NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, February 28th, 6:30pm at the MLK Center at Charlottesville High School. Review of draft concept diagrams and public discussion of pros and cons of each.

Learn more in Charlottesville Tomorrow/Daily Progress article by Sean Tubbs – http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2012/02/mcintire-park-sro.html

This will be another very important meeting.  Please plan to attend and make your views known!

Call City Parks and Recreation at  970-3610 for more information or e-mail: mcintirepark@charlottesville.org

The design concept favored by supporters of the McIntire Botanical Garden. It received 34 votes (green circles) - Photo by Charlottesville Tommorow

 Learn more about this important meeting from Charlottesville Tomorrow:

The city of Charlottesville unveiled three design concepts for the eastern portion of McIntire Park at a public meeting attended by almost 90 residents Monday. …In September, city staff kicked off the public input process, saying the 61 available acres in the park were a “blank slate.”

In December, more than 100 citizens put pen to paper in a planning workshop to suggest how activities as varied as golf, skateboarding, soccer and botanical gardens could be accommodated.

Continue Reading … http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2012/01/mcintire_park_planning.html

Please send your  comments about Concept #4 to council@charlottesville.org.

Thank you!

Brian Wheeler wrote a great article which is in the Daily Progress and on Charlottesville Tomorrow website.

It quotes several board members, Kennon Williams, and others.  Our vision is in the paper….for all of Charlottesville to see.

City’s central park seen as home for botanical garden
By Brian Wheeler, Charlottesville Tomorrow, Saturday, October 22, 2011

Woodland walks. Wildflower meadows. Waterfalls and native plants. Wetland gardens with raised paths. A winter sledding hill. Convenient access to the heart of downtown Charlottesville.

… continue reading: http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2011/10/botanical_garden.html

Click on the images below to view MBG Plan 1 and MBG Plan 2

City Parks and Recreation staff will present multiple conceptual plans for the eastern side of McIntire Park. Following the presentation, there will be a public discussion of the pros and cons of the draft plans.

Both the Planning Commission and City Council will decide the future use of this beautiful 65 acre section of  McIntire Park based on these plans and citizen input,  so it is critically important to come out to the meeting and make your views known.

If you want a public botanical garden that everyone can use and enjoy all year round, please come out and support  this concept at the meeting.  Help us create our own “central park” for the City of Charlottesville.

When:        Monday January 23rd, 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Where:       Charlottesville High School, B Commons

Call City Parks and Recreation at  970-3610 for more information or e-mail: mcintirepark@charlottesville.org

Charlottesville Parks & Recreation invites you to participate in the public park master planning process for the east side of McIntire Park.

NEXT MEETING: Monday, January 23rd, 6:30pm – Charlottesville High School, Common Area B

Review of draft concept plans and public discussion of pros and cons of each plan.

Once the plan has been generated through the public meetings, there will  be a public hearing at the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, a Planning Commission meeting, and City Council.

For more information or to leave a comment or suggestion for the park, please call 970-3610,

or email mcintirepark@charlottesville.org

Every February the Piedmont Landscape Association hosts an annual seminar (formerly called the Central Virginia Landscape Management Seminar). This event strives to bring gardening enthusiasts and landscape professionals together in an educational setting.
Learn more … http://www.piedmontlandscape.org/seminar.html

Here is a hands-on opportunity to help create the first public botanical garden in Charlottesville.

When:        Monday January 23, 2011
6:30 – 8:00 pm
Where:       Charlottesville High School, Commons Room B

Call City Parks and Recreation at 434-970-3610 for more information.