Montgomery County residents can toast the reintroduction of the Picnic in the Park program. It will be reinstated to allow the consumption of alcohol at 13 parks throughout the county. Alcohol consumption will be permitted in the following parks: -Carroll Knolls Local Park -Acorn Urban Park -Ellsworth Urban Park -Elm Street Urban Park -Flower Avenue […]
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May 21, 2021 | 1:35 pm
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After a one-year trial, the Montgomery County Planning Board will decide next week whether to continue allowing people to drink alcohol in some local parks.
In September, as COVID-19 took hold of the region, Montgomery County for the first time allowed people to consume alcohol in a handful of parks, part of an initiative to support struggling restaurants during the pandemic.
The county Planning Board temporarily suspended the prohibition of alcohol consumption at nine parks, which is branded as an expansion of the county’s “Picnic in the Park” program. Picnic in the Park allows people to order food from nearby restaurants and eat it at common areas outside by scanning a QR code with their mobile device.