Representing the 1200 households North of East-West Highway, South of Jones

Bridge Road, East of Wisconsin Avenue and West of Columbia Country Club.

Neighborhood News Fall 2014 WWW.EBCA.ORG

Upcoming EBCA Events EBCA Elections &

General Membership Meeting

Halloween Parade Thursday, November 19th

Sunday, October 26th 7:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m. at Chase Park B-CC High School, Room C-113

Many of us have packed away

our beach chairs and flip flops in

exchange for our Halloween and

Thanksgiving gear as we wrap up

2014. EBCA has had a great year –

we’ve had a number of successful

social events, increased our

membership significantly, and

have addressed a number of issues

impacting our neighborhood. We

also just added two new

committees for the association: the

Beautification Committee chaired

by Katya Marin and the

Community Service Committee co-

chaired by Melissa Groman and

Rebecca Fayed. The Beautification

Committee will work with

neighbors to identify and help with

non-park beautification projects in

public areas around the

neighborhood. The Community

Service committee will organize

community service opportunities,

the first of which is the Halloween

Candy Donation. If you are

interested in participating on

either of these new committees, or

on any of our existing committees

including social, parks, education,

newsletter or membership, please

contact send an email to

president@ebca.org. We welcome

ANY level of commitment!

In addition to encouraging you to

President’s Update

By Rebecca Fayed, President

Our neighborhood has lost a

significant number of trees due to

age, disease, development and road

work. For this reason, the county

has given our neighborhood an

opportunity to participate in a

street-tree planting program where

residents may receive a free tree in

the county right of way in front of

their property.

Interested households will be

able select from the list of county-

approved trees and the only

requirement is that you water the

new tree.

Tree plantings will take place

during the fall and spring planting

season (Following completion of the

sidewalk and resurfacing project on

your street) and continue over the

next three years. We hope to have

the first trees planted this fall. If

you are interested in participating

in the program or joining the team,

please contact one of us!

• Maj-Brit Dohlie, West Virginia Ave

MDohlie@gmail.com, 301-525-1747

• Jeff Dunckel, Rosedale Avenue

Jeff.Dunckel@montgomerycountymd.

gov, 301-646-4086

• Amanda Farber, Kentucky Avenue

AmandaFarber@hotmail.com,

240-271-9033,

• Alvin Figer, Chestnut Street

AlvinFiger@gmail.com, 240-426-6876

Tree Project

volunteer on any of our

committees, I would like you to

consider running for an EBCA

officer position. Have you ever

thought, “I’m so happy EBCA does

THIS! or (and I hope not!)“why

doesn’t EBCA do this or that?” or “I

wish we could do THAT in our

neighborhood!” If you’ve ever had

those thought, no matter how

fleeting, the EBCA executive

committee could be the place for

you to make a difference very close

to home! We are currently

accepting nominations for all

positions. If you are interested,

please contact Lisa McCabe at

social@ebca.org. We will hold our

annual election at the final 2014

EBCA general membership

meeting on Thursday, November

19th at 7:00 p.m. at B-CC High

School.

Finally, I’d like to express my

sincere appreciation to all those

who have helped to make 2014 a

fantastic year for EBCA. As I’m

reaching my 2-year term limit, I

will be stepping down as President

and could not have done this job

without the help of the other EBCA

officers, committee chairs, and

wonderful neighbors who have

volunteered so much of their time.

Thank you all!

Neighborhood News Fall 2014

East Bethesda Citizens Association, Inc.

PO Box 41020, Bethesda, MD 20824

www.ebca.org

Rebecca Fayed, President

Katya Marin, 1st Vice President

Brittany Barsky, 2nd Vice President,

Jack Hayes, Treasurer

Melissa Groman, Recording Secretary

Monique Buckles, Assistant Recording Secretary

Halloween

Parade &

Candy Drive

Calling all ghosts, goblins,

“Frozen” characters and other

Halloween creatures! The annual

Halloween Parade is Sunday,

October 26th at 1:00 p.m. We will

meet at Chase Park (corner of

Chase Avenue and Tilbury Street)

to parade down Chase Avenue to

Lynnbrook Park. Grab your

costume and join your neighbors.

