Quick Overview of the GMP Program for NCR
Anacostia
Begun to map the area
Conducted an Ethnographic Study
Just getting started with scoping, public meetings, etc.
Civil War Defenses of Washington
- Prepared preliminary work including GIS database
- Produced a newsletter in January of this year
- Currently drafting another newsletter to identify the alternatives we’ve come up with to date
- Should be out by the end of the month
Harpers Ferry
Manassas
- We’ve conducted two public meetings to date
- Park staff are revising the alternatives and writing the affected environment section
- We have three alternatives, IP creating two different experiences and extensive scene restoration, and VC to leave the park in the future
- Should have an internal draft late October
- Bypass issue has a problem with the model for Northern VA, First looking at I-66 then the Rt. 29
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House
- Just getting started
- A meeting was held in July with park and advisory council to review issues and concerns for the park
- A newsletter was sent out in the beginning of this month
- Marta Kelly has left the park, so we will have to regroup
Prince William Forest Park
- Draft went out years ago
- Currently waiting for an agreement to be signed by USMC and NPS
- Then we will finalize the GMP
Rock Creek Park
- Have issued 3 Newsletters, both in paper form and on the Internet
- Newsletter 3 has the 4 Alternative scenarios in it
- Two Open Houses were conducted in June, over 700 attended
- Currently have over 700 written comments, we expect about 300 comments from the internet
- Has become pretty controversial because of the mention of road closures, and eliminating the golf course, stables (all) and community gardens
- We will be putting out a newsletter this Fall/Winter addressing the concerns the public expressed during our two open houses
- Expect to have the Draft out next summer
Wolf Trap Farm Park
Record of Decision signed July, 1997
