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the region, which will include photos by Ken Garrett of Broad Run: A National Geographic photographer, Garrett provided images for “Hallowed Ground: Preserving America’s Heritage” (Lickle Publishing Inc., 1997).
Over the years, the partnership and region have been the subject of a 30-minute PBS special, a Voice of America segment and of magazine articles in “Smithsonian.” “National Geographic” and “Traveler.”
“A big aim of ours is to ensure this corridor remains a place that not only inspires generations about what happened here, but also inspires them, as it did Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, to address the larger challenges that we will eventually face going into the future." Wyatt said.
The region lies within easy driving distance of the Washington-metropolitan area, among the fastest-growing regions in the country.
That presents challenges and opportunities. Wyatt said.
One the hand, area development pressure represents a big threat to the “hallowed ground” region, she said.
But the partnership, which includes scores of local governments, business people and organizations and citizen groups, takes no position on development issues, Wyatt stressed.
Recently, it has been asked to help fight Dominion Virginia Power’s proposed 500,000-volt transmission line through the Piedmont, a casino planned in Gettysburg and a proposed Kmart and 600-home subdivision proposal in Maryland.
the largest railroad companies in the United States. According to the company’s Web site, it owns nearly 38.000 miles of track in 22 states in the eastern U.S. as well as the District of Columbia and Ontario, Canada.
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