Montgomery Parks is seeking ideas for a new park in Downtown Bethesda and is encouraging residents to share suggestions by taking a brief online survey. Comments from the survey will be used in developing concept plans for the park, which will be presented to the public in May.
The Bethesda Market Park project will repurpose two parking lots adjacent to the historic Montgomery Farm Women’s Cooperative Market. When completed, the park and the adjacent Elm Street Urban Park will provide approximately four acres of urban park space in Downtown Bethesda.
“This green space will be a gathering place for people across the County to recreate, relax and gather in an urban setting,” said Linda Komes, project manager and landscape architect. “We are really interested to hear from the public about what they would like to see here because there are so many opportunities to make it a unique destination.”
The parks department hosted in-person meetings on March 15 and 16 to present details about the project. A recording of the presentation is available on the project webpage.