{"id":2113,"date":"2014-08-26T17:51:38","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T21:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/a-npdc.org\/?p=2113"},"modified":"2016-05-06T11:48:27","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T15:48:27","slug":"kiptopeke-state-park-master-plan-to-be-discussed-sept-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/a-npdc.org\/kiptopeke-state-park-master-plan-to-be-discussed-sept-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiptopeke State Park Master Plan to be Discussed Sept. 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>RICHMOND &#8211; A public meeting to discuss long-range planning for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dcr.virginia.gov\/state-parks\/kiptopeke.shtml#general_information\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kiptopeke State Park<\/a> will be Sept. 4, 6 p.m., at Kiptopeke Elementary School, 24023 Fairview Road, Cape Charles. Staff with the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation will provide an overview of the park&#8217;s revised master plan.\u00a0Each state park has a master plan that guides development. Plans are updated every five years.\u00a0<!--more--><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Master plans outline the desired future condition for a park when it is fully developed,&#8221; said Janit Llewellyn Allen, a park planner. &#8220;We welcome public input in the planning process.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The updated plan for Kiptopeke calls for construction of two- and three-bedroom cabins, a visitor center with playground and shelter, an environmental education center and staff residence. Renovations to park roads, a fish cleaning station and beach conservation also are in the plan.<\/p>\n<p>The 562-acre park on Virginia&#8217;s Eastern Shore offers recreational access to the Chesapeake Bay and opportunities to explore a unique coastal habitat featuring a major flyway for migratory birds. Kiptopeke is 3 miles from the northern terminus of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Written comments about this master plan update will be accepted through Oct. 4. Written comments should be submitted to <a href=\"mailto:janit.llewellyn@dcr.virginia.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">janit.llewellyn@dcr.virginia.gov <\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RICHMOND &#8211; A public meeting to discuss long-range planning for Kiptopeke State Park will be Sept. 4, 6 p.m., at Kiptopeke Elementary School, 24023 Fairview Road, Cape Charles. Staff with the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation will provide an overview of the park&#8217;s revised master plan.\u00a0Each state park has a master plan that guides&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/a-npdc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/a-npdc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/a-npdc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-npdc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-npdc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/a-npdc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2362,"href":"https:\/\/a-npdc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113\/revisions\/2362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/a-npdc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-npdc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-npdc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}