GDG- GNMP to buy train station?

[Tom]

   Could the Friends NPG organization step in? Then again, might be a bit 
pricey.
Regards,
Tom B.





-----Original Message----- 
From: Margaret D. Blough
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 2:42 PM
To: GDG
Subject: Re: GDG- GNMP to buy train station?

Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
Jeff-I think all but a very few want this. The Borough certainly does. It 
tried being the owner and operator of historic buildings with the Wills 
House and the Train Station and, while it very much wants these buildings 
preserved, doesn't want the burdens of owning aging, fragile buildings. 
Other than selling them privately, which it doesn't want for a variety of 
reasons, the only game in town is the NPS. The problem is that, with very 
minor exceptions, the NPS cannot own land outside of park boundaries under 
its enabling statute. That's why the statute had to be amended to let it 
acquire Wills House and would have to be amended to let it acquire the 
Lincoln Train Station.


Regards,


Margaret