INTERVIEW – MARC KOHN – builder and financier of “Mel’s Rink” in Poolesville

Ice rink built to honor late daughter may be closed by county. (WUSA) – It’s got synthetic ice, benches and goals. Marc Kohn built the roughly $40,000 ice hockey rink in remembrance of his late daughter, Melanie, an avid hockey fan. She passed away from a respiratory disease earlier this year. The rink is now a community favorite. Montgomery County, however, might close down the rink. Diane Jones, the county’s director of permitting services, told Kohn that she is concerned about public health and safety and zoning issues. His property sits on an agricultural reserve. Mounting outrage from Poolesville neighbors after Montgomery county tries to de-ice a dad’s backyard ice skating rink he built in honor of his daughter who just passed away. Kohn told WUSA9 he bought his house in Poolesville a little more than two months ago so he could build the rink. He said he started working on the rink the day he moved in.