How Will National Park Service React To Museum Proposal At Harpers Ferry?
Two-hundred-and-fifty million dollars buys an awful lot of museum. But does that mean the latest proposal to “save” some of the private land surrounding Harpers Ferry National Historical Park from development is a good one? The short answer, at this point, is it’s just too soon to tell, as the National Park Service has yet to see a formal proposal that outlines the project that includes not just the museum but also a hotel and convention center. What is troubling, though, is that the developers behind this project apparently want the federal government to fund most, if not all, of the $250 million museum complex. Stonewall Heights, LLC, a group for which I’ve been unable so far to locate an address or phone number for, apparently has met with U.S. Senator Robert Byrd, D-West Virginia, to inquire about the possibility of federal funding. Calls to the senator’s press secretary Friday afternoon went unanswered. One person who did answer his phone, though, was Donald Campbell, superintende
Two-hundred-and-fifty million dollars buys an awful lot of museum. But does that mean the latest proposal to “save” some of the private land surrounding Harpers Ferry National Historical Park from development is a good one? The short answer, at this point, is it’s just too soon to tell, as the National Park Service has yet to see a formal proposal that outlines the project that includes not just the museum but also a hotel and convention center. What is troubling, though, is that the developers behind this project apparently want the federal government to fund most, if not all, of the $250 million museum complex. Stonewall Heights, LLC, a group for which I’ve been unable so far to locate an address or phone number for, apparently has met with U.S. Senator Robert Byrd, D-West Virginia, to inquire about the possibility of federal funding. Calls to the senator’s press secretary Friday afternoon went unanswered. One person who did answer his phone, though, was Donald Campbell, superintende
