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BICR Civic Engagement Comment Analysis Report


The National Park Service (NPS) has begun the process of developing a General Management Plan (GMP) at the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument (national monument). As a new park unit, the national monument must develop a comprehensive GMP, which identifies long-term goals for the park and guides management of the visitor experience, park facilities, and operations at the park.

The park released a newsletter for the GMP on June 7, 2021. The newsletter provided the public with background on the project, an update on activities at the park, and a timeline for the planning process. The newsletter also solicited comments from the public on five questions pertaining to visitor use and experience at the national monument as well as any other feedback they would like to provide. The newsletter was published on the NPS Planning, Environment, and Public Comment (PEPC) website at: https://parkplanning.nps.gov/BICRGMP.

There were two public meetings for this project: on June 16, 2021, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. CT, which had 14 attendees, and June 17, 2021, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., which had 27 attendees. The Zoom Q&A function and chat, as well as interactive polling software (PollEverywhere.com), were used for discussions with the public in an interactive format.

Any comments entered into PEPC by the public, e-mails sent to park staff, and comments received live during the public meetings were considered and included in the overall project record. This Civic Engagement Comment Analysis Report provides a summary of the comments expressed during the public comment period from both online submittals and the public meetings; PEPC was open through July 7, 2021.
 
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