Find Out More About Byrd Park Rope Course
We had a story about the proposed Go Ape rope course awhile back. Today there was a post up on Byrd Park quoting Beth Bradford on some reasons why the Kanawa Trace community is opposed to the development. The comments last I checked were in favor of the development. Fan District Hub is a little more over the top with his opposition with a post titled Save Byrd Park.
There are two meetings scheduled to discuss the plan. The first is by Councilman Marty Jewell on Friday, Nov 12th, at 5pm at 900 E Marshal St, Rm 300. The second meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 18th, at 6:30 p.m. at the Carillon and representatives from Go Ape will be present. Copy of the proposal: Go_Ape_Proposal.pdf
How would you feel about a rope course coming to Forest Hill Park? What about Pony Pasture?
I’m not keen on FHP as a venue, as the added noise levels wouldn’t be a welcome addition for me.
I also don’t think that disturbing the nesting areas favored by our local Barred owls and Red Tailed and Red Shouldered hawks would be a good idea.
Wouldn’t it be a better idea to have a ropes course in a park or section of a Park that is already devoted to physical sports, instead of clearing a natural area for this activity.
A balance need to be struck here…much of the attraction of our area parks is the access to natural areas and enjoyment of wildlife. At some point the balance gets tipped and the “natural” and “wildlife” disappears from the scene.
I believe the Conservation Easement would porevent a rope course in any part of the James River Park system, including Pony Pasture.
[...] to internal changes, the public meeting scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 18, at the Carillon on the proposed Go Ape ropes course for Byrd Park has been postponed. A new date and time will be announced when it becomes available. [...]
I’m a resident of Rockville, Maryland and use the park which has the Go-ape course up here that all of the pictures in the proposal are done from.
As was pointed out in the proposal, they don’t clear trees in the course of construction. The landing zone is in a cleared area, but that area was cleared to grass at least 20 years ago. It is relatively close to the entrance to the park, on the side of an artificial lake created by the county back in the 1950s. It is separated from the lake by both picnic areas and an internal access road.