Naval Heritage Center -- Event: National Mall Plan public symposium:
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- Description of Pictures: The National Park Service (NPS) will host a day-long public symposium to discuss preserving and caring for the National Mall while meeting the needs 0f more than 25 million visitors each year. The symposium will set the stage for the National Mall Plan and will feature local, national, and international professionals experienced in visitor service provision, urban place making, events management, First Amendment activities, and partnership management. Also to be discussed are lessons learned from best management practices studies. The public is invited to join in, submit questions, and provide feedback to the planning process. The National Mall Plan will address how to enrich this American experience for years to come. The American public also has the chance to weigh in on the use, appearance and landscape of the National Mall on the project website: http://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan. The NPS has already received comments from hundreds of Americans in 27 states.
The Planning Process. Over the next several months, the National Park Service will compile and examine public opinion. In early 2007, the NPS will develop a range of alternatives, and will provide additional information via newsletters and the website. A draft National Mall Plan will then be prepared (summer 2007) and additional public meetings will be held to present this plan and receive feedback. The goal is to complete a forward-looking plan, detailing how the National Mall will be managed and enjoyed by today’s visitors and future generations at the end of 2007. This is a unique opportunity for all Americans to help celebrate the past, improve the present and work to ensure a sustainable future for the National Mall.
The NPS's description of the talk I attended (from http://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan/Symposium.html ) is as follows:
Following a lunch break, Juan Williams, Senior Correspondent for NPR, moderated two panel discussions with outside experts. The first panel discussed use issues. Juan Williams asked questions of the panelists related to the importance of the First Amendment in this location, use and events and their impacts, and then took questions from the audience:
Robert O’Neil, Former President of the University of Virginia and Founding Director of the Thomas Jefferson Center for Free Expression. He answered questions related to the unique nature of free and even hate speech in this nation; the democratic values that First Amendment rights embody; reasonable time, place and manner regulations for demonstrations; and the positives or negatives of providing paved areas to facilitate or attract public speech, gatherings or demonstrations.
Phil Fowler, Chief of Ceremonial Activities, U.S. Army Military District of Washington, addressed questions about visitor expectations for patriotic ceremony and celebration; the kinds of programs the Military District provides; the essential importance of the First Amendment to our national values; and the important relationship between the young service men and women who protect the values of our nation and the National Mall.
Sara Cedar Miller, Director of Park Information, Historian & Photographer, Central Park Conservancy, responded to questions about how Central Park has been able to address similar levels of use by limiting numbers and size of events; the importance of educating visitors to achieve positive behavior; and building one effective group from multiple advocacy groups.
Diana Mayhew, Executive Director of the National Cherry Blossom Festival responded to questions about the goals of the Festival protecting and planning for the future with a tree replacement fund; the changing activities; and the most frequent complaints - restrooms and traffic.
David Longwill, Senior Executive Producer, TBA Global Events spoke about the symbolic importance of this venue; the need to hold events and planners to the highest standards; establishing standards; and how landscapes can be designed or managed to facilitate events while reducing wear and tear.
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- Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
- NMP_061115_092.JPG: Left to right:
Sara Cedar Miller, Director of Park Information, Historian & Photographer
Robert O'Neil, Former President of the University of Virginia and Founding Director of the Thomas Jefferson Center for Free Expression
Phil Fowler, Chief of Ceremonial Activities, U.S. Army Military District of Washington
Diana Mayhew, Executive Director, National Cherry Blossom Festival
David "Pup" Longwill, Senior Executive Producer, TBA Global Events
Juan Williams, Senior Correspondent, National Public Radio (NPR)
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