Save the Silver Spring plaza fountain. Ensure Ellsworth Drive is not next step to gentrifying Downtown Silver Spring.
260 Comments
A
Anonymous
5 years ago
Leave it! My children loved when they were small and I take other children there. If there is a plan for gentrification, shame, shame, shame on you.
A
Anonymous
5 years ago
Please keep this here it's such a important part of downtown
D
Drew Wynn
5 years ago
leave Ellsworth as is. People enjoy it .... as is. It's a fun and thriving gathering place and cyclists need the streets!
L
Loretta Reinersmann
5 years ago
No astro turf! Real green space is what we need.
S
Stein Lundebye
5 years ago
The fountain is very popular with families
R
Robert Aserkoff
5 years ago
We must have far better uses for taxpayer $. I kinda like the Ellsworth strip just the way it is. And so do all those kids.
A
Anonymous
5 years ago
The fountain is a summer staple at Silver Spring plaza. Kids and parents love it.
B
Brian D Beddow
5 years ago
Keep the fountain!
S
Suzana Cooper
5 years ago
Featured
The fountain provides hours of mirth not just for neighborhood children but for onlookers . It is also a great equalizer - people of all colors are using it.
Please keep one of the things that makes Silver Spring so unique!
Don’t fix what’s not broken!
R
Roman J Israel Esq
5 years ago
What idiot wrote this petition? gentrification? lol lol lol
B
Ben Prickril
5 years ago
Save the fountain!
A
Anonymous
5 years ago
Please save the beautiful fountain for our children. Water play is both enjoyable and educational.
A
Anonymous
5 years ago
I implore Montgomery County to retain control over Ellsworth drive. Developer Peterson Companies have not been good partners nor neighbors. I want the splash pad to be retained and the street to remain uncovered so that the farmers market and skateboarders can continue enjoying the space. NO to Developer Peterson Companies.
J
John Kester
5 years ago
Plastic grass is a very bad idea in so many ways. How about permeable pavers! The play fountain is fun for many. I thought the county wanted to be environmentally responsible and diversity friendly.
A
Anonymous
5 years ago
Save our fountain please! No to ugly synthetic turf!
D
Deborah Qualls
5 years ago
It is important to keep the Silver Spring fountain! There is no reason to remove it!
J
Joyce Matthews
5 years ago
The kids love the fountain. It makes them happy and lately happiness is hard to come by.
B
Bill
5 years ago
It needs to stay!
P
Professor Herbert
5 years ago
Humanity is why I live and shop in Downtown Silver Spring. I'm not here for and because of industry. The people make the place. The Plaza Fountain brings the people.
E
Elizabeth Brett
5 years ago
The proposed changes to the plaza are not well thought out. The inclusion of astrotirf doesn't recognize the issues with astroturf being a filth and disease vector which requires extensive upkeep. The fountain is an absolute joy that should be preserved. The plaza echoes the plazas in which communities gather around the world with a water element beneficial to all residents both human and animal. In addition, skateboarders and bikers are a wholesome part of our community. Too many crusty "adults" bam skateboarders and try to push them out. Montgomery County is about inclusion not exclusion. Please revisit the redesign of the plaza to consider what our community really wants and needs, not just what developers hope to profit upon.
Leave it! My children loved when they were small and I take other children there. If there is a plan for gentrification, shame, shame, shame on you.
Please keep this here it's such a important part of downtown
leave Ellsworth as is. People enjoy it .... as is. It's a fun and thriving gathering place and cyclists need the streets!
No astro turf! Real green space is what we need.
The fountain is very popular with families
We must have far better uses for taxpayer $. I kinda like the Ellsworth strip just the way it is. And so do all those kids.
The fountain is a summer staple at Silver Spring plaza. Kids and parents love it.
Keep the fountain!
The fountain provides hours of mirth not just for neighborhood children but for onlookers . It is also a great equalizer - people of all colors are using it. Please keep one of the things that makes Silver Spring so unique! Don’t fix what’s not broken!
What idiot wrote this petition? gentrification? lol lol lol
Save the fountain!
Please save the beautiful fountain for our children. Water play is both enjoyable and educational.
I implore Montgomery County to retain control over Ellsworth drive. Developer Peterson Companies have not been good partners nor neighbors. I want the splash pad to be retained and the street to remain uncovered so that the farmers market and skateboarders can continue enjoying the space. NO to Developer Peterson Companies.
Plastic grass is a very bad idea in so many ways. How about permeable pavers! The play fountain is fun for many. I thought the county wanted to be environmentally responsible and diversity friendly.
Save our fountain please! No to ugly synthetic turf!
It is important to keep the Silver Spring fountain! There is no reason to remove it!
The kids love the fountain. It makes them happy and lately happiness is hard to come by.
It needs to stay!
Humanity is why I live and shop in Downtown Silver Spring. I'm not here for and because of industry. The people make the place. The Plaza Fountain brings the people.
The proposed changes to the plaza are not well thought out. The inclusion of astrotirf doesn't recognize the issues with astroturf being a filth and disease vector which requires extensive upkeep. The fountain is an absolute joy that should be preserved. The plaza echoes the plazas in which communities gather around the world with a water element beneficial to all residents both human and animal. In addition, skateboarders and bikers are a wholesome part of our community. Too many crusty "adults" bam skateboarders and try to push them out. Montgomery County is about inclusion not exclusion. Please revisit the redesign of the plaza to consider what our community really wants and needs, not just what developers hope to profit upon.