Halloween Candy Donations for Soldiers

The Village is partnering with our municipal neighbors at the Town of Chevy Chase View (located north of the beltway) to collect candy for Operation Gratitude, and organization that—among other things—puts together care packages for our troops, first responders, and their families.

Chevy Chase Village residents may bring their leftover Halloween candy or unopened donations of candy to the Village Hall at 5906 Connecticut Avenue any time before Wednesday, November 6. All of the donated candy will be taken to the collection drop-off at the View for delivery to Operation Gratitude.

This donation effort is open to all, so please spread the word to other friends and local listservs.

For more information on Operation Gratitude, please visit: https://www.operationgratitude.com/express-your-thanks/halloween-candy/

Changes to the Village Listserv

CCVillage, the neighborhood mailing list for Chevy Chase Village, is transitioning from using Yahoo Groups to Groups.io. If you are currently subscribed to CCVillage on Yahoo, your account information will be transferred over to Groups.io and you shouldn't need to re-subscribe manually.

The email address to submit messages to the new mailing list will be ccvillage@groups.io, and you will read the group messages online at http://groups.io/g/CCVillage. The CCVillage information website will remain at http://CCVillage.info . If you read and send messages using email you will only need to change the message submission address, but if you use the Yahoo Groups website, many of the features are scheduled to have shutdown at the end of October.

Both Yahoo and Groups.io are currently overloaded and it is not clear when the transfer will be completed. You will receive a message from Groups.io and the CCVillage moderator when the new service is ready. Until then, continue using Yahoo Groups, but expect some delays between submitting messages and seeing them on the list.

--Tim Slagle, CCVillage moderator

We had a Blast at the Chevy Chase Village Annual Halloween Party!

Thank you to the many residents who attended our Annual Halloween Party held this past Wednesday, October 30, here at the Village Hall. Attendees enjoyed conversation and food, while the children enjoyed cookie and pumpkin decorating and were spooked by our very own Haunted House. Special thanks to our esteemed costume judges, Susan Kilborn, Ruth Robbins and Edward Peck who had the difficult task of judging the immensely creative costumes! Click here to see more photos of the event.

Administrative Office Staffing

We are pleased to welcome Ms. Ruby Brown as the Village's temporary Administrative and Constituent Services Assistant, taking over for Ms. Simone Kolnik, who resigned last month. Ruby has already stepped in to oversee this week's Halloween Party (see article above) and she will remain with us until a final hire is determined for the position. Please contact Ruby via email (ccv@montgomerycountymd.gov) or by phone (301-654-7300) should you need assistance with matters such as Hall rentals, classes, community events, the Village newsletter or website or to inquire of general Village information.

Online Interactive Map of Pedestrian Pathway and Street Crossing Comfort Is Now Available

The Montgomery County Planning Department has created the interactive Pedestrian Level of Comfort Map as part of its ongoing Pedestrian Master Plan.

The Pedestrian Level of Comfort Map allows community members to visualize the varying comfort of the county’s sidewalks, pathways, trails and street crossings for pedestrians. Users can pan and zoom around the county map, clicking on different colored pathways and crossing segments to learn about their scoring based on current conditions.

The project team will use the Pedestrian Level of Comfort Map and other tools to analyze how well different neighborhoods are comfortably connected to parks, schools, transit stops, libraries, and other important regional destinations so improvements to pathways and street crossings can be prioritized.

To learn more about the Pedestrian Master Plan, attend an upcoming community meeting with the Montgomery Planning team:

Germantown: Wednesday, November 6, 7 to 9 p.m. at the Upcounty Regional Services Center
Wheaton: Wednesday, November 13, 6:45 to 8:15 p.m. at the Wheaton Regional Library

Chevy Chase at Home Classes Fall 2019 flyer

Chevy Chase Village Announces Fall Classes (For Children)

Montgomery County, MD Department of Environmental Protection - Recycling and Resource Management Division

Hosts

Confidential Paper Shredding/Recycling &
Reusable Clothing/Household Items Reuse Collection Events

The county’s next confidential paper shredding/recycling and reusable clothing/household items reuse collection events are:

Sunday, October 13 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.* at Clarksburg High School, located at 22500 Wims Road, Clarksburg, MD 20871
Saturday, November 16 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.* at Watkins Mill High School, located at 10301 Apple Ridge Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20879

*Please note: Montgomery County reserves the right to close these events before 2:00 p.m. if the mobile shredding trucks become filled to capacity. No cars will be permitted to enter the parking lot of the schools after 2:00 p.m. Events will be canceled for inclement/severe weather. We will post updates to our website (www.montgomerycountymd.gov/recycling) regarding cancellations no later than 7:00 a.m. on the day of the event.
All paper will be shredded on-site in a secure mobile document destruction truck. This is a drive-through event, and we ask you to stay in your vehicle at all times. For everyone’s safety, you will not be able to watch your paper being shredded.
Acceptable types of confidential paper for shredding include:

