Public Invited to Provide Tesimony on 2012 Park, Recreation, and Open Space Plan

[Melissa Chotiner]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2012

Public Invited to Provide Tesimony on 2012
Park, Recreation, and Open Space (Pros) Plan at
M-NCPPC Montgomery County Planning Board Hearing

Thursday, May 24 at 9:00 AM*
M-NCPPC Montgomery Regional Office
8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20912
*Time subject to change: Visit below for updates

SILVER SPRING, MD –The M-NCPPC Montgomery Planning Board invites the public to provide testimony (limited to three minutes) at a public hearing on the draft 2012 Parks, Recreation, and Open Space (PROS) Plan Update.

The time of the meeting is subject to change. Updates will be posted below where members of the public can also download the staff report, sign up to testify and listen to the live public hearing.

Sign up to testify
(select May 24 from the date pull down menu) or call 301-495-4600.

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Written testimony may be emailed to mcp-chair@mncppc-mc.org or mailed to Planning Board Chairman, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

The 2012 PROS Plan is developed to analyze and prepare for future needs for park and recreation facilities and natural and history resource preservation, and develop specific service delivery strategies to meet these needs. The 2012 plan will include chapters on: Recreation and Parks, Natural Resource Conservation, Historic and Cultural Resources Preservation and Agricultural Land Preservation.

The 2012 PROS Plan Update is required under State law, and will build on earlier public comments and findings from the Vision 2030 Strategic Plan, finalized by M-NCPPC- Montgomery Parks and the Montgomery County Recreation Department in 2011.

Questions and written comments regarding the 2012 PROS Plan Update should be sent to MCP-PROSPlan2012@MontgomeryParks.org
M-NCPPC-Montgomery Parks, manages more than 35,000 acres of parkland, consisting of 416 parks. Montgomery Parks is part of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), a bi-county agency established in 1927 to steward public land. The M-NCPPC has been nationally recognized for its high quality parks and recreation services and is regarded as a national model by other parks systems. www.montgomeryparks.org

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