Press Release

Four Public Meetings Set for State Parks Plans

November 05, 2003

The opportunity for Alabama citizens to see and discuss the State Parks Renovation Program master plan will take place in four separate public meetings in November. The meetings will be informal, with displays of budgets and information about projects for all of Alabama’s 24 state parks. Those who will be available at each of these meetings to answer questions and receive comments are Conservation Commissioner M. Barnett Lawley, Operations Director Rick Liles, State Parks Division Director Mark Easterwood, Engineering Section Chief Terry Boyd, parks superintendents, and their staff.

The scheduled meetings are:

Wednesday, November 12                   9:00 a.m.          Lakepoint State Park Lodge    

Thursday, November 13                       9:00 a.m.          Gulf State Park Hotel

Monday, November 17                        10:00 a.m.        Oak Mountain State Park Office

 Thursday, November 20                       2:00 p.m.          Joe Wheeler State Park Lodge            

“These meetings will allow people interested in the renovation plans for Alabama’s state parks to see what is planned for each of the parks,” said M. Barnett Lawley, Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources. “They will have the opportunity to ask questions of us, and to make comments about the plans.”

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