- May Edition of the King Farm Chronicle
- KFCA Upcoming Board & Committee Meetings
- King Farm Movie Night Canceled Due to Weather
- Water Fitness Classes Coming to King Farm
- Rockville Police to Host Public Safety Town Hall
- Calling all King Farm Graduates
- 2024 Exterior Lot Inspections Are Underway
- King Farm Music Jam Social Club – Upcoming Sessions
- King Farm Neighbors Village (KFNV) Activities
- City of Rockville Happenings
- City of Rockville Police Department
CLICK HERE TO READ THE MAY EDITION
please visit the King Farm website under ‘Stay Informed‘.
The King Farm website, www.kingfarm.org, is your best resource
for staying up-to-date with all things King Farm!
UPCOMING BOARD & COMMITTEE MEETINGS
BOT typically meets on the 3rd Wednesday of the month.
Next BOT Regular Meeting: May 15, 2024 @ 7:30 pm
Minutes, Agendas, and other info for BOT: https://kingfarm.org/board-of-trustees/
BOCC typically meets on the 2nd Monday of the month.
Next BOCC Regular Meeting: June 10, 2024 @ 7:00 pm
Minutes, Agendas, and other info for BOCC: https://kingfarm.org/board-of-code-compliance/
ADT typically meets on the second Wednesday of the month.
Applications due by the 20th of the month to be reviewed at the next meeting
Next ADT Meeting: June , 2024 @4:30 pm
Minutes, Agendas, and other info for ADT: https://kingfarm.org/architectural-design-trust/.
Public Safety Town Hall Discussion May 22, 2024 @ 7:00 pm
This meeting will be held in-person with an option to join virtually. The Town Hall will provide residents with the opportunity to ask questions and raise their concerns.
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OWgMS0PwQpqk5wcfAMV7MQ
MEETINGS ARE HELD VIA ZOOM AND REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
Contact Management if you need assistance.
Meeting changes will be sent via email blast and/or posted on the website.https://kingfarm.org/zoom-meeting-links/
ROCKVILLE POLICE
PUBLIC SAFETY TOWN HALL NEXT WEDNESDAY
The Rockville City Police Department will be welcoming King Farm residents for an open discussion about crime and safety within the community and City of Rockville during a Public Safety Town Hall.
Join Chief of Police Victor Brito and members of the Rockville City Police Department next Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. at the Saddle Ridge Community Center – 300 Saddle Ridge Circle.
This meeting will be held in-person with an option to join virtually – link below. The Town Hall will provide residents with the opportunity to ask questions and raise their concerns.
Residents are encouraged to sign up to receive the King Farm community e-mail alerts and weekly e-mail announcements, but they are also encouraged to follow the official Rockville City Police Department’s communication channels for important information and alerts.
Register in advance to attend the Town Hall virtually
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OWgMS0PwQpqk5wcfAMV7MQ
KING FARM HAS GONE SOCIAL (MEDIA!)
The King Farm Citizens Assembly is now utilizing more ways to communicate with residents and neighbors. If you are an Instagram, X (Twitter) or Facebook user, then be sure to like or follow our new social media accounts to ensure you stay up to date and in the know with all the news and events happening in King Farm.
Facebook – King Farm Citizens Assembly (formerly King Farm Chronicle)
Instagram @KingFarmCitizensAssembly
Follow us on X (Twitter) @TheKFCA
KING FARM MOVIE NIGHT CANCELED TOMORROW
Calling all preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle, high school and college graduates! The Chronicle would like to feature your 2024 graduate in the June Neighbors in the News graduates segment. Send us a photo of your graduate and all the details to chronicle@kingfarm.org by May 24, 2024.
WATER FITNESS CLASSES COMING TO BAILEY’S POOL
One of the many activities which will occur this summer at the pool will be water fitness classes at the Bailey’s Commons pool on Garden View Way.
The WetYet? Water Fitness Company, owned and operated by instructor Nancy Brouillette, will be hosting the popular “Shallow Water Workout” fitness class. The class is not only healthy; it is tons of fun too! Adults of just about any age and any fitness level are encouraged to participate. In fact, you don’t even need to know how to swim, as classes are held in the shallow end of the pool.
The “Shallow Water” class will be held on Thursday evenings starting June 20 through August 8, 2024 from 7:00 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. and is open to King Farm residents only with a valid Amenities Pass/Key Fob to access the Bailey’s Commons pool on Garden View Way. There will be no class on July 4, 2024.
