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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the record: I do not live in Kensington, nor even NEAR Kensington. But I do support Parks.

All parks, are an important part of communities. They add immeasurably to our quality of life, and the air we breathe. Parks and Planning are not planning to roll over, so if the SSAC wants to be bullheaded and forge onward with a decision that may prove costly in terms of time and approval, they may be setting up for another failure. The first SSAC failed miserably because they failed to do any actual research on sites beyond the surface "facts" that they were presented with by MCPS. Let's not make the same mistake and decide in a vacuum.

The people who live in RCH have reacted strongly to having their park targeted. The people of RHP reacted equally as strongly, and I will bet if NCC or Norwood is selected (highly unlikely) those communities would all of the sudden transform into the crazy maniacs we all seem think Kensington folks are. Nah, I won't bet, I know they would. No community wants to lose a park. The mcps, mncppc and the people serving on the ssac will have to come up with a more creative solution that doesn't take public green open spaces (parks) away from communities. I agree with the previous poster that folks take a close look at Lynbrook. I also went by there yesterday and walked around the whole site, park and school portion. Another poster mentioned sledding hills...well, honestly, I didn't see any. The area is fairly level. Certainly far more level than many other locations. And I agree that this option might make the most sense in preserving park land and using mcps resources. That the majority of the old lynnbrook building is leased out to a private day care center, illustrates the folly of using a public school building paid for by our tax dollars for private good. It is time to put the former school site back into public use. I am not suggesting that the people who live near the Lynnbrook local park lose their park, but rather that a site that already houses two school building and a large parking lot be redeveloped for the greater good.

I know there were differing ideas about what central means, as if the point could be debated in the abstract. but really folks, look at the map, common sense dictates that central is smack dab in the middle of the cluster. Lynnbrook is centrally located, and would provide a walking school for many. [/quote]

There is a sledding hill...walk down the big hill behind the school..proceed over the playing fields to far end near tennis courts. The slopes right there are the sledding hills. Perhaps they could be preserved? Right at the edge of the property. Does the County have eminent domain? They should buy up some of the surrounding houses and just make the Lynbrook site bigger, close down the street that deadends next to Lynnbrook... [/quote]

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