WHEATON, Md. –Join Montgomery Parks for a free, family-friendly celebration of the newly renovated Columbia Local Park in Burtonsville. The event will feature activities to highlight the improvements to the park.
What:
Columbia Local Park Reopening
When:
Saturday, June 29, 2024
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
(Rain date: June 30, 2024, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.)
Where:
Columbia Local Park
14900 Old Columbia Pike
Burtonsville, MD 20866
Celebration Highlights:
- Ribbon Cutting
- Refreshments
- Pickleball and futsal demonstrations
- Dog adoption event by K-9 Lifesavers
- Lightbulb exchange by Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection. Bring your intact incandescent and compact fluorescent bulbs to exchange for 60-Watt equivalent LED bulbs (3 per person).
The renovation of Columbia Local Park repurposes a little-used paved area into an attractive recreation area featuring four dedicated pickleball courts, a tennis court with pickleball overlay lines, and a soccer court. Players can use a nearby plaza with seating and charging stations while they wait their turn on the courts.
“We are so excited to turn excess, unused pavement into usable park amenities,” said Miti Figueredo, director of Montgomery Parks. “Park renovations like this help us make the best use of the parkland we have, and now residents will be able to enjoy more areas of this park for playing sports and spending time with friends.”
The renovation also includes a new parking lot with increased accessibility and two ADA-compliant parking spaces. Visitors will also delight in a water fountain with a bottle filler and a dog bowl, a renovated shelter with picnic tables and a grill, and new walkway connections to the adjacent neighborhood.
Columbia Local Park is next door to the Marilyn J. Praisner Community Recreation Center and the Praisner Library, in the Upper Paint Branch Special Protection Area. The area protects a significant amount of forested land for watershed management.
About Montgomery Parks
Montgomery Parks manages more than 37,000 acres of parkland, consisting of 419 parks. Montgomery Parks is focused on promoting physical activity, social connectivity, and environmental stewardship, especially in diverse and urbanizing areas, with an emphasis on teens, working-age adults, and seniors. Montgomery Parks is a department of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), a bi-county agency established in 1927 to steward public land. M-NCPPC has been nationally recognized for its high-quality parks and recreation services and is regarded as a national model by other parks systems. MontgomeryParks.org
Accessibility
Montgomery Parks, part of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, encourages and supports the participation of individuals with disabilities. Please contact the Program Access Office at 301-495-2581 (Voice), MD Relay 7-1-1 or 800-552-7724 or ProgramAccess@MontgomeryParks.org to request a disability modification. Visit Montgomery Parks Accessibility for more information.
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