Thursday, April 11, 2013
The National Park Service awarded an open concession bid to operate a boat rental facility to a Boston-based company.
As Jack's Boathouse's owner faces a losing legal battle, the National Park Service officially welcomed Boston Outdoor Recreation, Inc. as the new concessioner to the "Key Bridge Boathouse." Paul Simkin owns the Jack's Boathouse operation and has been in the midst of a legal dispute with NPS about who owns the land and whether Jack's Boathouse has a rightful lease to the property. In January NPS issued an open concessions bid for a business to operate a boat rental facility at what the agency is now calling the Key Bridge Boathouse. NPS awarded that contract to Boston Outdoor Recreation in March. “We look forward to working with Boston Outdoor Recreation as they continue on the tradition of providing a valuable service to visitors,” said …
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
The Georgetown waterfront fixture will file a complaint in US District Court this week.
Jack's Boathouse is taking its fight to maintain its right to operate a boat rental company at the Georgetown waterfront all the way to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia this week, according to the Washington City Paper. The small business seeks to prevent the National Park Service from proceeding with its open bidding process for a new concession for the site. NPS says it is only following its standard protocol for contracts on park property by pursuing a concession contract rather than renegotiating a lease with boathouse owner Paul Simkin. Interested in getting Georgetown Patch directly into your inbox each morning? Learn more about our daily newsletter. Simkin and his attorney, Charles Camp, previously …
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The National Park Service is seeking to create a new contract for a boathouse operation on the Georgetown waterfront.
The National Park Service (NPS) is moving forward with plans to create a new contract for a boat rental operation on the Georgetown waterfront as the agency explores recent allegations by current tenant Jack's Boathouse that NPS does not have jurisdiction over the property. "We believe that we have full jurisdiction of the Georgetown waterfront park," Jennifer Mummart, the acting NPS associate regional director for communications in the national capital region, told Patch. But Friday, Jack's owner Paul Simkin and his attorney Charles Camp told Patch they believe NPS no longer has jurisdiction over the Georgetown waterfront and that control actually should have reverted to the District government years ago. "We are looking into it," Mummart…
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Saturday, January 19, 2013
Conflicting claims on Georgetown waterfront property put future of boathouse in question.
Jack's Boathouse has anchored Georgetown’s western waterfront for decades. But whether it has the right to lease the land as it has for 40 years instead of entering into a competitive concession with the National Park Service (NPS) is the subject of a debate that could land both parties in court. And the boat rental company says it isn’t going down without a fight. On Friday, NPS issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a contract to operate a boat rental operation at 3500 K Street — and it wants Jack’s Boathouse, which has operated a boat rental facility out of a red single-story wooden bungalow on the Georgetown waterfront since 1973, to compete for the contract. While NPS claims it took stewardship of the parcel in the late 1980s, …
Thursday, December 27, 2012
The Potomac River boat rental site was to lose its lease effective Jan. 31.
The National Park Service (NPS) has halted plans to evict Jack's Boathouse from its Potomac River lease on the Georgetown waterfront. Earlier this month Jack's owner Paul Simkin received a notice from NPS that his business had until Jan. 31 to vacate its location just east of the Key Bridge. "I can assure all those concerned that the boat house operation will continue into the future as it is an important public service," NPS Director Jon Jarvis said in a statement released to several media organizations. NPS is in the process of evaluating uses for a non-motorized boathouse zone for the waterfront area. In a statement sent to WTOP, Simkin wrote, "I am absolutely touched that on the Christmas holiday so many folks made time to email and …
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Shaun Courtney
3:08 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
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