Comments on: Virginia’s Fort Monroe http://cityparksblog.org/2009/01/07/virginias-fort-monroe-urban-park-or-development/ A Chronicle of the Urban Parks Movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:31:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: “Freedom’s Fortress” Finally Free to be a National Monument « City Parks Blog http://cityparksblog.org/2009/01/07/virginias-fort-monroe-urban-park-or-development/#comment-2733 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:34:29 +0000 http://cityparksblog.org/?p=414#comment-2733 [...] written before about the deficit of parkland in the Hampton Roads area and how a new, historic park would have a [...]

]]> By: Trudy http://cityparksblog.org/2009/01/07/virginias-fort-monroe-urban-park-or-development/#comment-138 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:49:20 +0000 http://cityparksblog.org/?p=414#comment-138 Fort Monroe Federal Area Development Authority
(Fort Monroe FADA) Please go to: http://www.fmfada.com
for more information on the Old Point Comfort Seashore Park at Fort Monroe.

• The Trust for Public Land presented at the Fort Monroe FADA January 6, 2009 board meeting. The TPL study was commissioned by the Fort Monroe National Park Foundation, a sister organization, to the Citizens for a Fort Monroe National Park. The presentation may be viewed at: http://www.fmfada.com/pdf/trustPublicLand_2009_01_06.ppt
• The Fort Monroe FADA started the reuse planning for Fort Monroe guided by five priorities:
o Protect this historic place
o Open it up to public use
o Establish a large open-space park
o Achieve economic sustainability
o New development, within strict limits

• Fort Monroe FADA, Executive Director, Bill Armbruster’s quote regarding the TPL study is:
“The study says we need more parkland in Hampton Roads, we agree, and we are committed to providing a large-scale open space seashore park. In the approved reuse plan, signed by Governor Tim Kaine, 40% of the Old Point Comfort land will be used as a shoreline park with beach access for all. Recreational tourism at Old Point Comfort for locals and visitors alike is part of what we plan to market.”

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