This is a great development. I hope that it is more than a dog and pony show.
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host the first-ever D.C. town hall meeting with the National Park Service (NPS), which owns and operates almost all D.C. parks, this Saturday, October 22, from 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. at One Judiciary Square, 441 4th Street NW. Norton, who receives many questions about our NPS neighborhood parks and the National Mall, wants to give D.C. residents the opportunity to speak directly with NPS officials, who will also give brief presentations. The town hall meeting will be devoted to promoting a discussion on how our parks can better serve D.C. residents.
Besides allowing CaBi stations on the Mall, there are many other issues important to cyclists that involved NPS, including the Rock Creek Park trail, the Mount Vernon Trail at-grade crossings, the Custis/Lynn intersection, ban of cycling on the Parkways, CaBi at other NPS properties, etc...
Not to mention getting NPS to clear snow from sidewalks and trails on their property!
Posted by: dcbrewer | October 20, 2011 at 10:32 AM
This isn't enough notice.
But I just learned about this:
[an] intergovernmental effort between New York City and the National Park Service to develop a vision and collective management agreement for almost 10,000 acres of parkland located in and around Jamaica Bay.
which could be a model effort to draw from.
Posted by: Richard Layman | October 20, 2011 at 10:52 AM
This is great. Can Arlington hold one as well?
Posted by: GMB | October 20, 2011 at 02:58 PM