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National Park Service FY 2013 Budget Justifications
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PROJECT DATA SHEET
RecFee-18
Total Project Score/Ranking: 340
Programmed Funding FY: 2013
Funding Source: Recreation Fee Park Revenue
Project Identification
Project Title: Rehab And Renovate the Mammoth Cave Hotel To Provide Quality Visitor Services
and Sustainability
Project No: PMIS-178363A B C D
E F
Unit/Facility Name: Mammoth Cave National Park
Region: Southeast Congressional District: KY02 State: KY
Project Justification
DOI Asset Code Real Property Unique
Identifier
API FCI-Before FCI-
Projected
35291800 49238 88 0.297 0.101
40750300 50467 88 0.128 0.128
40710900 86881 43 0.056 0.006
Project Description:
The project involves a full renovation of the main hotel lodge as well as adjacent plaza areas and
walkways. The renovation would include the food and beverage area, the hotel lobby, the retail space,
and the areas used for hotel offices and storage space.
The food service area would become consolidated and located in the northeast corner of the
renovated lodge. The former restaurant area would become an area that would be used both as a
meeting room and a dining room. These renovations would facilitate efficient operations and easy
visitor access, serving the traveling public and expanding the Hotel’s local constituency.
The relocated hotel entry would provide a more direct and intuitive route for visitors using the hotel
parking lot as overflow visitor center parking. Visitors would enter the new entranceway and walk
straight back through the renovated lodge to the pedestrian walkway to the visitor center. The
renovated lobby would improve guest registration and provide a comfortable, open, common space
for Hotel guests and other visitors.
The two gift shops would become one large gift shop located near the entrance to the walkway to the
visitor center. The upgraded retail area would enhance the appearance of this space to increase
sales.
The facade of the facility would be updated to match the new visitor center's lodge-like appearance
using stone veneer. New windows would be installed and a new entry portico would enhance the
main hotel lodge entranceway. A sprinkler system would also be added.
The exterior plazas on the visitor center side of the hotel would be modified. The pathways along the
Heritage Trail would be ADA-accessible and more pedestrian friendly.
In addition to the existing meeting space and four accessible rooms, the project would establish a
lounge area that would be used by hotel guests for breakfast service as well as other general uses.