Help plan Gateway's future at a General Management Plan open house

Citizen input helps Gateway make the best choices about managing this urban national park over the next two decades.

NPS PHOTO by John Harlan Warren

News Release Date: August 28, 2012

Contact: John Harlan Warren, 718-354-4608

WHAT: Help Gateway create a new vision for a great urban park in the 21st Century. As part of the next phase of the on-going General Management Plan (GMP) process, three draft management alternatives, each laying out a different direction for the park, are available for comments and suggestions. Information about the alternatives and GMP can be found on the park's website at https://www.nps.gov/gate/parkmgmt/gmp-2012.htm

WHERE: Sandy Hook, N.J.; Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn; Great Kills Park, Staten Island.

WHEN: Jamaica Bay: Ryan Visitor Center, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn
Wednesday, September 12, 3 P.M. - 7 P.M.

Sandy Hook: Historic Chapel, Fort Hancock
Tuesday, September 18, 3 P.M. - 7 P.M.

Staten Island: Education Field Station, Great Kills Park
Wednesday, September 19, 3 P.M. - 7 P.M.

WHO: Everyone with ideas about Gateway's next twenty years.

NOTE: Learn about the three draft management alternatives in the latest GMP newsletter https://www.nps.gov/gate/parkmgmt/gmp-2012.htm

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