Surplus river access site becomes waterfront park.
The community of Smithland, Ky., will have a scenic waterfront park Waterfront Park can refer to any of a number of parks on a river or other body of water, including: - Tom McCall Waterfront Park along the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon.
- Louisville Waterfront Park along the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky, which opened in 1999.
along the Ohio River Ohio River
Major river, eastern central U.S. Formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, it flows northwest out of Pennsylvania, and west and southwest to form the state boundaries of Ohio–West Virginia, Ohio-Kentucky, Indiana-Kentucky, and , thanks to the efforts of the National Park
Service's Federal Lands to Parks program. About 90 acres were
gifted to Livingston County Livingston County is the name of several counties in the United States: - Livingston County, Illinois
- Livingston County, Kentucky
- Livingston County, Michigan
- Livingston County, Missouri
- Livingston County, New York
- Livingston Parish, Louisiana
for recreation and public use. Formerly
acquired and developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for boating
access, the property will be operated as a community riverfront park and
will be further developed with picnic tables and shelters. Currently, a
boat launching ramp and open space comprise the park. Valued at an
estimated $800,000, the property is significant because it provides
Livingston County with its first boating access site. NPS NPS National Park Service
NPS Naval Postgraduate School
NPS Net Promoter Score (customer management)
NPS Non-Point Source pollution
NPS Native Plant Society
NPS Norfolk Public Schools (Virginia) Federal Lands
to Parks negotiated the transfer. For information, please contact Bill
Huie at bill_huie@nps.govor (404) 562-3175.
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