Speak Out on Proposed Fairfax Park Fee Hikes Wednesday
Proposal would increase garden plot program fees (including those at Lewinsville Park), racquetball rentals and more at Fairfax County parks and recreation centers.
The Fairfax County Park Authority wants residents’ input on a package of proposed fees hikes for park services that would take effect April 1. In light of continued budget struggles, parks officials are hoping to make slight adjustments to fees in order to raise revenues and keep facilities such golf courses and recreation centers – funded solely by user fees – operating at full capacity. The most dramatic fee hike: those for the garden plot program, which would more than double, according to the 2013 fee proposal. This includes the garden plot at Lewinsville Park in McLean. As it stands, garden plot users pay $65 for a plot. Fees on the plots, which exists at nine parks in Fairfax County would increase by $20 a year over the next few …
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