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Trust for the National Mall to Help Raise Funds to Beautify the National Mall
Dear Coalition Friends: The National Park Service has announced that its nonprofit partner, the Trust for the National Mall, will begin raising funds to help NPS clean up and beautify […]
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National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) Rejects Park Service Plan
Yesterday’s Washington Post (Friday, December 5th) reports that the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) rejected Park Service plans for security bollards (concrete posts) and the design for 2 new visitor facilities at the Lincoln Memorial.
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National Park Service Abandons Plans for Underground Visitor Center and Tunnel at the Washington Monument
It’s official! The National Park Service held a press conference yesterday to announce that it has abandoned plans for the underground visitor center and tunnel at the Washington Monument.
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
We have received word from the Senate Energy Committee that Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton — boss of the National Park Service (NPS) — has formally stopped any additional work on the visitor center and tunnel at the Washington Monument.
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Post Reports on the Political Maneuvering Behind Visitor Center for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
In an article in last Friday’s (October 2nd) Washington Post entitled “Scrugg’s Underground Movement,” reporter Monte Reel described some of the political maneuvering behind the scenes between Jan Scruggs of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, the Congress, and John Parsons (with others) of the National Park Service (NPS), regarding the proposed visitor center/museum for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Washington Post Publishes Articles on the NFL Extravaganza Controversy
The Washington Post published three articles on various aspects of the NFL extravaganza controversy. The Washington Times also published one in the Sports Section.
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National Park Service Director’s Order Promoting Civic Engagement and Public Involvement
Dear Coalition Friends: There has been lots of coverage of the ongoing NFL Extravaganza on the Mall in today’s Washington media, print and broadcast. We will send out an update […]
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National Park Service’s Proposed Security Improvement Plan
Now is the time to let the House Appropriations Committee know your opinion about spending $40 million of public funds on the Park Service’s “Security Improvement” plan for the Washington Monument.
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NCPC Approves Preliminary Plan for Tunnel to Monument
Dear Coalition Friends: At yesterday’s National Capital Planning Commission meeting, despite the best efforts of the Coalition and other citizens groups to stop the Park Service’s plans for a tunnel […]
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Hearings for 2004 Budget for the National Park Service
Barring cancellation due to war in Iraq, the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee will hold hearings on the 2004 budget for the National Park Service (NPS) this Wednesday, March 19th.
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