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[[File:20110801-BiscuitRunConcept.jpg|thumb|500px|right|August 1, 2011 Biscuit Run State Park Concept Plan]]
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'''Biscuit Run State Park''' is a planned 1,200-acre Virginia State Park in [[Albemarle County]]'s [[Neighborhood 5]] [[designated growth area]].
 
The land for the park was once intended for the large [[Biscuit Run (development)|Biscuit Run development]] as well as a 400-acre county park, but was purchased from the developer, [[Forest Lodge LLC]], by the Commonwealth for $21.48 million in cash and tax credits in January 2010. A lack of state funds could mean the park does not open until 2020. <ref>{{cite-hook|title=The flip that flopped: Biscuit Run men want $20 million more from taxpayers|url=http://www.readthehook.com/101906/flip-flopped-biscuit-run-men-want-20-million-more-taxpayers|author=Hawes Spencer|pageno=|printno=1045|printdate=November 10, 2011|publishdate=November 9, 2011|accessdate=November 10, 2011}}</ref>
 
Funding for the state park is on hold.
 
==Master Planning==
The '''Biscuit Run State Park Master Plan Advisory Committee''' held several meetings to develop the park’s master plan, including an inventory of natural and cultural resources. <ref name="20110503-ct">{{cite web|title=Biscuit Run State Park goals and objectives refined in advance of public hearing|url=http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2011/05/biscuit_run.html|author=Brian Wheeler|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=May 3, 2011|accessdate=May 3, 2011}}</ref> This process concluded with a final public hearing on September 19, 2011. <ref>{{cite web|title=Albemarle increasing lobbying effort for new athletic fields|url=http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2011/09/biscuit_run_athletic_fields.html|author=Kurt Walters|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=September 25, 2011|accessdate=September 26, 2011}}</ref>
The goal is to have a master plan in place by the end of 2011. <ref name="20110503-ct" />
 
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==Funding==
It appeared for a brief time in February 2016 that the General Assembly would approve funding for the park. <ref>{{cite web|title=Senate committee to consider Biscuit Run State Park funding|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/22999-biscuit-run-funding/|author=Sean Tubbs|work=News Article|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=February 10, 2016|accessdate=December 29, 2016}}</ref> Governor Terry McAuliffe had requested that a bond package include $42 million for the park, but this was removed by finances committees in the General Assembly. <ref>{{cite web|title=Funding for Biscuit Run State Park eliminated from legislation|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/23045-no-biscuit-run-park/|author=Sean Tubbs|work=News Article|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=February 18, 2016|accessdate=December 29, 2016}}</ref>
 
 
===Advisory Committee===
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|+ '''2011 Biscuit Run State Park Master Plan Advisory Committee'''<ref>{{cite email|subject=Copy of Biscuit Run advisory committee roster|from=Gary Waugh|sourceorg=Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation|to=Brian Wheeler|repositoryorg=Charlottesville Tomorrow|senddate=26 January 2011}}</ref>
| align="left" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Member Name'''
| align="left" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Organization'''
|-
| Johnny Finch||Virginia Association for Parks, President
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| [[Lonnie Murray]]||[[Natural Heritage Committee|Albemarle Natural Heritage Committee]], Chair
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| William Sanford||[[Charlottesville Area Mountain Bike Club]]
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| Christopher Gist||Certified League of American Bicyclists Cycling Instructor
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| Barbara Landes||Virginia Horse Council
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| Rex Linville||[[Piedmont Environmental Council]]
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| Rosanne Simon||[[Charlottesville Area Tree Stewards]], Board Member
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| [[Steven G. Meeks]]||[[Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society]], President
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| [[Thomas Foley]]||Albemarle County Executive
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| Bryan Elliott||Assistant Albemarle County Executive
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| [[Wayne Cilimberg]]||Albemarle County, Director of Planning
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| [[Ann Mallek]]||[[Albemarle County Board of Supervisors]], Chair
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| [[Bob Crickenberger]]||Albemarle County Parks and Recreation, Director
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| [[Stephen W. Williams]]||[[Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission]], Executive Director
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| [[Lindsay G. Dorrier, Jr.]]||Albemarle County Board of Supervisors (Scottsville)
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| [[Forrest Marshall]]||adjacent landowner
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| Peter Clark||property owner
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| Chris Scott||IMBA- state representative. Owner of Shenandoah Mountain Touring
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| [[Charlie Armstrong]]||[[Southern Development]], Vice President, Land Development
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| [[Ken Boyd]]||Albemarle County Board of Supervisors (Rivanna)
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| [[David J. Toscano]]||Delegate
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| [[Robert B. Bell]]||Delegate
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| [[R. Creigh Deeds]]||Senator
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| Tom Smith||Division of Natural Heritage
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| Marshall Barron||VDOT District planning staff
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| Dan Painter||VDOT District planning staff
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| Ursula Lemanski||NPS Rivers and Trails Program
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|}
 
==Access==
Because the primary vehicular access will be from Route 20, [[Habitat for Humanity]] wants to create an extensive network of bike and pedestrian trails into the park from access points in a redeveloped [[Southwood Mobile Home Park]]. <ref>{{cite web|title=Habitat for Humanity seeks connection to future state park|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/20138-biscuit-run-gateway/|author=Sean Tubbs|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=February 9, 2015|accessdate=February 12, 2015}}</ref> In March 2017, Habitat and the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation agreed to a land swap where Habitat got land for athletic fields close to [[Southwood]] whereas DCR got land more suitable for a state park. <ref>{{cite web|title=Habitat swaps land with state for future Biscuit Run Park|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/26759-habitat-swaps-land-with-state/|author=Sean Tubbs|work=News Article|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=March 23, 2017|accessdate=December 28, 2017}}</ref>
 
==County fair?==
Commonwealth officials indicated willingness to discuss holding the [[Albemarle County Fair]] at the site until the fair finds a permanent home.<ref>{{cite-cville|printdate=09/21/2010 - 09/27/2010|title=County fair to find new home at Biscuit Run?|url=http://www.c-ville.com/County_fair_to_find_new_home_at_Biscuit_Run/|author=Will Goldsmith|pageno=|printno=|publishdate=September 21, 2010|accessdate=September 21, 2010}}</ref> However, nothing materialized for the 2011 County fair.
 
 
 
==Map==
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==Photo gallery==
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File:20171027-Biscuit-Run-Park-from-Route-20.jpg|State Park's property frontage on Route 20, October 27, 2017|
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==References==
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==External links==
{{wikipedia link|Biscuit_Run_State_Park}}
 
[[Category:Virginia parks]]
[[Category:2010 establishments]]
[[Category:Neighborhood 5]]

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