National Park Service opens Phase 1 of Georgetown Waterfront Park; Largest National Park Built in Washington, D.C. during the last 30 Years

Washington, D.C. – The National Park Service (NPS) opened Phase 1 of the Georgetown Waterfront Park from Wisconsin Avenue to 34th Street with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Saturday, October 4,2008.

The ribbon cutting ceremony celebrated the completion of Phase 1, the first of two construction phases of the Georgetown Waterfront Park. With the removal of a large parking lot and railroad tracks, Phase 1 has transformed approximately 3 acres of what had once been a heavily concentrated industrial site along the river’s edge into a beautiful multi-use urban park.
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Georgetown Waterfront Park:

Construction of the Wisconsin Avenue Plaza in the Georgetown Waterfront Park, which is managed by Rock Creek Park, in Washington, D.C., is one of 201 proposals National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced at a press conference in Yosemite National Park today to celebrate the 91st anniversary of the NPS.
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Bridging the Watershed Centennial Initiative:

Expanding the hands-on Bridging the Watershed (BTW) education program throughout the National Capital Region (NCR) to underserved high school students is one of 201 proposals National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced at a press conference in Yosemite National Park today to celebrate the 91st anniversary of the NPS.
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Rock Creek Park Offers Free, Self-Guided Podcast Tour of Fort Stevens
Washington, D.C. — Rock Creek Park begins a new era in National Park Service offerings in greater Washington by making available to park visitors a downloadable, 42-minute self-guided tour of historic Fort Stevens, located off of 13th Street and Piney Branch Road, N.W. The file may be downloaded from the Rock Creek Park website at www.nps.gov/rocr/photosmultimedia/multimedia.htm.
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