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Park Service outlines upgrades, partnerships and community coordination at Freedom Riders and Birmingham Civil Rights sites
Summary
National Park Service staff described planned repairs, exhibit replacements and a partnership-driven outreach effort for the Freedom Riders and Birmingham Civil Rights sites, and said Department of the Interior direction now requires formal community coordination and written co-management arrangements with local governments.
Park Service staff described planned site repairs, exhibit replacements and a new partnership-driven outreach effort for the Freedom Riders National Monument and Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument, and said the Department of the Interior now requires formal coordination with nearby communities.
A Park Service staff member told the meeting the monuments “were designated as a national monument in January 2017 as one of the last acts of President Barack Obama,” and that the service now has a foundation document outlining the parks’ fundamental resources and values. “We need to coordinate with our neighborhood community,” the staff member said, adding that the Department of the Interior’s direction had been “concretized and made formal that all parks are mandated to do this.”
The presentation said no new…
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