Text Box: More than twice as large as Glen Echo, Chevy Chase Section 3 has 278 houses, many of them bungalows dating from the early 1920s, when our Chautauqua cottages were built. Its streets are similarly narrow, and, according to a Jan 28 article in The Washington Post, it prides itself on remaining much the same through the decades, just as Glen Echo does. It is interesting to learn how this municipality functions. Located along Connecticut Ave. north of Bradley Blvd., the town was also laid out in the 19th century and once had a streetcar clanging by. It has a small park with a gazebo. It lacks a town hall, but many town social events take place in a town church. Instead of mayor and councilmembers it has a chairman, vice-chairman, treasurer, secretary, and a member assigned to buildings and roads, serving two year terms, as in Glen Echo. The only employee is the town manager, Andy Harney. The secretary reviews the bank statements and the treasurer presents the financial statement to the council each month, but the town manager takes the minutes, does the bookkeeping and prepares the monthly financial statement. Ms. Harney’s responsibilities include checking the status of roads and sidewalks with an engineer on a regular basis and adding repair estimates to the annual budget. When repairs are scheduled, she writes a letter to each property owner who will be affected, noting when the work will begin and when it is expected to end. She usually hand-delivers these letters door to door. She also sends out reminders about the monthly bulk trash pick-up via the town’s list-serve, which includes about three-quarters of the households. The town has three different tree planting programs, with $28,000 budgeted for grass and trees in the current budget. After hiring a landscape consultant, the town had 400 serviceberry trees planted on the grass between the sidewalks and roads. The town pays for shade trees planted on residents’ Text Box: lawns so long as they are 4-5 feet from the public sidewalk. Over 100 trees were planted over the past five or six years, including legacy maples, sunset maples and zelkovas. The town also offers trees and flowering shrubs to residents in a cooperative buying effort, with 50% of the cost paid by the town. The town has a list of over 70 households maintained by senior citizens and when the snow is over two inches deep, a snow removal company is brought in to shovel their sidewalks. Ms. Harney also keeps a list of town youths who can be hired to shovel snow or rake leaves on non-public driveways. The town requires that new houses must be at least 30 feet from the front of the property, five feet more than required by county law. Remodeled houses are shown off on an annual house tour with the admission price being donated to the homeless. The town’s total income last year was $333,849; total expenses were $230,801. In comparison, Glen Echo, with some 175 fewer residences, had an income of $170,000 and expenses of $118,000. Chevy Chase Section 3’s website is www.chevychasesection3.com. —Carlotta Anderson Text Box: A SIMILAR MUNICIPALITY: CHEVY CHASE SECTION 3 Text Box: FREE HALL EVENTS FOR GLEN ECHO RESIDENTS The following activities booked at the town hall are free for town residents: Sunday, March 5, 7:00-11:00 p.m.—STONE TOWER BLUES DANCE LESSONS Sunday, March 12, 1:00-6:00 p.m. FAMILY DANCE Monday, March 13, 8:00 p.m.—TOWN COUNCIL MEET ING Saturday, March 18, 7:00 p.m.—ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARTY Sunday, March 19, 7:00-11:00 p.m.—STONE TOWER BLUES DANCE LESSONS Monday, March 20, 5:30-9:00 p.m.—WESTERN MONT GOMERY COUNTY CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD MEETING Thursday, March 23, 7:30 --NPS-GLEN ECHO PARK MEETING RE NEW OXFORD RD. ENTRANCE Saturday, March 25, 7:30 p.m.—GLEN ECHO FILM FES TIVAL Sunday, March 26, ? –POTOMAC VALLEY SCOTTISH FIDDLE CLUB Every Wednesday, 8:00-10:30 p.m. English Country Dance. Live music. No experience or partner needed.