Montgomery Park staff is planning a community meeting to present to the public plans to improve the Shorefield area of Wheaton Regional Park on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. It will be at the Brookside Gardens Auditorium from 7pm-9pm. Staff will outline several much-needed maintenance and park improvement projects for the Shorefield area and timeline for work. Staff is encouraging the public to come out and hear the plans to make Wheaton Regional Park better! Visit www.MontgomeryParks.org for more information.
What to do about problems with the new Kemp Mill Urban Park (on Arcola)
Dear Kemp Millers,
As many are aware, the Kemp Mill Urban Park on Arcola Ave. is nearing completion, yet there are many in the community who are dissatisfied with what appears to be the final result of over a year’s worth of work and several years of planning, particularly with the way the community’s input has been considered and implemented at various stages of design and construction.
The Kemp Mill Civic Association is seeking constructive input from community members t. We are forming a committee to hear concerns, make recommendations for changes to the park, and have discussions with the Parks Department and possibly other County agencies to effectuate those changes. We will be most effective if we speak in a unified voice to express major concerns with the park. If you have constructive input or would like to join this committee, please respond to urbanpark@kempmillcivic.org.
(We would like to discuss the Park off the list serves. Please do not use this email to start a lengthy thread on the various community email lists about the park or any other topic.)
Best regards,
Seth Jacobson
Vice President, Kemp Mill Civic Association
Temporary Chair, Kemp Mill Urban Park Committee
Ira Ungar
President, Kemp Mill Civic Association
Arcola Avenue Sidewalk Issue Resolved
Dear Kemp Millers,
The sidewalk on Arcola Ave. in front of the new Park reconstruction was slated to be closed for the next few weeks. With some work this afternoon, and help from David Linton, Jay Childs, and Catherine Coello of the Montgomery County Parks Department, and the offices of Senator Manno and Delegate Kramer of our Maryland State Delegation, it was reopened, and will remain open throughout the Jewish Holidays. With approval and appreciation from David Linton, Construction Manager at the Parks Department, a contractor staffer and I arranged the orange traffic barrels and cones to create a safe pedestrian passageway from the Arcola sidewalk in front of the Park to the crosswalk between Young Israel Shomrai Emunah and the other side of Lamberton (see pictures below). We also removed the “sidewalk closed” and other confusing signs, the sign blocking the line of sight from the Yeshiva driveway, and brought in the fence around the newly poured concrete at the Lamberton/Arcola corner in front of the Park to create a safer corner and crosswalk.
Best,
Ira Ungar
President, Kemp Mill Civic Association
president@kempmillcivic.org
ira.h.ungar@gmail.com
202-361-4167 cell
301-649-6517 home
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Letter to parks dept re Arcola sidewalk closure near Kemp Mill Urban Park
Kemp Mill Urban Park Information
The PDFs below contain information about the plans for Kemp Mill Urban Park
Kemp Mill Urban Park Architectural Renderings
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Kemp Mill Urban Park Architectural RenderingsKemp Mill Urban Park Seating Options
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Kemp Mill_Seating Options