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 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.
Hundreds of events and festivals take place in Montgomery Parks every year including nature festivals, races, musical events and seasonal celebrations.
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.
How would you rate the agency's parks, facilities and services in meeting the communities needs?
Parks - 3 Good
Recreational facilities - 2 Fair
Recreational programs - 2 Fair
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?
One area that requires improvement is access to more pickleball courts, both indoors and outdoors with lights. For working and non-working folks, we need access during the day, in the evenings and on weekends. This access should include the ability to play singles and doubles. Although pickleball can be played on existing tennis courts, it would be ideal to also have areas that are designated as pickleball-only courts. The opportunities to play pickleball indoors vastly decrease in the summer months when summer camps take over the gyms.
What do you believe are the three most important issues / challenges facing Montgomery Parks and Montgomery County Recreation in the next five years?
Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the US. It is particularly popular with middle-aged and older adults and is the perfect way to prevent some of the complications typically associated with aging. Pickleball could help save Montgomery County huge amounts of money in medical costs.
Currently, there are few places in Montgomery County that have the ability to host pickleball tournaments. These tournaments bring in tremendous revenue for hotels and restaurants and could be a tremendous boost to the local economy.
Due to the tremendous growth of pickleball, more resources are needed such as encouraging coaches to introduce the game and bring players up to higher levels.
Why did you choose these top three functions?
There is no doubt that pickleball is here to stay. Montgomery County is behind other nearby States in it's ability to offer quality playing locations and resources.
What amenities, programs or experiences are missing that would better support your recreation needs that we should be planning for in the future?
Increased access to both indoor and outdoor pickleball courts.
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
White
Please provide your zip code here to help us to determine where facilities and services are needed.
20906
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?
The new Recreation complex in Wheaton off Georgia Avenue would be the perfect place for increased opportunities to play pickleball.
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?
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.
Hundreds of events and festivals take place in Montgomery Parks every year including nature festivals, races, musical events and seasonal celebrations.
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.
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?
One area that requires improvement is access to more pickleball courts, both indoors and outdoors with lights. For working and non-working folks, we need access during the day, in the evenings and on weekends. This access should include the ability to play singles and doubles. Although pickleball can be played on existing tennis courts, it would be ideal to also have areas that are designated as pickleball-only courts. The opportunities to play pickleball indoors vastly decrease in the summer months when summer camps take over the gyms.
What do you believe are the three most important issues / challenges facing Montgomery Parks and Montgomery County Recreation in the next five years?
Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the US. It is particularly popular with middle-aged and older adults and is the perfect way to prevent some of the complications typically associated with aging. Pickleball could help save Montgomery County huge amounts of money in medical costs.
Currently, there are few places in Montgomery County that have the ability to host pickleball tournaments. These tournaments bring in tremendous revenue for hotels and restaurants and could be a tremendous boost to the local economy.
Due to the tremendous growth of pickleball, more resources are needed such as encouraging coaches to introduce the game and bring players up to higher levels.
Why did you choose these top three functions?
There is no doubt that pickleball is here to stay. Montgomery County is behind other nearby States in it's ability to offer quality playing locations and resources.
What amenities, programs or experiences are missing that would better support your recreation needs that we should be planning for in the future?
Increased access to both indoor and outdoor pickleball courts.
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.
20906Do 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?
The new Recreation complex in Wheaton off Georgia Avenue would be the perfect place for increased opportunities to play pickleball.