Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich's Weekly Media Briefing Will Focus on Dangerous Heat, New Traffic Safety Campaign for Spanish Speakers

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, July 25, 2023

This week the County Executive will be discussing the County’s plan for dangerous heat anticipated to arrive by the end of the week. He’ll also talk about using characters from the successful La Abuelina campaign to reach Spanish speakers and encourage the use of new traffic safety measures. The County Executive will be joined by:

• Earl Stoddard, Assistant Chief Administrative Officer for Public Safety
• Wade Holland, Vision Zero, Coordinator

The weekly media briefing offers reporters an opportunity to discuss timely and important issues with the County Executive, key members of the County Government and community leaders invited to the Zoom call. Members of the media who wish to participate in the virtual media briefing should RSVP to Tracy O’Connor at tracy.o'[email protected] by 10:30 a.m. the day of the briefing. Login information will be provided after receipt of the RSVP. Login information for the media briefing remains the same from week to week. There is no need to RSVP each week unless you are new to the call.

If you are not a member of the media and/or cannot gain access to participate, the briefing can be viewed live on the County's Facebook page. It is also available on County Cable Montgomery at Comcast/RCN Channel 6 and HD Channel 996 or Verizon Channel 30.

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Media Contact: Joe Dominguez 240-743-8865