Dear Friends,

 

The 150th anniversary of the American Civil War (2011-2015) provides a fitting time to craft a new vision for Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. We invite your help to develop a new General Management Plan (GMP) to guide park management for the next twenty years. Much has changed since the last plan was adopted in 1986. Commercial and residential development and expanding roadways have put pressure on battlefield land both inside and outside park boundaries. Park facilities are no longer adequate to meet the needs of visitors and local school children.

 

Beginning in July, we will host a series of open house workshops. Please join us to learn more about the planning process, meet the planning team, and share your thoughts and concerns about the park. We want to hear your suggestions for preserving tremendously significant historic objects and landscapes and for providing the type of high quality visitor facilities and experiences that both educate and stimulate. We will need your help in identifying issues, formulating solutions, and peering twenty years into the future.

 

We believe that the GMP is an exciting opportunity to touch the future as we envision the park that we will leave to future generations. We encourage you to take part in our workshops and look forward to seeing you at these important meetings.

 

 

Russ Smith,

Superintendent

 

 

Please Join Us for One of Four Open House Workshops for the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park GMP

 

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 – 5:00PM to 8:00PM

Riverbend High School

12301 Spotswood Furnace Road, Spotsylvania County, Virginia

 

Thursday, July 30, 2009– 5:30PM to 8:00PM

Headquarters Branch - Central Rappahannock Regional Library

1201 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia

 

Tuesday, September 8, 2009 - 5:00PM to 8:00PM

Chatham Manor

Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park

120 Chatham Lane, Stafford County

 

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 – 5:00PM to 8:00PM

Lake of the Woods Clubhouse

102 Lakeview Parkway, Lake of the Woods, Virginia

 

In addition to these four open houses, information sessions for park visitors will be held at the Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitor Center and the Chancellorsville Battlefield Visitor Center on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 from 10:00AM to 2:00PM.

 

Click here to view the GMP PEPC-Website.

 

Click here to read our current General Management Plan (1986).

 

Have ideas about the plan or future of the site? Click here to email us thoughts and comments, or write to us at:

 

Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania NMP

120 Chatham Lane

Fredericksburg, VA 22405