at th...

Council Approves Smoking Ban on County Property

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Under a bill passed unanimously by the County Council, smoking will be banned on most County-owned or -leased properties, including bus stop...

County’s Nonprofit Sector -- Nearly $4 Billion in Purchasing Power, Employs 43,000

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A new report just released by County officials reveals that 10% of the County’s workforce is employed by nonprofits, with total wages of $2...

Nominations Open for Montgomery Serves Awards

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Nominations are being accepted for the Montgomery Serves Awards and the Neal Potter Path of Achievement Awards that recognize some of the C...

County’s Share of Hotel/Motel Tax to Increase; Will Allow for Wider Promotion of Local Assets, Attractions

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Thanks to a bill just passed by the County Council, there will be additional money to promote the County as a good place for business travel...