Today is Wednesday, June 9, and here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1. Weekly County COVID-19 Briefing: County Executive Marc Elrich, County Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles and Emergency Management Director Dr. Earl Stoddard will hold their weekly media briefing at 12:30 p.m. You can watch live on MCM channels 21 and […]
County Hosts Town Hall on Women in the Workforce After COVID-19
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich is holding a virtual town hall at noon on June 11 on “the alarming reduction in the number of women in the U.S. workforce” due to the pandemic.
This is part of a series of town hall meetings concerning the effects of COVID-19. Judy Stephenson, the county’s small business navigator, will host the session which also will include updates on grant programs. Speakers include County Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles and County Director of Emergency Management Earl Stoddard.
Also speaking will be Lynne Stein Benzion of the county Economic Development Corporation; Jennifer Arnaiz of the county Childcare Resource and Referral Center; Morgan Wortham of the Maryland Women’s Business Center and Tazeen Ahmad of the county Commission for Women.
County Hiring Again, Ending Job Freeze Initiated During Pandemic
With only 2.6 new cases of COVID-19 out of 100,000 people recorded Tuesday and a test positivity rate of less than one percent, Montgomery County continues to move forward in its recovery.
During a news briefing Wednesday, Executive Marc Elrich said that hiring to fill vacant county jobs is beginning again. “We are beginning to hire,” he said, pointing specifically to Montgomery County Public Libraries, six of which reopened Tuesday. “There are a lot of vacancies in the library,” he said.
He expects more vacancies to occur as the county continues to reopen, partly due to “the high number of employees who are in their sixties” and above and may not feel comfortable returning to their offices.