Rockville Villages
Resources
These resources are from many sources, including the Rockville Villages Advisory Committee. Please send us any information or links you would like posted here. Also let us know when you find broken links--it just happens.
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Testimony to the Rockville Mayor and City Council
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Letter to the Mayor and City Council
April 26, 2016
Apps/Websites
Nextdoor: Join the free private social network for your neighborhood
Nextdoor is the free private social network for your neighborhood community. Great for posting neighborhood events and notices as well as shopping for services. Includes classifieds.
Organizations
Community Ministries of Rockville
http://www.cmrocks.org/services/elderly-ministries
CMR’s Elderly Ministries Program provides a wide range of services for low to moderate income senior residents so that they can remain in their homes as they age and prevent premature institutionalization. .
Montgomery County Villages Information Webpage
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/HHS-Program/ADS/Villages/villageslist.html
This page has a list of active village projects in the County and includes a page on the Rockville Advisory Committee.
Rockville Villages Advisory Committee Webpage on Montgomery County Villages Website
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/HHS-Program/ADS/Villages/RockvilleVillages.html
This section of the MoCo site is dedicated to Rockville information
Village to Village Network
Village to Village Network helps communities establish and manage their own Villages.
VtV Network has been developed in response to requests from Villages nationwide.
WAVE
The Washington Area Villages Exchange (WAVE) is a forum through which nonprofit villages in the Washington D.C metropolitan area share experience and ideas.
Articles, Blogs, News Reports, Videos
Beacon Hill Village
http://www.beaconhillvillage.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=332658&module_id=77064
Beacon Hill Village enrolled its first members in February 2002 and was soon deluged with requests for help, information, and specific how-to answers. In 2006, we published The Village Concept: A Founder's Manual, sharing some of our experience in a hands-on, tell-all style that many groups have found very usefu
Senior Village Movement Grows Across Montgomery County (Video)
http://www.mymcmedia.org/senior-village-movement-grows-across-montgomery-county-video/
The Village: A Growing Option for Aging in Place (AARP)
http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/ppi/liv-com/fs177-village.pdf
Through a growing number of senior villages in the D.C. area, aging in place becomes easier (Washington Post)
Articles on "Aging in Place Villages” (A Guide to Retirement Living’s Source Book)
http://www.retirement-living.com/category/aging-in-place/aging-in-place-villages/
Retirees Turn to Virtual Villages for Mutual Support (New York Times)
The Village Movement
https://www.caring.com/articles/village-movement
It Takes a Village: Seniors Thrive While Living at Home (NBC News)
The Village Movement Blog
https://medium.com/@acevedo/the-village-movement-ff036015d4f3#.ws2ehz63w
The Rise of the Village Movement
http://northsoundlife.com/lifestyle/rise-village-movement/
Rockville Villages Advisory Commitee Information
The Committee meets monthly September through May. Meeting notes are distributed after each meeting.
All are welcome to attend the meetings, held at the Rocvkille Senior Center.
If you want to be on our mailing list, email rockvillevillages.com with your name and email. Please indicate whether you want to be an active participant, or prefer to just recieve our email updates.