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104 Landscape Architect and Specifier News Fort Monroe officials gave 31 landscape architects and planners a 90-minute bike tour of the 565-acre Fort Monroe property, not your typical project site or tour. Landscape Architectural Firms Vie for Fort Monroe, Va., Project … and Tour the Historic Grounds on Bicycle The Daily Press of Newport News, Virginia, reports Fort Monroe has a master plan in place and is looking for a landscape architectural firm that has worked on National Park Service sites, has experience in creating public trails and green areas programming, and that resides within a day's drive of the property. The governor of Virginia has approved the plan, which focuses on mixed use, combining adaptive reuse, new construction and open space. The plan features residential, retail/dining, hospitality, employment and institutional areas, along with enhanced public access to the waterfront and beach—there's a proposed for a 7-mile trail along Mill Creek and the boardwalk along the beach. The Ft. Monroe Authority www.fmauthority.com is also looking to enhance the "sense of arrival" experience. Ft. Monroe, constructed between 1819 and 1834, is on the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula. The fort comprises 170 historic buildings on 200 acres, with eight miles of waterfront, and a little over three miles of beaches on the Chesapeake Bay. The fort was decommissioned on September 15, 2011. Portions of Fort Monroe were designated a national monument on Nov. 1, 2011 by President Obama. Talk about historic…it was from these ramparts, March 9, 1862, that thousands watched the first battle of Union and Confederate ironclad ships, the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia, a maritime milestone that proved inconclusive. The fort would later imprison Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Note: The U.S. Army recently transferred the bulk of its artifacts collection, over 800 items, to the Fort Monroe Authority as a deed gift. The Jefferson Davis artifacts, however, are being recalled by the Davis family for evaluation and redistribution. I n f o r m a t i o n R e q u e s t # 5 6 5 I n f o r m a t i o n R e q u e s t # 5 6 7 104-105.indd 104 5/22/14 2:17 PM