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from front page) "Seeing citizens crowd into public hearings intrigues her. When she studied in Australia for a year on a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship, she came to appreciate our participatory government even more. "Local governments there seemed more sensitive to environmental issues and aesthetics, but the citizens seemed apathetic about the public input process." After working summers for Oregon Senator Bob Packwood and the State Commission on Local Government, Parker graduated from James Madison University in 1986, and became assistant to the county administrator of Allegheny County, a position she held until she left for Australia in 1990. Upon returning, she became director of economic development in Tazewell County, where one of her contributions included selecting sites for the Lassie movie filmed there. In January 1996, she became assistant county administrator in charge of community and economic development in Washington County. "We’re studying options for sewer service along our I-81 corridor, launching into GIS, and starting construction on our fourth industrial park," she says. "We like to refer to ourselves as the "Gateway to the Virginia Automotive Corridor" because we’re within 400 miles of 20 automotive assembly plants." The county’s new Glade-Highlands Industrial Park was designed by Anderson & Associates and has already generated prospect interest. "I’m proud to send out the snazzy, 3-d computer simulations and detailed site plans prepared by Jeff Buchanan and his staff at A&A’s Gray, Tennessee office," she says. In her downtime,
Parker likes to attend Barter Theater plays, ride her mountain bike on the Virginia
Creeper Trail, and camp "every chance" she gets. Recently, she took members of a
high-school Sunday school class on a camping trip under the stars (no tents) to Mt.
Rogers. "Sleeping by a fire under a full moon and millions of stars—it’s
easy to feel close to God and to feel like you live in the most beautiful place on
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Master Planning for Historic Sites Historic Walkerton Tavern 
The historic Walkerton Tavern, a two and a half story 1820’s structure in Henrico County, Virginia, has been going through a
restoration/renovation in the past few years, with A&A providing a foundation for the
work with programming and master planning expertise. There were challenges of preserving
its historic nature, while working with renovation ideas and plans the county had for
using the land and structure. Intended renovations included upgrading the exist-ing
kitchen, and creating meeting rooms, a parking lot, and a possible amphitheater. Boundary
and topographic surveys were performed on the 22 acre site, as well as a utilities and
landscape study.
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conceptual layout of the new parking lot was drawn up, so that it could successfully tie
in to the adjacent new Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen. A&A also identified and
marked the boundaries of the wetlands on the site, and worked within the regulations of
the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act to make sure the access road would be placed 100 feet
away from the designated preservation area, or outside the buffer area.
A&A teamed with historical, archeological, and landscape architectural consultants who
specialized in historic sites. For more information on master programming and planning
historic sites, call A&A Richmond
Branch Manager Scott Courtney at
(800) 275-5910, or email him at courtney@andassoc.com.
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