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MCDOT is Sponsoring a PARK(ing) Day Contest: Vote for Your Favorite Space and You Could Win a Gift Card

For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 23, 2018

      

It’s not too late to sign up to participate in International PARK(ing) Day on September 21 in Bethesda or Silver Spring. Participants have until September 12 to sign up.

 

Can’t participate, but plan to check out the fun “parks?” Choose your favorite park by going online and voting. You will automatically be entered into a random drawing for a $25 gift card. Get more information about entering the contest at any of the PARK(ing) Day parks.

 

On PARK(ing) Day, artists, planners, businesses, organizations, groups and individuals are encouraged to temporarily transform a metered parking space into a fun, parklike spot. Participants can creatively reimagine the urban landscape for a day and promote themselves. See photos online from previous years that include a park with plants, mini-golf course, campfire site and games and interactive activities for kids and adults. There is no charge to participate in the event.

 

PARK(ing) Day spots were chosen with safety in mind, but MCDOT will evaluate other location suggestions. The use of parking spaces will be allowed from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., including set up and tear down.

 

Those interested in taking part in PARK(ing) Day can get more information and apply online or by mail. Participants are required to meet certain guidelines that are spelled out in the application. Guidelines for businesses have been relaxed to allow more promotional activities.

 

Get inspiration and see what others have done on past PARK(ing) Days online.

Release ID: 18-161
Media Contact: Esther Bowring 240-777-7170