Alexandria Releases Draft 'Small Area' Waterfront Plan

Alexandria's Department of Planning and Zoning has released the draft Waterfront Small Area Plan for public review and comment.

The plan is available on the city's web site at http://www.alexandriava.gov/Waterfront. Hard copies will be available at Alexandria Public Libraries on Wednesday, Mar 2.

Community input, along with technical assistance from city staff, consultants, the art and history communities, and others over nearly a two-year period have resulted in a document designed to transition thc city's waterfront into a 21st Century sustainable resource from which residents and visitors can derive great enjoyment, pleasure, and utility, according to a city statement.

The department is inviting the public to review the plan  and provide comments via an online comment board or by contacting the Department of Planning and Zoning directly through information on the web site at http://www.alexandriava.gov/Waterfront.  Comments will be taken into consideration for the staff's final recommendations.  The Planning Commission and the City Council intend to hold public hearings on the plan, with their dates and times to be confirmed on the web site.

Additionally, the Department of Planning and Zoning will post additional design options for the restaurant proposed for Waterfront Park; more information and re-analysis on phasing and costs/revenues, and a hotel use analysis.