National Park Service To Plan For Future Of Claude Moore Farm

MCLEAN, VA—Months after Claude Moore Colonial Farm closed, the National Park Service will begin planning for the park's future.

NPS will start collecting public feedback on what they'd like to see for the park's future. The first meeting will be an open house on April 25 from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at Madison Community Center, classroom 7, 3829 N Stafford St. Arlington, VA. Residents can submit comments by email or mail beginning April 25.

After collecting public comments, NPS will develop potential concepts for future use and collect additional feedback. NPS states on its website it "will not pursue any kind of commercial development" for the farm.

Claude Moore Colonial Farm, which is part of the larger Turkey Run Park, closed on Dec. 21, 2018. The closure came after failed negotiations for a new cooperative agreement between NPS and Friends of Claude Moore Farm, which operated the farm's programming.

NPS says trails remain open to the public, but buildings and administrative areas are closed.

Originally named Turkey Run Farm when it opened as a National Park Service operation in 1972, the farm was renamed in for local land developer, Dr. Claude Moore. The Friends entered into an agreement to provide the living history programs in 1981. The group operated the programming for 37 years before the farm closed in late 2018.

For more information on the future of the farm, visit NPS's webpage for Claude Moore Colonial Farm.