Rockville Metro Club Archive Announcement
10/31/2025
Dear Members of RMC, AA, NA, Al-Anon, and the fellowships that called RMC home,
The Rockville Metro Club closed and moved out of its physical location at 12319 Washington Avenue in Rockville on October 31, 2025. While that specific location closed, THE RUMORS WERE NOT TRUE – RMC DID NOT CLOSE. We temporarily moved our meetings to a primarily online format to save funds for a move to another physical location. This temporary move online saved us approximately $3,000 a month, while we continued to receive generous contributions from our meeting attendees and members.
On behalf of all members of RMC and its Board, we stressed that our group never stopped in our efforts to affect our primary purpose to CONTINUE to carry the message to every alcoholic and addict that still suffered. We owed a debt to all our then-current and past RMC members. With that in mind, the following actions were taken:
• Starting Zoom Meetings
For those interested in starting new online meetings, we required Board approval. The RMC Zoom account hosted meetings that were listed on rockvillemetroclub.org; we maintained the capability to hold online meetings 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year through Zoom. Starting those new Zoom meetings provided an amazing opportunity for service during that transition.
• Continued Search for Physical Location
We never stopped and continued our search for a permanent physical location. We utilized a commercial real estate agent to assist in our efforts to locate a more permanent home for live meetings of AA, NA, Al-Anon, and the other fellowships that considered RMC home. While we viewed several locations, we did not rent them at the time due to the high rent proposed by the owners. We actively sought leads from the community to assist the Board.
• Live Celebration Meetings
We continued to meet in both in person and online for our Sunday, 11:00 a.m. Celebration Meetings. Our members generously financed a location for us to hold those meetings. The in-person meetings on Sundays at 11:00 a.m. were moved to the Tilden Woods Park Activity Building, located at 6800 Tilden Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20852, less than 3 miles from our previous location. We maintained use of the building every Sunday, beginning November 2, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Thank you to all of you for your continued support. RMC has carried the message since 1981, and we had no intention of stopping then, nor do we now.
Sincerely,
The 2025 Rockville Metro Club Board
