East Silver Spring Citizens Association

The Trachtenberg Office was represented at the monthly meeting of the East Silver Spring Citizens Association held at the Sligo Recreation Center in Silver Spring.

The featured speaker at the ESSCA meeting was Montgomery County Council President Nancy Floreen, who discussed a broad range of issues and answered many questions from ESSCA members. Among the issues discussed were redevelopment in Silver Spring, the Silver Spring Civic Building and Veterans Plaza, a new Silver Spring Library, the Purple Line, financing infrastructure, supporting small businesses, community gardens, recyling, clean energy, and the County budget.

The Trachtenberg Office was represented by Chief of Staff Alan Bowser, who lives in Silver Spring. Reemberto Rodriguez, Director of the Silver Spring Regional Services Center and Joseph Ayong, representing Councilmember Valerie Ervin and State Senator Jamie Raskin were also present.

"Thinking Green" in the Trachtenberg Office

The Trachtenberg Office is "Thinking Green!" We give high priority in our office to recycling and conservation. One of the County programs that we support is the WeCar/MC Car Share program.

The Division of Fleet Management Services in the County's Department of General Services (DGS) encourages employees to take advantage of the WeCar/MC CarShare program. This innovative program reduces the County’s transportation expenses and helps the environment while providing a convenient method of business transportation for County employees. All of the CarShare vehicles are hybrids with greater fuel efficiency and lower emissions which lessen the impact on the environment.

“Montgomery County is committed to piloting this program for its environmental benefit, but also because we believe that, in the long run, we can save money by reducing the total number of fleet vehicles the County owns, which will cut fuel, maintenance, insurance and liability costs,” said DGS Director David Dise. “Since the program was implemented in January, the County has saved more than half a million dollars.”

The County currently has 20 hybrid and sub-compact vehicles available at five locations for shared use by employees. Users can reserve a car online, mainly for hourly use, and return it to an assigned parking space. The County currently has a more cost-effective rental program for day-long vehicle use.