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The petition now has over 6,600 supporters. I want to thank all of you for your support! Public Hearings to rezone the land to residential will be held around November. Parkland needs to be a condition of the rezoning. I will send a notification when I have a date.

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This Living History Interpretative Events Park was to be built written into a VDHR agreement with the Silver Company in 2001 along with 5 golf courses at Celebrate Virginia! 

A phase II archeological Study identified 23 Historic Sites at Celebrate Virginia to be showcased at the Historic Park.

Those Historic sites include Multiple Prehistoric Native American Camps, Colonial Activity, Scott's Mill, The Rappahannock Canal System, 19th century Farmsteads, Multiple Civil War Gun Emplacements, the Historic Civil War Mud March, Civil War Camps, The Civil War Ballon Corp., The Banks Ford Pontoon Crossing, A Prehistoric Native American Wier (Fish Trap), and a Natural Waterfall nearby.

Below is an excerpt from the agreement.

Virginia Department of Historic Resources memorandum of Agreement Dated October 2001 - VDHR # 98-2157

PUBLIC EDUCATION AND BENEFIT

Educational Material

I. The Applicant, in consultation with the SHPO, will establish and implement a multi-year program for the development of interpretive and educational materials highlighting the role of the project area in the history and development of the region (Program). The Program will utilize, to the greatest extent practicable, new and innovative technology. The Program will identify innovative approaches and electronic media (i.e. website, interactive educational computer program, etc., tied to the Commonwealth's Standards of Learning) to assemble and disseminate graphic and textual data regardfug the-project areas history and development. Initial material shall concentrate on a broad-based history of the project area and the region. Subsequent material will focus on specific aspects of the area's history (i.e. Civil War, Navigation, etc.) with particular attention given to their impact on local communities and the region.

II. The Program will be developed and implemented by the Applicant in consultation with the NPS, Stafford County Historical Commission, the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust, the Civil War Battlefield Trust, and other parties identified by the Applicant and Stafford, County School systems). To the greatest extent practical, the Program shall be developed and implemented in cooperation and partnership with appropriate public agencies and/or private institutions in the Commonwealth of Virginia (i.e. Commonwealth's committee for the 400th anniversary celebration of founding of Jamestown, Virginia Tourism Corporation, etc.) whose purpose is historical interpretation and education. 

The Program will include, but. not limited to, the following elements:

a. A schedule for developing, implementing, and updating educational and interpretive materials

b. Identification of responsible parties for coordinating, developing, implementing and
updating programs and materials

c. Identification of audiences/markets and methods of distribution

d. Identification of multi-year initiatives and products

e. A schedule for public review and comment

f. Progress regarding implementation of the Program will be detailed in an annual report and submitted to the SHPO.
ill. The Program will be developed within 1 year after signature of this agreement
 
IV. The Program will be submitted to the SHPO for review and comment prior to implementation. The SHPO shall provide comments within 45 days of receipt. After addressing comment� received, the Program will be implemented.

Walking Trails and Interpretative Signage.

A program of walking trails and signage will be developed for the Project in consultation with the NPS, and submitted to the SHPO for review and comment. 

The interpretative trails will focus on Civil War activity in the area, as well as unique natural features and habitats. The program will be submitted to the SHPO for review within one year of signature of this agreement. The program will be implemented within three years of signature of this agreement.

Thanks again,
Joe Brito
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