The cost for the 7-week program is $75.00, there must be a minimum of 10 residents registered for the program in order for it to be held. If you would like to register, e-mail activities@kingfarm.org for a registration form. Once your completed registration form is received, you will be sent a link to pay via credit card payment and a fitness waiver.
The deadline to register is June 14, 2024. If you have additional questions, please email activities@kingfarm.org.
KING FARM MUSIC JAM SOCIAL CLUB- UPCOMING SESSION
King Farm Music Jam Social Club is a group of hobby musicians who come together to play music. This group is sponsored by King Farm Citizens Assembly. club meetings are held on a monthly basis with sessions throughout the year.
The sessions are held at the King Farm Community Center, 300 Saddle Ridge Circle, Rockville, MD, 20850.
Guitarists, keyboardists, percussionists, and other musicians of all levels, 18 years and older, are welcome to participate.
Bring your musical instrument. It is also helpful to bring a music stand and a power strip if power is needed for your equipment. For those that sing, a microphone would be helpful.
Songs are selected from a jam songbook and generally have common chords. A phone, tablet, or computer is needed.
Also, feel free to bring song sheets for any songs with common chords you would like to share; 10 to 15 copies should do it.
Email kingfarmmusicclub@gmail.com if you would like to participate.
Upcoming Sessions – June 23, and July 28
Events: May
Yesterday, The King Farm Neighbors Village (KFNV) Friends Club held their monthly luncheon at Lake Needwood Park. Fellow King Farmers enjoyed lunch and conversation at the
Friends Club’s first picnic luncheon of the year.
Other KFNV activities scheduled for May are:
1. The Walking Club will continue its strolls Monday-Thursday at 4 pm, except in the case of inclement weather. The group meets in the park across from The Fontina Grille.
2. On Wednesday, May 22, 2024 from 10:00-11:30 am, Coffee and Conversation participants will meet to discuss: What ancestor or historical figure would you have liked to meet or have coffee with and why?
3. On Thursday, May 23, 2024 from 6:30-8:00 pm, the KFNV will host Spring Fling: A Picnic in the Center, a picnic potluck at the King Farm Community Center. The particulars are:
Who: Only members of the KFNV are invited to participate in this event. Please see below how to easily become a KFNV member.
What: Please bring your favorite picnic dish to serve 6-8 people. Also, please bring a notecard with the dish’s ingredients listed and a serving utensil.
Time: 6:30-8:00 pm with dinner starting promptly at 6:45 pm.
Other Important Information:
The KFNV will provide dessert, bottled water, soft drinks, paper products, and eating utensils. Please register for this event by Thursday, May 16, 2024. Registration will be capped at 30 participants. In addition, when registering, please note the dish that you will be bringing. KFNV is offering transportation to this event. If you need transportation or have any questions about the potluck, please contact KFNV at kfnvinfo@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at (301) 799-8104.
Events: June
The KFNV starts out its monthly June events with its Movie Club and Book Club the first two weeks of June.
1. On June 6, 2024 from 2:00- 3:00 pm, the KFNV member Movie Club will review the film, The Age of Adaline, a 2015 fantasy-drama about a young woman born at the turn of the 20th century, who is rendered ageless after an accident. The Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer gives it a 55% score, while the audience score is higher at 66%.
2. On June 13, 2024 from 12:30- 2:00 pm, the KFNV Book Club members will meet to discuss the book, Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. This novel attempts to answer this question posed by a reviewer in the New York Times: Shakespeare’s Son Died at 11. A Novel Asks How It Shaped His Art. The average score was 4.5 on Google.
Please note that the monthly Movie Club, Book Club, Coffee and Conversation gatherings, and many highlight events are held at the King Farm Community Center, 300 Saddle Ridge Circle, Rockville, MD 20850. In case of inclement weather and if there is time to notify participants, the KFNV may opt for a Zoom presentation for any meeting or event. Finally, the KFNV offers transportation to many of its monthly events for KFNV members. Please contact the Operations Coordinator at kfnvinfo@gmail.com, or leave a voicemail at (301) 799-8104 to arrange for transportation.
Services
The KFNV continues to support King Farm residents with its community services: transportation to appointments, simple household tasks, friendly phone calls/texts, and friendly visits. Please feel free to avail yourself of all of the community services that the KFNV offers. If you are in doubt about whether a task could be performed by one of the KFNV volunteers, go ahead and fill out the service form on the KFNV website. Our Operations Team will get back to you to determine if the task is under our umbrella of tasks. Also, please note that services are open to KFNV members only; however, membership is free and an easy process. See below on how to contact the KFNV to schedule any of the services or with any questions that you may have about the services as well as how to become a KFNV member.
