While we'd love to learn as much about your ideas for the future of parks, we recognize some of you have less time than others. How would you prefer to participate and provide your feedback about Parks of the Future?
I'd like to fill out the complete survey (approx 10 minutes).
How often does your household use parks, recreation facilities, or programs in a year?
Regularly (9 or more times a year)
What do you feel are the top three functions provided by Montgomery Parks and the Montgomery County Recreation?
Natural areas support a variety of ecological communities, and they form the backbone of our park system. Montgomery Parks recognizes these areas provide respite for park patrons and ecological benefits. The stewardship of these resources is a key component of a successful park system.
Montgomery Parks offers many opportunities to promote fitness and health within its 418 parks, including paved and natural surface trails, fitness equipment, amenities to exercise such as ice skating rinks, tennis centers and numerous athletic fields.
Parks are an ideal location for social gatherings with families, friends and neighbors. Montgomery Parks has many amenities to enhance such gatherings including camp grounds, picnic shelters, park activity buildings and play grounds.
How would you rate the agency's parks, facilities and services in meeting the communities needs?
Parks - 4 Excellent
Recreational facilities - 4 Excellent
Recreational programs - 4 Excellent
Are there any segments of the community that need to be better served by Montgomery Parks and Montgomery County Recreation? If so, who are they and how can they be better served?
Renters and people without cars, and newcomers particularly who work in DC and may not be familiar with all the resources that Montgomery County has available. Large apartment complexes such as the Blairs could do a much better job of promoting Montgomery County programs to residents so they can become more plugged into the surrounding community. Montgomery county should also ensure that new private developments include green spaces that are open to the public. Sonny's Green developed by the Blairs must be required to be open to the public and remain open to the public and not become an elitist gated community.
What do you believe are the three most important issues / challenges facing Montgomery Parks and Montgomery County Recreation in the next five years?
Getting kids and communities to connect with the parks ! As we are increasingly disconnected from nature and kids are constantly plugged into technology instead of being outside we are seeing growing health issues including mental health issues. How to get all incomes and backgrounds including immigrants to get out to the parks !
Why did you choose these top three functions?
No response.
What amenities, programs or experiences are missing that would better support your recreation needs that we should be planning for in the future?
Please keep supporting and expand the community garden program. Improve recycling in public spaces and promote "zero waste events" for all events in parks. Parks should have a comprehensive recycling program and should include composting. Connect with the school recycling program to have consistency across educational programming and reinforce home and school recycling connections.
How would you describe your household? Please check ALL that apply.
Multi-family low- or high-rise building
Use bus or rail public transit for non-work related trips
White
Please provide your zip code here to help us to determine where facilities and services are needed.
20910
Do you have any additional comments or suggestions to help Montgomery Parks and Montgomery County Recreation staff plan for the County's future parks, recreational facilities or programs?
Thank you for asking for feedback. Please consider who is not likely to hear about and respond to an online survey in English and be assertive in collecting feedback from them. For example maybe posting the opportunity to give feedback in libraries or schools if you haven't already. Keep in mind those of us who don't have cars.
Open Town Hall is not a certified voting system or ballot box. As with any public comment process, participation in Open Town Hall is voluntary. The responses in this record are not necessarily representative of the whole population, nor do they reflect the opinions of any government agency or elected officials.
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While we'd love to learn as much about your ideas for the future of parks, we recognize some of you have less time than others. How would you prefer to participate and provide your feedback about Parks of the Future?
How often does your household use parks, recreation facilities, or programs in a year?
What do you feel are the top three functions provided by Montgomery Parks and the Montgomery County Recreation?
Natural areas support a variety of ecological communities, and they form the backbone of our park system. Montgomery Parks recognizes these areas provide respite for park patrons and ecological benefits. The stewardship of these resources is a key component of a successful park system.
Montgomery Parks offers many opportunities to promote fitness and health within its 418 parks, including paved and natural surface trails, fitness equipment, amenities to exercise such as ice skating rinks, tennis centers and numerous athletic fields.
Parks are an ideal location for social gatherings with families, friends and neighbors. Montgomery Parks has many amenities to enhance such gatherings including camp grounds, picnic shelters, park activity buildings and play grounds.
How would you rate the agency's parks, facilities and services in meeting the communities needs?
Are there any segments of the community that need to be better served by Montgomery Parks and Montgomery County Recreation? If so, who are they and how can they be better served?
Renters and people without cars, and newcomers particularly who work in DC and may not be familiar with all the resources that Montgomery County has available. Large apartment complexes such as the Blairs could do a much better job of promoting Montgomery County programs to residents so they can become more plugged into the surrounding community. Montgomery county should also ensure that new private developments include green spaces that are open to the public. Sonny's Green developed by the Blairs must be required to be open to the public and remain open to the public and not become an elitist gated community.
What do you believe are the three most important issues / challenges facing Montgomery Parks and Montgomery County Recreation in the next five years?
Getting kids and communities to connect with the parks ! As we are increasingly disconnected from nature and kids are constantly plugged into technology instead of being outside we are seeing growing health issues including mental health issues. How to get all incomes and backgrounds including immigrants to get out to the parks !
Why did you choose these top three functions?
No response.What amenities, programs or experiences are missing that would better support your recreation needs that we should be planning for in the future?
Please keep supporting and expand the community garden program. Improve recycling in public spaces and promote "zero waste events" for all events in parks. Parks should have a comprehensive recycling program and should include composting. Connect with the school recycling program to have consistency across educational programming and reinforce home and school recycling connections.
How would you describe your household? Please check ALL that apply.
Please provide your zip code here to help us to determine where facilities and services are needed.
20910Do you have any additional comments or suggestions to help Montgomery Parks and Montgomery County Recreation staff plan for the County's future parks, recreational facilities or programs?
Thank you for asking for feedback. Please consider who is not likely to hear about and respond to an online survey in English and be assertive in collecting feedback from them. For example maybe posting the opportunity to give feedback in libraries or schools if you haven't already. Keep in mind those of us who don't have cars.