Current EBCA members will

receive tickets for a trinket, but

there will be no treats this year so

bring a snack if parading makes

you hungry. If you would like to

volunteer at the ticket booth or

grab bag table, please contact Lisa

McCabe at social@ebca.org.

Last year, EBCA collected over

100 lbs of Halloween Candy for

Treats 4 Our Troops (T40T), and

we'll continue to support T4OT this

Halloween. T4OT joins forces with

the community to collect surplus

holiday candy for U.S. troops.

These gifts are sent to U.S.

Military personnel who are

currently deployed & Wounded

Warriors.

T4OT only sends unopened candy

that is from the current collection

season. Melted, smashed, opened

and old candy is not accepted.

Please do not send taffy, pixy stix

or insensitive images like body

parts or eyeballs. And do not buy

any extra candy; the mission of

T4OT includes sharing what we

already have.

Drop-Off Details: We are offering

four drop-off locations in our

neighborhood (daylight hours only):

4403 Chestnut Street, 4310

Rosedale Avenue, 4608 Highland

Avenue and 4404 Fairfield Drive.

Beginning after Halloween and

continuing until November 8th,

each house will have a receptacle

outside with a T4OT sign.

At the General EBCA

membership meeting last month,

David Tobin of Montgomery Parks

and Planning discussed Bethesda

Reggio’s proposed beautification

plan for portions of Lynnbrook

Park, including a fenced-in area for

the daycare center’s use. After

hearing many neighbors’ concerns,

Reggio has agreed to submit a

revised proposal that would not

include a fence. EBCA requested a

copy of the revised lease for review

and comment.

Last month, the overgrown

garden along the path between

Chestnut Street and South Chelsea

Lane was removed and the weeds

cut down. This change has spurred

the East Bethesda Garden Club to

realize the need for a larger plan

for this county owned easement.

The South Chelsea/Chestnut

Easement Neighborhood

Enhancement (SCCENE) project

Parks & Open Spaces

will be launching soon and the

newly created EBCA Beautification

Committee is seeking volunteers to

help consider and implement ways

to beautify this space for our

community. If you are interested in

helping, please contact Karen

Metchis at kmetchis@verizon.net.

PLEASE LEASH YOUR DOGS!

Park Police have received several

complaints concerning unleashed

dogs in the neighborhood and have

stepped up patrols in Lynnbrook

Park by ticketing owners who leave

their dogs unleashed and fail to

pick up dog waste. Please be

considerate of your neighbors and

leash and clean up after your pets.

Our next park cleanup day will

be Saturday, November 15th from

8 a.m. until 1 p.m. We will pick up

brush and mulch trees around

Lynnbrook Park. Please consider

helping out with this work by

contacting parks@ebca.org.

Neighborhood News Fall 2014

A great time was had by all

neighbors who attended the EBCA

annual Labor Day picnic. The

Great Zucchini gave a much-liked

performance. Face painters and a

balloon artist were there for some

exciting entertainment. Besta

Pizza supplied pizza by the slice.

Thank you to our volunteers!

As you likely have seen by now,

the paving of the streets has

begun. They will continue the

paving work until the weather gets

too cold for asphalt. The same

timing holds true for the work on

the sidewalks but they will be back

to finish the job in the spring once

the weather is warmer.

You also may have noticed that

we’ve been having work done on

the EBCA signs in the

neighborhood. To reduce the

likelihood of theft, seven of the

nine neighborhood entrance signs

have been modified with new

brackets and the last two will be

completed by spring.

We have welcomed many new

members this year and are looking

forward to many more! Remember,

EBCA represents you, the

Around the

Neighborhood

members, so please support us by

joining or renewing your

membership soon! In fact, please

consider renewing your

membership early for 2015 online

now at ebca.org, or stop by our

table at the Halloween Parade. If

you join or renew now, your

membership will be valid until the

end of 2015.