Childcare at Martin Luther King Jr. Recreational Park

Level of Effort Program: Childcare Renovations

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Notice: Project Completed

Show the project location in google map 1102 Jackson Road, Rockville, MD 20850

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Funding/Expenditure Schedule: APPROVED

Project Team

Montgomery County Government
Department of General Services

Division of Building Design & Construction

Division Chief: Hamid Omidvar, AIA
[email protected]
Section Chief: Ali Davoodi
Project Manager: Bahar Habibi

Project Partner

Montgomery County Health and Human Services
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning

Architect / Engineer

NOA Architecture Planning Interior, LLC
CTA Consulting Engineering, INC
Columbia Engineering, INC
Macris, Hendricks & Glascock, P.A.

Contractor

TBD

For operations inquiries. Please contact.

Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services

240-777-0311

Current Phase: Design

Design phase began in December 2022 and the Construction is expected to be completed in Fall on 2025.

Project Schedule:

Phase 1 - Parking Spaces Repair
Construction commenced on April 23,2018
Construction completed September 2019
Phase 2 - Stair Towers Renovation
Construction commenced on September 23, 2019
Construction will be completed August 2021

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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Event Images

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The Horizon Child Care facility is in Martin Luther King Jr. Recreational Park, with large greenspaces surrounding the center. The childcare facility is located on Montgomery County property east of the existing MLK Jr. Recreational Park facility with an adjacent playground and access from Jackson Road to the south. Access to the center is from a parking lot to the south of the center that is shared with the existing park facility. The center is currently licensed to have a maximum of 50 children, and it has 7 to 10 staff members with operation hours of 6:30 am to 6:00 pm.

Beyond the greenspace, the area is heavily wooded, Jackson Road Park, playgrounds, and County facilities (hiking trails, etc.) share the site. MLK Jr. Indoor/Outdoor Swim Center and a football field are across Jackson Road and Jackson Road Elementary School is west of the site on Jackson Road.

The aging modular structure was deemed to be in poor physical condition during a survey conducted in 2020 and will be replaced with a new and larger building and playground. The conceptual plan is done with collaboration of a design team in association with the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Department of General Services (DGS).

The existing building and playground will be open and operational during construction of the new building and playground. Once the new facility is operational the existing one will be demolished.

Architectural and Construction Images

Childcare at Stone Mill Elementary School

Proposed site concept

Childcare at Waring Station Road

Playground concept

Front view of center looking north taken from parking lot.

Front view of center looking north taken from parking lot.

Front view of center entrance looking north.  Photo taken from the hill to the south.

Front view of center entrance looking north. Photo taken from the hill to the south.

View of center looking east with playground and outdoor storage to the left.

View of center looking east with playground and outdoor storage to the left.

Playground and outdoor storage north of the center.  Photo taken looking east.

Playground and outdoor storage north of the center. Photo taken looking east.

Childcare at Stone Mill Elementary School

Childcare at Stone Mill Elementary School

Childcare at Waring Station Road

Childcare at Waring Station Road

Childcare at West Diamond Avenue

Childcare at West Diamond Avenue

Childcare at Woodlin Elementary School – demolished January 2022

Childcare at Woodlin Elementary School – demolished January 2022

Architectural and Construction Images

Laundry 131

Conference Room 119

Main Lobby 101

Architectural and Construction Images

Reception/Admin. & Staff Work Area 142 & 142A

Main Lobby 101

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Dining Room 120 Looking South