Community meeting scheduled on Carroll Knolls Local Park renovations

A community meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 regarding the proposed renovation of Carroll Knolls Local Park in Silver Spring. The meeting will be held at the Capital View-Homewood Local Park Activity Building, located at 2929 Edgewood Road in Kensington from 7:00-9:00 PM.

There will be a presentation at the beginning of the meeting, and then an open discussion to get feedback from the community on the proposals presented. Carroll Knolls Local Park is located at 10500 Georgia Avenue.

Given that the park only opened four years ago, you might ask why it is already being renovated. What's happening is that Montgomery Parks is attempting to develop a long-range plan for additions to the park, when additional adjacent property is added to it via donation and acquisition of road right-of-ways. Potential additions to the park may include play equipment, a youth-sized rectangular sports field, sitting and picnic areas, community open space, wooded areas, natural surface trails, courts, and additional parking.  This is an excellent chance to weigh in on what you'd like to have added to your neighborhood park.

ROBBERY IN WHEATON, ASSAULT AT HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL - SILVER SPRING/WHEATON CRIME UPDATE

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across eastern Montgomery County on April 24, according to crime data:

Vehicle burglary. 8300 block Grubb Road.

Vehicle burglary. 2300 block Dennis Avenue (Carroll Knolls).

Vehicle theft. 2100 block Dexter Avenue (McKenney Hills).

Theft. Target at Wheaton Plaza.

Assault. Holy Cross Hospital.

Theft. 11300 block Elkin Street (Wheaton).

Vehicle burglary. 11000 block Burnley Terrace (Wheaton Forest).

Assault. 4400 block Clearfield Road (Veirs Mill Village area).

Theft. 900 block Thayer Avenue (downtown Silver Spring).

Theft. 800 block Ellsworth Drive (downtown Silver Spring).

Robbery. 11400 block Amherst Avenue (Wheaton).

Vehicle burglary. 1800 block Reedie Drive (Wheaton Forest area).