 In tune with “Drive Electric Week,” Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich addresses the reasons to buy electric vehicles and talks about incentives available to encourage those decisions. He also discusses the now underway “Ride On Reimagined” study that is considering the future of all public transportation in the County. Additionally, the ongoing investigations regarding Montgomery County Public Schools remain matters of high concern for County Executive Elrich.
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One of the region’s largest electric vehicle displays, a classic car show, a 5-kilometer charity run and a morning parade will be among the many highlights of the annual Poolesville Day festival on Saturday, Sept. 23. Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich will be among those joining the celebration.
The 32nd Annual Burtonsville Day Parade and Festival, which was scheduled to held on Saturday, Sept. 23, has been canceled due to predictions of severe weather in the Washington area.
The “Parks Ale Trail” free, family-friendly festival scheduled for Lake Needwood on Sunday, Sept. 24, has been canceled due to predictions of weekend inclement weather in the Washington area.
 Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, along with the County’s regional services offices and community partners, is hosting a series of 10 “Community Conversations” from September through December to seek input on the Fiscal Year 2025 Operating Budget. The next conversation will be from 7-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 26, at the BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown.
 The 10th Annual Harvest Moon Festival, a free eclectic multicultural event featuring art, entertainment and exhibitors, will energize Veterans Plaza in Downtown Silver Spring from 1-7 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 24. The day’s highlights will include a Bollywood Wedding Dance Party with the South Asian Performing Arts Network and Institute.
 The 10th annual Montgomery County “Friendship Picnic” will again bring people of diverse cultures and faiths together to make new friends and discuss ways to build a stronger community. The free event will be held from noon-5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 24, at Wheaton Regional Park.
Registration for Montgomery County Recreation’s youth basketball programs will open at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 2.
 Montgomery County Recreation, in partnership with the Montgomery County Public Schools Out of School Time program, will offer free out-of-school programming for students throughout the 2023-24 school year.
 The Montgomery County Commission for Women is sponsoring two free programs that can help residents get themselves better organized. A series of “Financial Health and Wellness Seminars” will begin on Tuesday, Oct. 10. Seminars on “Separation and Divorce: What Do I Need to Know?” will begin on Wednesday, Oct. 4.
Volunteers are needed for the Nadim Khan Memorial Homeless Resource Day to be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19, at the Activity Center at the City of Gaithersburg’s Bohrer Park. The one-day fair provides Montgomery County residents who are homeless or at risk of homelessness with a one-stop opportunity to access a variety of resources and services focusing on health, employment, housing, legal, tax and veteran benefits.
 The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) delivered more than five million rides on its Ride On bus transit system from March 2023 through June 2023, the last quarter of the County’s 2023 Fiscal Year. It was a nine percent increase in ridership over the same period of the previous year. The trend accelerated over the summer, with June recording a nearly16 percent ridership increase over 2022.
A new COVID-19 vaccine will soon be available. Earlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new vaccine and the advisory committee of the Centers for Disease Control recommended that anyone age 6 months and older get vaccinated. The new vaccines are a much closer match to currently circulating variants. They are updated versions of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech .
 Montgomery County Government has nearly 1,000 full-time and part-time jobs, currently open for employment. Interested job seekers 18‐and‐over are encouraged to attend the Montgomery County Career Fair and Hiring Expo from 3-7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 3, at the Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans Plaza in Downtown Silver Spring.
The Montgomery County Department of Transportation will hold a virtual open house at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 28, to present a first look at the Ride On Reimagined study and get community feedback on proposed concept changes to the County transit network. The ongoing Ride On Reimagined Study is a full-scale re-assessment of how the Montgomery County public transit network will operate.
 Bicycles that are no longer being used by some can make a big difference for others. The Montgomery County Department of Transportation’s annual Bicycle Donation Drive will be held on Friday, Oct. 20. The event will make it easy to donate previously owned bikes and ensure they will have a continued impact.
 The Bolivian-Andean dancing of Grupo Etnia y Tinkus Kay'Sur will headline the Wheaton TGIF Friday Encore fall concert series on Friday, Sept. 22, at the Marian Fryer Town Plaza, adjacent to the Wheaton Business Triangle and near the Wheaton Metro Station. The performance is part of a month of Friday concerts that join in the celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, which is observed Sept. 15-Oct. 15.
 The Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) will begin providing sexual health services at the new Upcounty Sexual Health and Wellness Clinic beginning Monday, Oct. 9. The clinic, located at the Sidney Kramer Upcounty Regional Services Center in Germantown, will offer free and low-cost testing and treatment for sexually-transmitted infections (STI) and HIV infection.
Potomac Community Recreation Center to Celebrate Opening of New Outdoor Fitness Park on Sunday, Sept. 24
Montgomery County Recreation and Friends of the Potomac Community Center will be joined by elected officials and community members at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 24, to dedicate a new Outdoor Fitness Park at the Potomac Community Recreation Center.
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