[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Ft. Monroe (VA) park proposal

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[This report does not address the presence of large quantities of 
unexploded ordnance at Ft. Monroe

Report: Hampton Roads Parkland Deficit (VA)
	
Peter Harnik and Coleen Gentles
Trust for Public Land
January 2009


The new report, "Bracing for Change," shows that the area of Hampton 
Roads, Virginia, lacks public parkland, especially along its coastline, 
compared to other major bay cities in the country. (The Hampton Roads 
area includes the cities of Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth 
and Virginia Beach.)

Prepared for the Fort Monroe National Park Foundation, the report shows 
that conserving the 400-year old Fort and converting its 570 acres to a 
park would help reduce the parkland deficit of the entire Hampton Roads 
area. This would have a significant positive impact for the entire 
region. The study compares Hampton Roads cities to New York City, 
Boston, and the California Bay Area cities of San Francisco, Oakland and 
San Jose. The report also provides examples from these cities where 
former military bases have been successfully converted to popular parks 
- most notably San Francisco's Presidio.

...

To download this 24-page, 848 KB report, go to
http://www.tpl.org/tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=22680&folder_id=3208

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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