Kensington Estates Civic Association

Montgomery County, Maryland
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KECA Fall 2026 Newsletter

Contents

  • MCDOT Parkwood Drive Meeting- with PRA
  • KECA Fall Meeting – different location!
  • Annual Halloween Parade
  • Volunteer for Board and Committee Positions
  • Join KECA -You’ll Feel Great!

Important Dates

10.1.26  Parkwood Dr MCDOT mtg

10.7.26  KECA General Meeting

10.25.26  Halloween Party & Parade (Puller Park)

Meeting with MCDOT

Thursday October 1 – 6:30 – 9:00 PM Kensington Parkwood Elementary School Room 105

https://tinyurl.com/MCDOT-Teams-Oct1

The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) recently sent a revised plan to both Kensington Estates Civic Association (KECA) and the Parkwood Residents Association (PRA) in its ongoing efforts to respond to neighborhood concerns about pedestrian and vehicle safety on Parkwood Drive. As a next step, KECA and PRA are hosting a joint meeting with MCDOT, which residents can attend in person or virtually (details above this paragraph).
Meeting purpose is for MCDOT to answer questions andgather feedback, and will be held in two parts:
  • 6:30 to 7:00 PM, Check in and time to view layout of plan in person..
  • Beginning at 7:00 PM, Virtual meeting begins with presentation of the overall Parkwood Drive concept plan (revised #94548 plan). In
    response to feedback to the original concept plan, 4 speed humps were included in the revised proposal.
    • One of the requirements for installation of speed
      humps is that MCDOT hold a community meeting specific to locating speed humps in a neighborhood.
    • If community sentiment appears favorable, then concurrence forms must be completed to show that residents directly (70% on that road segment) and indirectly (50% elsewhere) affected by the speed humps agree with installation.

The remainder of the meeting will consider the plan as a whole.

Please see PRA website, parkwoodresidents.org, for detailed
information on the plan. You can write comments and
questions for unattributed submission to MCDOT at
https://tinyurl.com/Parkwood-Drive-v2-comments

COME ONE - COME ALL

KECA Community Meeting

6:30 – 9:00 PM

IN PERSON AND VIA ZOOM

** NOTE LOCATION CHANGE **
Kensington Volunteer Fire Dept

10620 Connecticut Avenue

Meeting Room entrance behind the fire station at base of the hill

Parking behind fire station and side streets

(Plyers Mill and Dupont Ave)

ZOOM LINK:

https://tinyurl.com/KECAmeetingZoom

Meeting ID 823 5298 1407 Passcode: 94788

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Thank you to neighbor and local realtor Alana Aschenbach for donating the printing of our community newsletters!

Agenda - KECA Meeting

Thursday October 1 – 6:30 – 9:00 PM

Kensington Volunteer Fire Dept

10620 Connecticut Avenue

Meeting Room entrance behind the fire station at the base of the hill.  Parking behind the fire station and side streets (Plyers Mill & Dupont Ave)

We will begin with KECA business, including annual elections. We invite all residents of KECA to consider running for KECA board and to lead/serve on committees! Board positions: President, Vice-President,
Treasurer, and Secretary.

We will update www.keca20895.org soon with position and committee descriptions for neighbors’ consideration. We have been incredibly fortunate over many years to have a few of our neighbors serve, and in a few
cases, stay on to lead in board and committee positions. At this critical time in civic life, we encourage others to volunteer in these very rewarding roles. They require focus and energy only intermittently throughout the year, but
reap major benefits to your and your neighbors ‘well-being!
Longtime past and current board and committee members
are here to support new volunteers.

Montgomery County has a long and strong tradition of civic assns. (montgomerycivic.org), with KECA a member (3 delegates).

If you are interested in any of these options, message keca20895@gmail.com by Oct 5.

We will entertain proposals for by-laws addressing committee
formation, membership and advocacy because of a variety of concerns expressed on our listserv and at ad-hoc community gatherings in recent months.

The meeting will conclude with any feedback or comments from the October 1 KECA and PRA joint meeting with MCDOT and other related topics.

Volunteer with KECA

Some role vacancies highlighted below, but many positions open for leadership and participation in 2026-27 (see article to left).

If interested, please fill out our volunteer form, https://tinyurl.com/2026KECAdues. THANK YOU!

  • Social Committee (2-3 people) responsible for organizing the annual Block Party and Halloween Party & Parade
  • Membership Coordinator would be responsible to recruit new neighbors to join, renew KECA members, work w/block captains to greet new neighbors.
  • Block Captains assist with distributing this newsletter twice a year, putting up flyers for upcoming neighborhood events. We have some vacancies.

Contact KECA Board at keca20895@gmail.com if you have questions or want to get more active in KECA.

JOIN or RENEW with KECA TODAY!

KECA Membership • $20 due annually • Jan-Dec

Dues cover costs for events, printing, supplies, etc.

Susan Priester, KECA Treasurer, accepts checks to:

  • “KECA” at 4224 Matthews Lane,
  •  Zelle to kecatreasurer22@gmail.com, or
  • Venmo: @KECA20895, Number 3891