Monday, February 13, 2012
The National Park Service has planned a public workshop for Mar. 3, place and time to be determined.
The National Park Service (NPS) has scheduled a four-hour, public workshop for Mar. 3 on the feasibility study for a non-motorized boathouse zone along the Potomac River in Georgetown. NPS has worked with key stakeholders since the initial announcement in December 2011 and will share findings from those meetings while considering public input at the March workshop. The study area runs from 34th Street to about 1,200 feet upstream of the Key Bridge. NPS first proposed a non-motorized boat zone for the area in 1986. Since that time several iterations and stages of the plan have advanced only to later stall. Georgetown University (GU) has previously designed a boathouse for the area and even went through the Environmental Assessment process …
Monday, December 12, 2011
A new study reports that 19 percent of land in the District, or 7,400 acres, is dedicated to park space.
For every 1,000 residents of the District there is a corresponding 12.4 acres of park land available, according to the 2011 City Park Facts report from the Trust for Public Land. The majority of D.C.'s 7,464 acres of park land is made up of 6,776 acres of federal government land. As a percentage of parks to total land, D.C. was second only to New York City for high density cities. The report shows that the 100 largest cities added more than 120 parks in the past year. Georgetown is home to a mixture of both D.C. and federal park land. Facilities like those at Volta Park are maintained and run by the District—with the help of local fundraisers like the Friends of Volta Park. The federal government maintains other Georgetown green space like…
Thursday, December 8, 2011
The National Park Service is holding an informational meeting Dec. 13 on the feasibility study for implementing a non-motorized boathouse zone.
Georgetown University's hopes for a boathouse on the Potomac River are once again alive as the National Park Service announces a new feasibility study for a non-motorized boathouse zone along a stretch of the Georgetown Waterfront. The study will examine an area from 34th Street to about 1,200 feet upstream of the Key Bridge. NPS first proposed a non-motorized boat zone for the area in 1986. Since that time several iterations and stages of the plan have advanced only to later stall; the NPS details the history of the project in the PDF that accompanies this article. Georgetown has designed a boathouse for the area and even went through the Environmental Assessment process for a proposed land exchange between NPS and Georgetown University…
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
The public can comment until Jan. 13, 2012 on the plan to widen and repave the path in Rose Park.
Nearly a year after a public scoping period on the proposed changes for Rock Creek Park and Rose Park, the National Park Service has released its draft environmental assessment in which it recommends repaving Rose Park's current trail and widening it at points to create a uniform six-foot trail for an estimated $222,770. The half-mile Rose Park trail runs from P Street to M Street and under current conditions is generally five feet wide, though a small area is six feet in width. Last January, the Georgetown ANC adopted a resolution opposing modification of the path as per the request of Friends of Rose Park, who were concerned that the changes would encourage more cyclists to use the path over, possibly compromising the safety of …
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Friday, February 25, 2011
Neighbors and residents can chime in on three options for the future of Rose Park's multi-use path.
Parks and cycling enthusiasts alike gathered at the National Zoo Wednesday evening to get a look at proposed options to rehabilitate and change sections of Rock Creek Park in the District. The National Park Service (NPS), working in conjunction with the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) are drafting an Environmental Assessment (EA) on the proposed rehabilitation of the Rock Creek Park Multi-Use Trail. The section of the plan that directly impacts Georgetown is Rose Park. The options for Rose Park include a "No Action" plan where the path would remain under its current conditions. The other two options would help improve the connection between P Street and M Street that allows path …
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Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Local and federal government agencies are seeking public input on the proposed rehabilitation of the Rock Creek Park Multi-Use Trail, including a section in Rose Park.
A collaborative effort among local and federal agencies could change and rehabilitate sections of Rock Creek Park near Georgetown and Rose Park in Georgetown. The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is cooperating with the National Park Service (NPS) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on drafting and later evaluating an Environmental Assessment (EA) on the proposed rehabilitation of the Rock Creek Park Multi-Use Trail. Wednesday, Feb. 23, residents can attend a public meeting where project officials will explain the project, present possible alternatives, and provide the public with an opportunity to comment. The project would impact sections of the trail from Broad Branch Road to P Street, and also would include the …
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Jeffrey Lopata
11:31 am on Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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