A virtual community meeting about the future of the Bethesda Market Park will be held from 7-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 18. The future park site is adjacent to the Montgomery Farm Women’s Cooperative Market in Downtown Bethesda.
When completed, Bethesda Market Park will become one of the signature urban parks in Montgomery County. It will fulfill the vision of the Bethesda Downtown Sector Plan, which was approved and adopted in 2017. It also will meet the social, active and environmental stewardship goals of Montgomery Parks addressed in the 2022 Park Recreation and Open Space (PROS) Plan.
The two existing parking lots near the market will be repurposed into a large urban green space, suitable for social gatherings and planned activities for people of all ages.
Montgomery Parks will host the meeting via Zoom at Mocoparks.org/BMPZoom.
Participants may register here for the meeting. Registration is recommended but not required.
During the online meeting, park designers will share a recommended concept plan based on input from community meetings and an online survey during spring 2023.
“We received a lot of great suggestions from the community about amenities for this park—including a stage, open spaces, a dog park, game area and water features,” said Miti Figueredo, director of Montgomery Parks. “We’re excited about creating an engaging, beautiful and active urban park that serves the Bethesda and Chevy Chase communities and park visitors from across the County.”
The Bethesda Market Park development is a public/private partnership between Montgomery Parks, the Montgomery County Department of Transportation, the Town of Chevy Chase and Wisconsin Columbia Venture LLC., owners of the Bethesda Market project. That project is being co-developed by Bernstein Development Corporation and EYA Multifamily.
