a:27:{s:9:"weblog_id";s:1:"4";s:8:"entry_id";s:3:"294";s:6:"sticky";s:1:"n";s:14:"allow_comments";s:1:"n";s:16:"allow_trackbacks";s:1:"n";s:10:"entry_date";s:19:"2008-10-23 04:32 AM";s:15:"expiration_date";s:0:"";s:23:"comment_expiration_date";s:0:"";s:8:"category";a:2:{i:0;s:1:"4";i:1;s:2:"26";}s:9:"author_id";s:1:"2";s:10:"new_weblog";s:1:"4";s:6:"status";s:4:"open";s:14:"trackback_urls";s:0:"";s:18:"versioning_enabled";s:1:"y";s:5:"title";s:70:"National Park Service Announces Preferred Alternative for Arch Grounds";s:9:"url_title";s:70:"national_park_service_announces_preferred_alternative_for_arch_grounds";s:6:"submit";s:6:"Update";s:11:"field_id_26";s:70:"National Park Service Announces Preferred Alternative for Arch Grounds";s:11:"field_ft_26";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_31";s:1:"9";s:11:"field_id_44";s:284:"Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Superintendent Tom Bradley Tuesday announced the agency\'s preferred alternative for the park\'s General Management Plan. Alternative #3: Program Expansion calls for revitalizing the Memorial by expanding programming, facilities and partnerships.";s:11:"field_ft_44";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_28";s:49:"Arch, plan, superintendent, Park Service, Bradley";s:11:"field_ft_28";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_29";s:1184:"<p>&nbsp;A design competition would be held to generate ideas for programmatic revitalization of the Memorial grounds in an area bounded by the North and South Reflecting Ponds, Memorial Drive, Washington Avenue, <img alt=\"Gateway Arch\" class=\"image-left\" height=\"347\" src=\"/images/uploads/Gateway_Arch.jpg\" style=\"float: left;\" width=\"260\" />Poplar Street, and Luther Ely Smith Square. The look of the Memorial grounds could be changed, according<br />to Bradley, \"so long as those changes are compatible with and respect the grounds\' status as a National Historic Landmark. The final design entries<br />will undergo environmental and historic preservation review by the National Park Service, prior to final approval by the agency.\"<br /><br />The preferred alternative, two other action alternatives as well as a no action alternative will now be fully analyzed as part of the draft General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement to be released for public comment in January 2009. At that time, the public will have another opportunity to comment before the planning process is complete and a Record<br />of Decision is signed by the agency next summer.</p>";s:10:"category_0";s:1:"4";s:10:"category_1";s:2:"26";}