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Dear Friends,
This October will mark thirty years since Congress established Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site (Olmsted NHS). The National Park Service (NPS) is honored to be the steward of this place, where America's foremost landscape architect, his notable sons John Charles and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., and their renowned firm designed thousands of parks, suburban neighborhoods, campuses, and private estates, many persisting today and all documented in the site's rich archival collections.
We are pleased to announce this strategic planning effort being undertaken at Olmsted NHS. The site has made enormous progress in thirty years, but "Fairsted," as Olmsted named it, now faces new challenges. Recently the NPS received funding to revise and update the park's 1983 general management plan. Your perspectives and input are critical to the creation of a renewed vision for the site and an enlightened plan for the next chapter in its future.
A planning team of park managers, NPS planning staff, and consultants are preparing studies and gathering data. Starting with our primary mandate – to preserve the historic site and its archives – the plan will address topics such as traffic and parking; the needs of visitors, students and researchers; and how best to serve known audiences and reach new ones.
Please join us at an open house on Sunday, September 13 for a behind-the-scenes tour of Fairsted (currently undergoing construction), and at a public meeting on Wednesday, September 23 to discuss the general management plan. We look forward to hearing your ideas, and to working with you on this important new plan.
Superintendent Myra F. Harrison
National Park Service
Northeast Region
15 State Street
Boston,MA 02109
Jim_O'Connell@nps.gov
617-223-5222
This October will mark thirty years since Congress established Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site (Olmsted NHS). The National Park Service (NPS) is honored to be the steward of this place, where America's foremost landscape architect, his notable sons John Charles and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., and their renowned firm designed thousands of parks, suburban neighborhoods, campuses, and private estates, many persisting today and all documented in the site's rich archival collections.
We are pleased to announce this strategic planning effort being undertaken at Olmsted NHS. The site has made enormous progress in thirty years, but "Fairsted," as Olmsted named it, now faces new challenges. Recently the NPS received funding to revise and update the park's 1983 general management plan. Your perspectives and input are critical to the creation of a renewed vision for the site and an enlightened plan for the next chapter in its future.
A planning team of park managers, NPS planning staff, and consultants are preparing studies and gathering data. Starting with our primary mandate – to preserve the historic site and its archives – the plan will address topics such as traffic and parking; the needs of visitors, students and researchers; and how best to serve known audiences and reach new ones.
Please join us at an open house on Sunday, September 13 for a behind-the-scenes tour of Fairsted (currently undergoing construction), and at a public meeting on Wednesday, September 23 to discuss the general management plan. We look forward to hearing your ideas, and to working with you on this important new plan.
Superintendent Myra F. Harrison
Contact Information
Jim O'Connell, Project ManagerNational Park Service
Northeast Region
15 State Street
Boston,MA 02109
Jim_O'Connell@nps.gov
617-223-5222