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Annapolis officials unveil concept to restore Carr's Beach at Kahrs Beach, prioritize shoreline resilience and cultural interpretation
Summary
City presenters laid out a community-driven concept plan for Kahrs (Carr's) Beach that pairs shoreline restoration — including living headlands and dunes designed for sea-level rise — with cultural interpretation, a visitor center and managed access; officials said $4 million is committed for shoreline work and the full park could cost $11–12 million.
Rosalind Johnson, the city’s director of recreation and parks, opened a work-session presentation by calling the proposal “not recreation and parks plan. This is the community’s plan,” and introduced a consulting team that included Mitchell Silver and SCAPE designer Rickarius.
Gabe Coley, director of programs for the Resilience Authority of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, said the Authority helped the city procure expertise and steer the shoreline-design work because Kahrs Beach is “experiencing some heavy erosion and is really susceptible to future inundation events.” He said the Authority’s role was to ensure the shoreline design accounted for sea-level rise and future storm surge.
Mitchell Silver reviewed the concept-plan goals and engagement, saying the team conducted listening sessions, stakeholder workshops and open houses and sought to elevate the site’s history as part of the design. “We wanted to co-create a plan and not have a top-down plan that was forced on the community,” Silver said, noting the…
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