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?
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.
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 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.
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.
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 - 3 Good
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?
Maintaining its park and recreation facilities. It must be hard with budget cuts.
Why did you choose these top three functions?
1. I believe preserving the historic areas is important because the people of the future should know where their county came from.
2. Natural resources do not replenish themselves easily.
3. And I love sports!
What amenities, programs or experiences are missing that would better support your recreation needs that we should be planning for in the future?
In the last year, my husband and I have taken up the booming sport of Pickleball. Previously, we were heavily involved in tennis, but with aging bodies, Pickleball is an easier game to play. In this last year we have watched the sport greatly increase in popularity. What has not increased at nearly the same rate is the venues in the county to play the sport. Both indoors and out.
How would you describe your household? Please check ALL that apply.
Someone age 55 and over lives here
Single-family detached house or townhouse / duplex
Lived in current house 15 or more years
White
Please provide your zip code here to help us to determine where facilities and services are needed.
20833
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?
With the ever increasing popularity of Pickleball in this region and throughout the country, I think the county should look into the possibility of painting Pickleball lines on existing tennis courts or better yet, converting some of those courts to dedicated Pickleball courts. There is a tennis court at Mt. Zion Park which has suffered tree damage to fencing (which was replaced) and scares to the court surface, twice in the last eight years or so. I was told when the first damage occurred that the courts were not slated to be resurfaced due to the budget. My husband patched the surface, doing an adequate job, and we have since been playing on the court. We play both tennis and Pickleball (with chalked lines.). We never see anyone else there except the group we bring. One court is unusable due to damage to the surface from mildew. The other court has the patched surface. This court would be a perfect candidate for a dedicated Pickleball court. Of course, I would be happy Pickleball courts anywhere, but I know this court should be generally rehabilitated. I assure you, I can produce the resident county pickleballers to use this or any court. Thank you for listening.
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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?
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.
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 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.
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.
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?
Maintaining its park and recreation facilities. It must be hard with budget cuts.
Why did you choose these top three functions?
1. I believe preserving the historic areas is important because the people of the future should know where their county came from.
2. Natural resources do not replenish themselves easily.
3. And I love sports!
What amenities, programs or experiences are missing that would better support your recreation needs that we should be planning for in the future?
In the last year, my husband and I have taken up the booming sport of Pickleball. Previously, we were heavily involved in tennis, but with aging bodies, Pickleball is an easier game to play. In this last year we have watched the sport greatly increase in popularity. What has not increased at nearly the same rate is the venues in the county to play the sport. Both indoors and out.
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.
20833Do 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?
With the ever increasing popularity of Pickleball in this region and throughout the country, I think the county should look into the possibility of painting Pickleball lines on existing tennis courts or better yet, converting some of those courts to dedicated Pickleball courts. There is a tennis court at Mt. Zion Park which has suffered tree damage to fencing (which was replaced) and scares to the court surface, twice in the last eight years or so. I was told when the first damage occurred that the courts were not slated to be resurfaced due to the budget. My husband patched the surface, doing an adequate job, and we have since been playing on the court. We play both tennis and Pickleball (with chalked lines.). We never see anyone else there except the group we bring. One court is unusable due to damage to the surface from mildew. The other court has the patched surface. This court would be a perfect candidate for a dedicated Pickleball court. Of course, I would be happy Pickleball courts anywhere, but I know this court should be generally rehabilitated. I assure you, I can produce the resident county pickleballers to use this or any court. Thank you for listening.