By Building the Wheaton/Glenmont Victory Youth Center, it would alleviate some of the severe shortage of available recreational facilities in Montgomery County. The Center will be located at the intersection of Georgia and Randolph Roads and like other Centers will include basketball courts and meeting rooms.

The Children with Special physical needs of our community are acutely underserved. There is a plan for this Center to develop an additional 3,500 square feet of recreational space dedicated solely to support programs for youth with special needs. Children throughout the Washington DC Metropolitan area who require special equipment, attention and services will be able to utilize this unique Center.

This new design will be the first of its kind anywhere other than a hospital where kids with special needs can go for recreation and fun. It will have the potential to provide so much for so many who have so little.

Goals:

• Initiate public/private partnership to remove blighted/condemned school buildings and build new multi-purpose youth center.
  
• New youth center to house new quarters for current occupants --Montgomery County Conservation Corp, Wheaton/Kensington Youth Services, Private Daycare Provider.
• New space to be built for athletic complex with special 3,500 square foot facility to support programs for youth with special needs (believed to be first facility of its kind in Montgomery County)
• VYC Glenmont will provide programs to serve over 10,000 children annually in recreational, social, and physical programs.

Potential Group Users:

• Montgomery County Conservation Corps
• Boys Club Athletic Teams
• Girls Club Athletic Teams
• Boy Scouts Of America
• Girl Scouts Of America
• Catholic Youth Organization
• Montgomery County Recreation Department
• Special Olympics Of Montgomery County
• Special Olympics Of Maryland
• K.E.E.N. (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now)

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