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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] That's why the Coffield site was attractive since it was sufficient acreage.[/quote]

Not really ... when you look closely at the site, only about 4 acres were buildable, and that's right on top of the soccer field. You have to take the total of 17 acres and subtract some 3 acres of un-buildable land on the east side of the community center (steep slope and cut off from the rest of the property by the center), the 4-acre footprint of the community center, and about 7 acres that are set-aside green space through a state program through which the plots for the baseball field and lower playground were purchased. Due to the dense population of lower income people surrounding the park, this "set-aside" was deemed protected green space for the community. It was questionable whether MCPS could even use it as their ball fields.

Or maybe planning to either bulldoze the center or incorporate it into the design of the school, which would have been devastating to the community since it's used as an after-school program to keep at-risk kids off the streets. Of course, we would have lost our playground, tennis court and basketball court too...

Kids need parks and schools. Anyway, off topic.[/quote]

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