Maryland Historic National Road Corridor Plan Update

FILE CABINET: Original Plan (MDP website) 2001 Atlast of Historic Sites (large PDF file - 7.6mb) ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS Project Overview and Schedule [pdf] -  Meeting Agendas and Notes AC Meeting #1 - 1/12/11 - handout (agenda) - PDF - handout (2001 action plans) - PDF - presentation - view on web AC Meeting #2 (3/22/12) AC Meeting #3 (5/24/12)  AC Meeting #4  (7/26/12) AC Meeting #5 (9/27/12) Links: Maryland Scenic  Byways Federal Highway Administration Scenic Byway Program Byway Assessment Tool - alternate link (New) NEH America's  Historical and Cultural Organizations   Planning Grants - due January 12, 2012 National Endowment for the Arts:  Our Town - deadline March 1 and Art Works - deadline March 8

CAG Meeting #2 Thursday, March, 22 2012 10:00 am-1pm   (lunch provided, please RSVP by March 15 to Tiffany Ahalt) Schmankerl Stube Bavarian Restaurant 58 South Potomac Street  Hagerstown, MD 21740 DRAFT AGENDA 10:00   Review of CAG Meeting #1 10:15   Discuss 2001 Inventory - Identify priority publicly accessible visitor sites County group presentations on MHNR Features - update from 2001, identify visitor ready sites and features in each County Break for Lunch 12:15   Discuss Preservation and Conservation Priorities What criteria should be used to determine priorities Identify specific priority projects in each jurisdictions 1:00     Adjourn It has been ten years since the Corridor Partnership Plan for Maryland’s Historic National Road was completed, unanimously endorsed by its forty-four member advisory committee, and submitted for its successful nomination as an All-American Road through the Federal Highway Administration’s National Scenic Byway Program.  The original plan was developed with the help of a Corridor Advisory Group (CAG).  A new CAG is being formed by bringing together representatives from county and municipal planning and tourism offices, state agencies with management responsibilities along the National Road, and interested civic, environmental, preservation, and business organizations.  The CAG will meet a total of five times throughout the plan update process to address the following CAG #1:    Discussion of new issues and concerns (January 12th, 2012) CAG #2:    Conservation and Preservation Priorities (Thurs., March 22nd, 2012) CAG #3:    Conservation and Preservation Tools (Thurs., May 24, 2012) CAG #4:    Outline model guidelines and conduct guideline work session (Thurs. July 26, 2012) CAG #5:    Review and update  action plan and enhancement priorities (Thurs. Sept. 27, 2012) All meetings are open to the public and all are welcome to attend. Information about each meeting will be posted to this website.  If you would like to be added to the email list to receive notices about the planning process please contact Tiffany Ahalt, Executive Director for the Maryland National Road Association at the email address below. For more information please contact: Tiffany Ahalt, Executive Director for the Maryland National Road Association  or Jim Klein, Principal, Lardner/Klein Landscape Architects Project Manager The purpose of this web page is to provide easy access to resources, presentations, meeting notes, draft and final reports utilized in the conduct of the study.