Personal confidential papers such as financial and legal documents, receipts, and tax and medical records
Papers with staples or paper clips (please remove all binder clips and rubber bands)
Envelopes with plastic windows

Please do not bring these materials:

Paper in 3-ring binders and spiral notebooks (please remove paper from binders and removal spiral bindings)
Electronic items or multi-media materials (DVDs, CDs, tapes, hard drives, or computer disks)
Batteries, flammables, or combustibles
No binders or hanging file folders
Plastic bags or credit cards

There is a limit of 5 small cardboard boxes (i.e. boxes used for reams of office paper) or paper bags (i.e., grocery-size type paper bags) of confidential paper for shredding per vehicle.
Montgomery County, MD residents can also bring reusable clothing and other household items, including furniture, that is in good condition, for donations benefiting the following organizations:

~~October 13th event: Lupus America Communities~~
November 16th event: The American Red Cross

These events are free of charge and open to residents of Montgomery County, Maryland only.

Yarn Group at The Village Hall

Do you like to knit or crochet? A group, created by residents Elisabeth Boas and Elizabeth Gussie Lewis, meets at the Village Hall on Monday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. The group is open to Village residents and began this past June.

Please drop in at the Village Hall with your current project to enjoy two free hours of knitting or crochet on Monday afternoons. Questions? Please feel free to contact Ms. Gussie Lewis (6 Oxford Street).

Join the Crew; The Compost Crew

Food-waste recycling--otherwise known as “composting” is a great way to reduce your carbon footprint and greenhouse emissions while returning nutrients to our soil and food system.

The Village has partnered with The Compost Crew to provide low-cost household collection of food-waste. The Compost Crew provides each household with an airtight bin and compostable bags; all you have to do is separate your organic waste and leave the bin by your trash and recycling receptacles for collection on the designated day for weekly pick-up. The collected waste is processed at a composting facility in Maryland and, after six months of service, households can request that a portion of your contributed waste be returned in the form of rich, finished nutrient-rich soil.

For more information regarding the household composting collection service, including current rates, please visit the “Food Waste Recycling Program” page on the Village website under Quick Links on the homepage. The more households that sign-up,the cheaper the service is for all, so sign up today!

Are You Prepared?

As we have experienced during various seasonal events, it is important to be prepared for local weather emergencies. In order the assist residents in their preparedness, the Village in partnership with the Montgomery County Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (OEMHS) offer a number of helpful tools, plans and free alerts to assist and keep you informed.

Village Website and Blast Email System – Have you signed up for the Village’s blast email system? This is the Village's primary method of communication with residents. The Village has 2 email lists you can sign-up for:

Urgent News Alert – include messages such as criminal activity, neighborhood disruptions such as water main breaks, power outages and road closures and major weather events.

General News Alerts – include messages about Board and committee meetings, community events, changes in public services such as refuse/recycling collection schedules and upcoming road closures.

To sign-up for the blast email system visit the Village website at www.chevychasevillagemd.gov and click on the tablet icon at the top of the Village’s homepage.

Alert Montgomery – Alert Montgomery is the official emergency communications service for Montgomery County, MD. During major crisis, emergency or severe weather events, Montgomery County will send event updates, warnings and instructions directly to you on any of your devices. To sign-up for Alert Montgomery please visit the OEMHS website www.montgomerycountymd.gov/oemhs and click on the “Alert Montgomery” link at the top of the page.

Family and Community Preparedness Information – Emergencies can take many forms and occur with or without warning. By taking a few simple steps now, you can ensure that you, your family and your community are better prepared to handle emergencies. To assist in your family planning, please visit the Village’s emergency preparedness page, www.chevychasevillagemd.gov/emergencyprep for helpful tools and links. Another important tool the Village has created to assist you in your preparedness efforts is our House Check Program. Always request a House Check when you are leaving town and ensure that your emergency contacts are up to date with the Village office.

For additional information please visit the Village’s website at www.chevychasevillagemd.gov and click on the “Are you prepared? – Emergency Preparedness Tips” link listed in the Quick Links on the homepage.

Emergency Contact Sheet

EMERGENCY - 911

Chevy Chase Village Police
Non Emergency/24hrs - 301-654-7300

Montgomery County Police
Non Emergency/24hrs - 301-279-8000

Bethesda - Chevy Chase Rescue Squad - 301-652-0077

Chevy Chase Fire Dept
(Opposite Columbia Country Club) - 240-773-4707

Bethesda Fire Dept
(Wisconsin Ave and Bradley Blvd) - 240-773-4706

National Capital Poison Center
(George Washington University Hospital) - 800-222-1222

Utilities

Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO)

Emergency-Live wires down, power failure - 877-737-2662

Customer Service - 202-833-7500

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

Emergency - 301-206-4002

Complaints, Leaks, Information - 301-206-4001

Washington Gas

Emergency - 703-750-1400

Information & Customer Service - 703-750-1000

Comcast - 800-934-6489

Verizon - 800-837-4966

**A cut out sheet is also located on page two of the January 2019 Crier.

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