Considering a move to Rockville, Olney or Silver Spring?

11/4/2024 (Permalink)

The Metro can save you a lot of time and money and a convenient way to travel.

We love our Rockville, Olney and Silver Spring communities! Thinking about moving here? We’ll give you a few reasons why our community stands out to us!

Great schools: Montgomery County Public Schools are nationally ranked and recognized. Additionally, the area boasts many great private schools if you are looking for those options. Rockville is also the home of Montgomery College, Rockville Campus. For an affordable tuition, you can obtain your associate degree from this institution for a fraction of what you would pay at other colleges and universities.

Quick access to transit: Our area offers public transportation ranging from buses to trains. While the Metro rail allows quick access from Rockville and Silver Spring (and many other stations in surrounding areas) to DC, parts of Virginia and other local hotspots, bus services from Metrobus and Ride On are available throughout the county with thousands of bus stops.

Plenty of shopping centers, restaurants, entertainment: Rockville Pike is known for its diversity of restaurants. In addition, it has many top-notch shopping centers and about every store you can think of along its stretch. Looking for something fun to do? Rockville provides plenty of entertainment to its residents and guests alike- and in very close proximity so you won’t have to drive far and can definitely save gas.

With ice rinks (indoor and outdoor), movie theaters, bowling alleys, malls, community events and festivals to nearby hiking trails and places to rent kayaks and canoes, Rockville is a happening place!

Safe communities: Our Rockville-Olney and Silver Spring North communities are very family-oriented and diverse. People from around the world come to live in our communities as our area has much to offer. From amazing career opportunities to safe neighborhoods, the Rockville-Olney area is a great place to have a family and to start a great career alike. Our towns make great effort to keep residents safe by installing sidewalks to promote safer exercise, creating crosswalks, putting up speed cameras, and ensuring roads are smooth. Pedestrian safety is really prioritized, and it leads to a stronger community!

Close to Washington, D.C. (can easily metro from Silver Spring, Rockville, Twin Brook, or Shady Grove stations, to name a few): As mentioned above, our area is close to DC! It’s a happening place. From weekend activities such as parades and museum trips, we are fortunate to have easy access to a city where people from around the world come to vacation to. We can’t forget to mention jobs! Many of our residents commute to DC daily for work. It’s a city of opportunity.

Arts, history and culture: Our area is known by its culture and history. Much of it is celebrated through art. Our area offers a wide variety of tours, including tours of farms, mansions, and old school houses for example. There happens to be many museums and theaters in our area as well. Keep an eye out on community pages for local concert series, pop-ups and festivities.

A few great spots to explore history, culture and talent include:

Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring

Olney Theatre Center, Olney

Agricultural History Farm Park, Derwood

Meadowside Nature Center, Rockville

Glenview Mansion and Art Gallery, Rockville

National Capital Trolley Museum, Silver Spring

If you’ve never visited the Rockville, Olney, Silver Spring area, Team Gutierrez of SERVPRO of Rockville-Olney and SERVPRO of Silver Spring North encourages you to do so!

SERVPRO Rockville-Olney Inaugural School Backpack & Supply Drive

7/28/2021 (Permalink)

Join us in collecting school backpacks & supplies to be donated to area students in need. Thank you!

SERVPRO of Rockville-Olney kicks off our inaugural Back-to-School Backpack & School Supply Drive this week. We have placed a bin right outside our main office at 850 E. Gude Drive, Suite H, Rockville if you would like to bring a backpack and/or notebooks, looseleaf paper and/or pens & pencils to join in our efforts.

The bin is out during weekdays from 8-5, and the collection ends Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. We will match & donate all collected items to area schools that need them for students. Thank you!!

Look for this box at our front door to drop off your donations. Also, if you know of a school in need please contact our marketing rep at trinh@SERVPRO5186.com and we will certainly try to accommodate. 

Halloween Safety Tips

10/27/2019 (Permalink)

Make sure to inspect your child's candy before they consume it!

It’s that time of year again to stock up on candy, as trick-or-treaters will be arriving in the masses at your door any day now! Whether you’ll be passing out the candy or accompanying your own trick-or-treater, follow the tips below to ensure everyone has a safe and happy experience.

• Always accompany children! Do not let them go alone. This is the most important step to follow to ensure a safe Halloween.
• Carry a cell phone and flashlight with you at all times. Have your child carry a flashlight to increase visibility too.
• Walk on the sidewalk and in residential neighborhoods whenever possible. Walking on streets or up long driveways can be dangerous. A great Halloween tip is if you live in the country or in an area where homes are quite spread out, drive and park in a neighborhood with homes in close proximity, i.e., townhomes.
• Make sure the costume fits well! If costumes are too large, they become a fire hazard (people commonly place burning candles inside pumpkins). Furthermore, tree branches, fallen sticks, debris, etc. is less visible at night, and long costumes could get caught or tangled in the mix.
• It’s also highly recommended your costume and trick-or-treat bag is reflective in the dark. Adding reflective tape to both is an easy and inexpensive way of doing so.
• Avoid masks and long and sharp accessories. Masks can limit eyesight, and sharp and long objects that play apart in your costume can cause injury. Both may play a part in your costume, but they can cause risks that aren’t worth risking.
• Speaking of fire hazards, avoid placing a burning candle inside your pumpkin. Instead, opt for a flashlight or glow stick. If you must use a candle, consider a tea light.
• If you will pass out candy, make sure your home, walkways, etc. are well-lit to ensure no one gets injured due to lack of vision on your property… that could end poorly.
• Make sure pets are inside their kennels, locked in the basement, etc.; anything to ensure they cannot run outside or “greet” trick-or-treaters. Pets either become excited, protective, or terrified, which can lead to shocking or harming both your pet and whoever is at your door.
• Do not take your child to a home with no light on. That almost always means they do not want trick-or-treaters at their door and that they are not passing out candy.
• Additionally, candy should be passed out at the door or sometimes, in a bowl sitting outside the door. Do not step into homes or vehicles to receive candy. That’s could be very dangerous.
• After your children collect their candy, inspect each piece, ensuring no wrappers have been opened or tampered with. Candy without a wrapper, such as candy corn or gumballs, should be discarded immediately.
• Feed your children a large meal before trick-or-treating so that they do not come home very hungering and make a meal out of their candy. Instead, ration candy for the days and weeks to come.