News Update: Flood Disaster Challenges At New Horizons Harpers Ferry Retreat Center

Wondering where we’ve been for the last few weeks, with an absence of blog posts and Anastasia The Storyteller Radio Shows rescheduled twice? 

The letter below, sent to Hannah Cobb, Chairperson of the Community Outreach work group of the Frederick County ACE Project (ACE = Adverse Childhood Experiences), that is close to the very heart of what New Horizons Small “Zones of Peace” Project stands

for, will give you an update of our flood disaster situation out here with more to follow as our recovery projects develop.

Hannah, 

I am deeply disappointed to tell you that it seems I will not be attending meetings or participating otherwise, on behalf of the New Horizons Small “Zones of Peace” Project, with the ACE project for the coming months.

The New Horizons Harpers' Ferry Retreat Center where I work and live is now cut off from access to our main roadway, Route 340, due to the recent flood disaster and a rock slide off of Maryland Heights, just above the C and O Canal which is also blocking our roadway.

We are, also, dealing with flood recovery work here on our land. 

So please send us back your best wishes for our renewal as we begin rebuilding our entire meeting and guest area which is likely to take us the bulk of the year ahead.

Anticipated repairs for our roads and the National Park Service work on the rock slide portion are estimated to be as long as one year, making easy access to Frederick from where we are located a prohibitive endeavor for the foreseeable future.

I will continue sending all my best wishes to all of you and our beloved ACE project and be in touch when I can once again resume participation.

Best of luck with our beautiful, collective endeavors to overturn the ACE epidemic, as it affects our local counties.

Anastasia Rosen-Jones
Executive Director
New Horizons Small "Zones of Peace" Project