Volunteers
The KFNV is always looking for a “few good volunteers” to provide community services to its members like drives to appointments, friendly visits, and help with simple household tasks. Volunteers are an important part of the KFNV. As one of our recent service recipients wrote:
“Thank you so much for responding to my request for help at my house. Volunteer 1 and Volunteer 2 were as always wonderfully understanding and helpful. Their support is what KFNV is all about.
Please let the two volunteers) know how much I appreciated their help.”
Please feel free to contact the Operations Coordinator for any questions you may have about becoming a KFNV volunteer by calling (301) 799-8104, emailing to kfnvinfo@gmail.com , or viewing the KFNV website at www.kfnv.org for information as well as an on-line form to fill out to become a KFNV volunteer. The KFNV thanks you for your consideration in becoming a KFNV volunteer.
Contacting the KFNV
For most of the KFNV monthly events as well as the services, membership is required; but membership is as easy as filling out an on-line or mail-in form with residency in the King Farm community being the only membership requirement. We are a multi-generational Village; therefore, there is no age requirement to join the KFNV. The KFNV welcomes all King Farm residents of all ages.
Although there is no fee to become a KFNV member, the KFNV does, however, accept and welcome donations; for these donations help defray the cost of KFNV services and events.
For information on how to register for any of the above events, to request a service or a ride, to become a KFNV member or a volunteer, or to make a donation, please contact the Operations Coordinator by calling (301) 799-8104 to leave a voicemail, emailing the KFNV at kfnvinfo@gmail.com , or viewing the KFNV website at www.kfnv.org.
CITY OF ROCKVILLE EVENTS
Saturdays from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. beginning May 18
Join us every Saturday beginning May 18 as different fruits and vegetables become available throughout the season. Take your pick of farm-fresh fruits and vegetables, bedding plants, cut
flowers, preserves, honey, herbs, baked goods and more.
Corner of E. Jefferson (MD 28) and Monroe Streets
CALLING ALL KING FARM GRADUATES!
Calling all preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle, high school and college graduates! The Chronicle would like to feature your 2024 graduate in the June Neighbors in the News graduates segment. Send us a photo of your graduate and all the details to chronicle@kingfarm.org by May 24, 2024.
Periodic exterior inspections of the homes/lots in King Farm are important for ensuring all property owners are maintaining their home/lot in accordance with the governing documents. These maintenance standards contribute to enhancing curb appeal and property values.
HOA Inspections USA, an independent inspection company, will take photos of homes as part of the inspection process. The photographer will be identifiable by their colored safety vest. The photographer will be using cameras to take photos of homes from common/public areas. The photographer will not discuss what issues may be cited for yours or anyone else’s property.
CHECK YOUR MAIL (USPS)
If maintenance items are identified, a notice from HOA Inspections USA will be sent via USPS mail. Email notifications will NOT be sent for the initial notice. The initial notice will provide a compliance date to bring the noted items into compliance.
If the items are not brought into compliance by the comply date, then a Final Notice/ Intent to Hold Hearing will be sent via USPS mail, email (if available) and posted to the property address door.
FINAL NOTICES have been sent to properties located on the following streets:
Bonnibelle Place, Dunloggin Drive, Game Creek Drive, Heritage Fields Way, Landis Way, Lawson Way, Rolling Fields Way, Silver King Lane, Treemont Way, Trotter Farm Drive, Shorthorn Way, Pasture Side Place, Saddle Ridge Circle, and Watkins Overlook.
INITIAL NOTICES have been sent to properties located on the following streets:
Crooked Creek Drive, Garden View Square, Pasture Side Way, Pure Spring Crescent, Ridgemont Avenue, Grand Champion Drive, Wickwood Drive, Piccard Drive and Robena Way.
If there are extenuating circumstances, if you have any questions or to report resolved maintenance items,
please contact the Management Office at 301-987-0122 or email management@kingfarm.org.
One of the many activities which will occur this summer at the pool will be water fitness classes at the Bailey’s Commons pool on Garden View Way.
The WetYet? Water Fitness Company, owned and operated by instructor Nancy Brouillette, will be hosting the popular “Shallow Water Workout” fitness class. The class is not only healthy; it is tons of fun too! Adults of just about any age and any fitness level are encouraged to participate. In fact, you don’t even need to know how to swim, as classes are held in the shallow end of the pool.
The “Shallow Water” class will be held on Thursday evenings starting June 20 through August 8, 2024 from 7:00 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. and is open to King Farm residents only with a valid Amenities Pass/Key Fob to access the Bailey’s Commons pool on Garden View Way. There will be no class on July 4, 2024.
