News Release

Natchez National Historical Park develops Visitor Services Strategy

Date: September 1, 2020
Contact: Jefferson Mansell, 6014427047

Help Shape the Future 
Visitor Experience at Natchez National Historical Park! 
 
We need your input! Natchez National Historical Park is developing a Visitor Services Strategy to assess the type and quality of services that are offered to park visitors and to consider possible future services like tours, limited food and beverage services, picnic tables, ticket sales, and things we haven’t thought of yet. 
 
The Visitor Services Strategy will include all Natchez National Historical Park sites (the Natchez Visitor Center, Fort Rosalie, Forks of the Road, Melrose, and the William Johnson House).  
 
To gather public input, the National Park Service will be holding two 2-hour virtual meetings, which are free and open to the public. All are welcome to attend. The content presented at each meeting will be the same, with a question and answer session following each presentation. The park management team is eager for feedback on current services, and welcomes suggestions for new services that the park, park partners, and local businesses might offer in the future. Please share your ideas! A recording of the presentation will also be made available online on September 14 (details below). For additional information about the visitor services strategy and instructions for accessing the Microsoft Teams Virtual Meetings please see the attached documents. 
 
Virtual Meeting information:  

• Thursday, September 10, 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Central Daylight time. Join the Microsoft Teams Meeting by clicking this link or pasting the address to your web browser https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YjIwMzk0ZWItYWIyOS00OTAxLTljOWEtZjg4OTMwZWFjMzIy%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%220693b5ba-4b18-4d7b-9341-f32f400a5494%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22085a8e62-00c7-4468-8bf1-3b57266ce8cb%22%7d   
  If you do not have access to a computer or your bandwidth is unable to support both video and audio, you may call into the meeting at:  
  Conference Line: [phone]; Conference ID: 120 391 598# 
   
• Thursday, September 10, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Central Daylight Time. Join the Microsoft Teams Meeting by clicking this link or pasting the address to your web browser https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_M2QxNWNlOTMtNWIwMy00OTE4LWI5NWQtZTMwOTJkYjZjMTQx%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%220693b5ba-4b18-4d7b-9341-f32f400a5494%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22085a8e62-00c7-4468-8bf1-3b57266ce8cb%22%7d 
  If you do not have access to a computer or your bandwidth is unable to support both video and audio, you may call into the meeting at:  
  Conference Line: [phone]; Conference ID: 701 814 160# 
   

How to comment:  
Meeting participants can share comments during the virtual meeting. Comments may also be shared online at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/NATCVSS between Thursday, September 10 and Friday, October 2 2020. The presentation will be recorded and made available starting on September 14 at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/NATCVSS. Your comments will be considered for inclusion in the strategy and the NPS will share key outcomes once the strategy is completed early next year.   
 
For further information about the virtual meetings or if you have special needs to be accommodated during a virtual meeting, please contact Kathleen Bond, Superintendent of Natchez National Historical Park, by phone at 601-431-8052 or by email at [e-mail].