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 is dedicated to preserving and interpreting cultural resources for current and future generations including historic buildings, archaeological sites, and other culturally significant places.
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 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.
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?
The Aspen Hill neighborhood is without an easily accessible on foot playground for young children. Although the land marked as "Aspen Hill Park" on Arctic has been there as long as I've been in the neighborhood (39 years) it has never been developed and has become a dumping ground. The land adjacent to Wheaton Woods Pool is for sale, would help that tremendous community resource stay viable, and would provide a wonderful location for a playground. There is no other park playground opener use during the day in the Aspen Hill area.
What do you believe are the three most important issues / challenges facing Montgomery Parks and Montgomery County Recreation in the next five years?
Preservation and maintenance of the natural environment. Maintaining comparable programs in all parts of the county. Expanding educational outreach through the nature centers by hiring more staff and keeping them open for more days and longer hours.
Why did you choose these top three functions?
Because our connection to nature is vital in building connections with each other.
What amenities, programs or experiences are missing that would better support your recreation needs that we should be planning for in the future?
More neighborhood parks with good play equipment for younger children. I would also really like something to be done about the seemingly annual "blooms" on Lake Needwood that close it almost every summer for recreational use. That park is also totally lacking in playground equipment for younger children.
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
Please provide your zip code here to help us to determine where facilities and services are needed.
20853
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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 is dedicated to preserving and interpreting cultural resources for current and future generations including historic buildings, archaeological sites, and other culturally significant places.
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 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.
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?
The Aspen Hill neighborhood is without an easily accessible on foot playground for young children. Although the land marked as "Aspen Hill Park" on Arctic has been there as long as I've been in the neighborhood (39 years) it has never been developed and has become a dumping ground. The land adjacent to Wheaton Woods Pool is for sale, would help that tremendous community resource stay viable, and would provide a wonderful location for a playground. There is no other park playground opener use during the day in the Aspen Hill area.
What do you believe are the three most important issues / challenges facing Montgomery Parks and Montgomery County Recreation in the next five years?
Preservation and maintenance of the natural environment. Maintaining comparable programs in all parts of the county. Expanding educational outreach through the nature centers by hiring more staff and keeping them open for more days and longer hours.
Why did you choose these top three functions?
Because our connection to nature is vital in building connections with each other.
What amenities, programs or experiences are missing that would better support your recreation needs that we should be planning for in the future?
More neighborhood parks with good play equipment for younger children. I would also really like something to be done about the seemingly annual "blooms" on Lake Needwood that close it almost every summer for recreational use. That park is also totally lacking in playground equipment for younger children.
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.
20853