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.
Montgomery Parks is dedicated to preserving and interpreting cultural resources for current and future generations including historic buildings, archaeological sites, and other culturally significant places.
Montgomery Parks offers hundreds of athletic fields used for a wide variety of sports such as baseball, soccer, cricket and more. There are also basketball and tennis courts, ice skating rinks, an indoor sports pavilion among other amenities promoting sports in our parks.
Hundreds of events and festivals take place in Montgomery Parks every year including nature festivals, races, musical events and seasonal celebrations.
How would you rate the agency's parks, facilities and services in meeting the communities needs?
Parks - 4 Excellent
Recreational facilities - 3 Good
Recreational programs - 3 Good
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?
No response.
What do you believe are the three most important issues / challenges facing Montgomery Parks and Montgomery County Recreation in the next five years?
Continuing to keep county parks safe as the population increases.
Why did you choose these top three functions?
I believe the parks should be ways of preserving our watershed, viewshed, and other resources while still allowing people to use and congregate in public spaces. Fitness and health activities such as hiking and biking I believe are gentle uses that allow natural areas to be preserved. However I realize that some parks should be areas where children can play and parents and families congregate and picnic. I believe sports can be organized at larger regional park such as the Germantown soccerplex, while smaller neighborhood parks should not be used to support these activities with large crowds.
What amenities, programs or experiences are missing that would better support your recreation needs that we should be planning for in the future?
I am very happy with the current dog parks, but as a dog owner I would always be happy with more! I love the racquetball courts in Olney and wish there were more in other parts of the county. The ones in Olney are often completely full so I think I'm not the only one who loves them! I used to live in Olney and now I live in Germantown, fyi. I really like the nature talks at Meadowside also, and wish there were more activities like this closer to Germantown now.
How would you describe your household? Please check ALL that apply.
No children under 18 and no one age 55+ lives here
Single-family detached house or townhouse / duplex
Lived in current house for less than two years
White
Please provide your zip code here to help us to determine where facilities and services are needed.
20874
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?
I flipped through the recent powerpoint presentations and I think you're doing a great job! I like the idea of posting links on NextDoor which is how I found out about the ability to easily voice my opinion via this survey.
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.
Montgomery Parks is dedicated to preserving and interpreting cultural resources for current and future generations including historic buildings, archaeological sites, and other culturally significant places.
Montgomery Parks offers hundreds of athletic fields used for a wide variety of sports such as baseball, soccer, cricket and more. There are also basketball and tennis courts, ice skating rinks, an indoor sports pavilion among other amenities promoting sports in our parks.
Hundreds of events and festivals take place in Montgomery Parks every year including nature festivals, races, musical events and seasonal celebrations.
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?
No response.What do you believe are the three most important issues / challenges facing Montgomery Parks and Montgomery County Recreation in the next five years?
Continuing to keep county parks safe as the population increases.
Why did you choose these top three functions?
I believe the parks should be ways of preserving our watershed, viewshed, and other resources while still allowing people to use and congregate in public spaces. Fitness and health activities such as hiking and biking I believe are gentle uses that allow natural areas to be preserved. However I realize that some parks should be areas where children can play and parents and families congregate and picnic. I believe sports can be organized at larger regional park such as the Germantown soccerplex, while smaller neighborhood parks should not be used to support these activities with large crowds.
What amenities, programs or experiences are missing that would better support your recreation needs that we should be planning for in the future?
I am very happy with the current dog parks, but as a dog owner I would always be happy with more! I love the racquetball courts in Olney and wish there were more in other parts of the county. The ones in Olney are often completely full so I think I'm not the only one who loves them! I used to live in Olney and now I live in Germantown, fyi. I really like the nature talks at Meadowside also, and wish there were more activities like this closer to Germantown now.
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.
20874Do 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?
I flipped through the recent powerpoint presentations and I think you're doing a great job! I like the idea of posting links on NextDoor which is how I found out about the ability to easily voice my opinion via this survey.