The cost for the 7-week program is $75.00, there must be a minimum of 10 residents registered for the program in order for it to be held. If you would like to register, e-mail activities@kingfarm.org for a registration form. Once your completed registration form is received, you will be sent a link to pay via credit card payment and a fitness waiver.
The deadline to register is June 14, 2024. If you have additional questions, please email activities@kingfarm.org.
KING FARM MUSIC JAM SOCIAL CLUB- UPCOMING SESSION
King Farm Music Jam Social Club is a group of hobby musicians who come together to play music. This group is sponsored by King Farm Citizens Assembly. club meetings are held on a monthly basis with sessions throughout the year.
The sessions are held at the King Farm Community Center, 300 Saddle Ridge Circle, Rockville, MD, 20850.
Guitarists, keyboardists, percussionists, and other musicians of all levels, 18 years and older, are welcome to participate.
Bring your musical instrument. It is also helpful to bring a music stand and a power strip if power is needed for your equipment. For those that sing, a microphone would be helpful.
Songs are selected from a jam songbook and generally have common chords. A phone, tablet, or computer is needed.
Also, feel free to bring song sheets for any songs with common chords you would like to share; 10 to 15 copies should do it.
Email kingfarmmusicclub@gmail.com if you would like to participate.
Upcoming Sessions – June 23, and July 28
Events: May
Yesterday, The King Farm Neighbors Village (KFNV) Friends Club held their monthly luncheon at Lake Needwood Park. Fellow King Farmers enjoyed lunch and conversation at the
Friends Club’s first picnic luncheon of the year.
Other KFNV activities scheduled for May are:
- The Walking Club will continue its strolls Monday-Thursday at 4 pm, except in the case of inclement weather. The group meets in the park across from The Fontina Grille.
- On Wednesday, May 22, 2024 from 10:00-11:30 am, Coffee and Conversation participants will meet to discuss: What ancestor or historical figure would you have liked to meet or have coffee with and why?
- On Thursday, May 23, 2024 from 6:30-8:00 pm, the KFNV will host Spring Fling: A Picnic in the Center, a picnic potluck at the King Farm Community Center. The particulars are:
Who: Only members of the KFNV are invited to participate in this event. Please see below how to easily become a KFNV member.
What: Please bring your favorite picnic dish to serve 6-8 people. Also, please bring a notecard with the dish’s ingredients listed and a serving utensil.
Time: 6:30-8:00 pm with dinner starting promptly at 6:45 pm.
Other Important Information:
The KFNV will provide dessert, bottled water, soft drinks, paper products, and eating utensils. Please register for this event by Thursday, May 16, 2024. Registration will be capped at 30 participants. In addition, when registering, please note the dish that you will be bringing. KFNV is offering transportation to this event. If you need transportation or have any questions about the potluck, please contact KFNV at kfnvinfo@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at (301) 799-8104.
Events: June
The KFNV starts out its monthly June events with its Movie Club and Book Club the first two weeks of June.
1. On June 6, 2024 from 2:00- 3:00 pm, the KFNV member Movie Club will review the film, The Age of Adaline, a 2015 fantasy-drama about a young woman born at the turn of the 20th century, who is rendered ageless after an accident. The Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer gives it a 55% score, while the audience score is higher at 66%.
2. On June 13, 2024 from 12:30- 2:00 pm, the KFNV Book Club members will meet to discuss the book, Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. This novel attempts to answer this question posed by a reviewer in the New York Times: Shakespeare’s Son Died at 11. A Novel Asks How It Shaped His Art. The average score was 4.5 on Google.
Please note that the monthly Movie Club, Book Club, Coffee and Conversation gatherings, and many highlight events are held at the King Farm Community Center, 300 Saddle Ridge Circle, Rockville, MD 20850. In case of inclement weather and if there is time to notify participants, the KFNV may opt for a Zoom presentation for any meeting or event. Finally, the KFNV offers transportation to many of its monthly events for KFNV members. Please contact the Operations Coordinator at kfnvinfo@gmail.com, or leave a voicemail at (301) 799-8104 to arrange for transportation.
Services
The KFNV continues to support King Farm residents with its community services: transportation to appointments, simple household tasks, friendly phone calls/texts, and friendly visits. Please feel free to avail yourself of all of the community services that the KFNV offers. If you are in doubt about whether a task could be performed by one of the KFNV volunteers, go ahead and fill out the service form on the KFNV website. Our Operations Team will get back to you to determine if the task is under our umbrella of tasks. Also, please note that services are open to KFNV members only; however, membership is free and an easy process. See below on how to contact the KFNV to schedule any of the services or with any questions that you may have about the services as well as how to become a KFNV member.
