anchor Description
Evans Parkway Neighborhood Park, 2001 Evans Parkway, Silver Spring, is located east of Georgia Avenue. The park provides a walk to facility for the single family homes surrounding the park as well as nearby apartments on Georgia Avenue. This project funds renovation of the 1960s-ERA park and incorporates the recently acquired 2.46 acres with the existing 5 acres. The renovation and expansion plan includes naturalization of the existing concrete stormwater management channel, boardwalk and paved pedestrian loop, picnic shelter, garden areas, two half court basketball courts, parallel parking areas, and a new playground.
anchor Justification
The Evans Parkway Neighborhood Park Facility Plan was approved by the Montgomery County Planning Board on January 18, 2007; 2012 Park, Recreation And Open Space (PROS) Plan
anchorOther
This project has been selected as a pilot project for the sustainable sites initiative (SITES) program which is similar to the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED certification program.
anchorDisclosures
A pedestrian impact analysis has been completed for this project.
M-NCPPC asserts that this project conforms to the requirement of relevant local plans, as required by the Maryland Economic Growth, Resource Protection and Planning Act.
anchorCoordination
Maryland State Highway Administration, Maryland Department of the Environment, Montgomery County Department of Permitting Services