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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I do not get the impression that there is a consensus building for NCC Park, but I could be wrong. I feel that RCH probably is on the table, more for the animosity people have for the neighborhood than for a true belief that the site makes sense. Again, my view; others may have a different impression.[/quote]

Yes, there is definitely a building "back room"  consensus among certain neighborhoods that NCC will be the park to pick. It may not be openly being expressed yet in the committee meetings , but it will be. Some reps went into this process from day one with NCC as their pre-picked site. Because as I have heard said " it is plenty big enough for a park and a school"...But is it really? I guess they would have to build on the flat parts which are the playing fields, but aren't those specifically what are in such short supply in the county?

What is the rationale for picking North Chevy Chase, over Rock Creek Hills for example? It sure would not be because you could walk there! [/quote]

Yes, NCC might answer many prayers, but wiping out acres of trees is a little extreme.  Having said that, I hasten to add that, to defend NCC, the answer isn’t to jump up and down, and scream, “Take their park!”

RCH doesn’t make sense from the other perspective.  It’s just too small, and, putting aside that restriction that people are talking about, unless MCPS gets waiver to take out all those trees, it will not meet MCPS’s minimum footprint for construction.  It also is well-used, having two regulation soccer fields. As for RHLP, again, notwithstanding the restriction on the site, it’s the only green space that community has.  It, too, has fields and is very well used.

If MCPS isn’t going to buy land, then they’re just going to have to look further south and start thinking vertically.  Many of us attended urban schools with three or four levels, and it didn’t hurt our education.

What is critical now is that our communities have got to stop fracturing.  If we don’t stay unified in the protection of our green space, one of us is going to take a hit.
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