Volunteers
The KFNV is always looking for a “few good volunteers” to provide community services to its members like drives to appointments, friendly visits, and help with simple household tasks. Volunteers are an important part of the KFNV. As one of our recent service recipients wrote:
“Thank you so much for responding to my request for help at my house. Volunteer 1 and Volunteer 2 were as always wonderfully understanding and helpful. Their support is what KFNV is all about.
Please let the two volunteers) know how much I appreciated their help.”
Please feel free to contact the Operations Coordinator for any questions you may have about becoming a KFNV volunteer by calling (301) 799-8104, emailing to kfnvinfo@gmail.com , or viewing the KFNV website at www.kfnv.org for information as well as an on-line form to fill out to become a KFNV volunteer. The KFNV thanks you for your consideration in becoming a KFNV volunteer.
Contacting the KFNV
For most of the KFNV monthly events as well as the services, membership is required; but membership is as easy as filling out an on-line or mail-in form with residency in the King Farm community being the only membership requirement. We are a multi-generational Village; therefore, there is no age requirement to join the KFNV. The KFNV welcomes all King Farm residents of all ages.
Although there is no fee to become a KFNV member, the KFNV does, however, accept and welcome donations; for these donations help defray the cost of KFNV services and events.
For information on how to register for any of the above events, to request a service or a ride, to become a KFNV member or a volunteer, or to make a donation, please contact the Operations Coordinator by calling (301) 799-8104 to leave a voicemail, emailing the KFNV at kfnvinfo@gmail.com , or viewing the KFNV website at www.kfnv.org.
CITY OF ROCKVILLE EVENTS
Saturdays from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. beginning May 18
Join us every Saturday beginning May 18 as different fruits and vegetables become available throughout the season. Take your pick of farm-fresh fruits and vegetables, bedding plants, cut flowers, preserves, honey, herbs, baked goods and more. Corner of E. Jefferson (MD 28) and Monroe Streets
Climb into the operator’s seat of some of the big trucks used by the city’s Department of Public Works as the City of Rockville joins the American Public Works Association to celebrate National Public Works Week, Monday, May 20-Friday, May 24.
The highlight of the week will be the city’s annual Equipment Show from 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23 at Mattie J. T. Stepanek Park, 1800 Piccard Drive.
The free show includes displays, demonstrations, balloons, popcorn, coloring books and other giveaways, and the chance to meet some of the public works employees who provide important services that keep Rockville running. It features exhibits on recycling and trash, environmental management, the city’s water treatment plant, water and sewer operations, and stormwater management. School and daycare groups are welcome.
APWA first sponsored National Public Works Week in 1960. Today, more than 32,000 APWA members in the U.S. and Canada use the week to energize and educate the public about the important contributions of public works, including planning, building, managing and operating infrastructure and services in our communities.
This year’s Public Works Week theme, “Advancing Quality of Life for All,” highlights the way public works professionals provide essential services that lead to healthier, happier, more vibrant communities. Follow the celebration on Facebook and Twitter at #NPWW and #AQOLFA.
Rockville’s Department of Public Works provides water, wastewater, stormwater, streets, recycling and trash, transportation, fleet services, engineering, and environmental and right-of-way management.
To learn more about Rockville’s Department of Public Works, visit www.rockvillemd.gov/publicworks or call 240-314-8500.
HOMETOWN HOLIDAYS
Hometown Holidays Music Fest
Saturday, May 25, and Sunday, May 26, 2024
12 – 7 p.m. at RedGate Park
Hometown Holidays Music Fest is a festival featuring two stages of entertainment, food and beverage, and activities for kids.
CLICK HERE to read the Weekly Crime Report
courtesy of the Rockville City Police Department.
RockView Program
If you have a ring camera (or other front door/doorbell camera), you can register it with the RCPD. The RockView program allows residents and business owners to voluntary register their privately owned video security camera systems with the RCPD. Registration in the RockView program does not enable law enforcement to view camera footage without an owner’s permission. However, the RockView program will allow city police to quickly identify security cameras that may have captured criminal activity when a crime is reported nearby. For more information about the RockView program, click here.
If you have a crime or concern to report, please contact the Rockville City Police Department at:
Non-Emergency: 240-314-8900
Emergency: 9-1-1
2 W. Montgomery Ave, Rockville, Maryland 20850
Stay connected with breaking news and information from RCPD on:
Facebook – @RockvilleCityPolice
Twitter – @RockvilleCityPD
Instagram – @RockvilleCityPolice
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