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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a ploy by Chevy Chase to prevent any devleopment over there.

I use the parks all the time in Bethesda since we ahve small children. MoCo needs to fix up the current parks first. Freeland (between Giant and Bethesda Library) has really poor space utilization. The park behind Air Rights is falling apart. Veteran's park is basically all paved over. Battery Park lacks parking.

If they want to do a park properly, take over the Farm Women's Market, integrate it with the parking lot behind it, and reconfigure the combined area as an open space for festivals along with a playground, and community center in the FWM building. I realize the petition is slighly related to that land, but not in the way that's a good use of it.[/quote]

I live in Bethesda and most people would like fewer strip malls, high rises, shopping centers and parking lots - but that's all we get because the politicians see dollar signs.
Parks would be great. As would ball fields we could all use and any and all recreational activities.

[b]Past a certain point you're so saturated with restaurants and shopping[/b] and you lose your community which is what has happened in Bethesda.
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[b]Maybe but unless there's easy parking there's no way I'm patronizing them. I'll stick to amazon and peapod and they will go under.[/b] I like PPs idea about using land in an even smarter way to combine parking, festivals, playground, etc.[/quote]

Bethesda is getting denser, plenty of people can walk, metro or bike to its downtown core.  When I absolutely need to drive in, I can pay for parking--I've not found it difficult to access.     You staying home is not going to harm any downtown Bethesda business.  Any halfway decent establishment has more customers than it knows what to do with.
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