Waterfront Plan
What's New
The City Council and Planning Commission have each scheduled work sessions on the Waterfront Plan in October - see the list of upcoming events below.
The idea boards, presentation, and audio from the September 29 community meeting at the Torpedo Factory Art Center are posted under Community Meeting Materials below.
Use the links below to find Waterfront Plan materials on this page.
Upcoming Events
There are no events scheduled at this time.
Community Meeting Materials
City Council Worksession, October 27, 2009
Old and Historic District - Board of Architectural Review, October 21, 2009
Planning Commission Worksession, October 6, 2009
Community Meeting at the Torpedo Factory, September 29, 2009
The meeting at the Torpedo Factory included a brief presentation of proposed guiding concepts for the waterfront plan and key ideas for subareas developed from the initial community meetings and tours. Following the presentation, attendees visited displays of each of the principal waterfront subareas and placed "like" (green) and "dislike" (red) stickers on images representing ideas for these subareas. Representatives of Robinson Terminal and the Food Court staffed displays showing ideas for the future of these facilities, and active discussion continued around the boards until 9:00 p.m.
To view or download meeting materials, please click on the links below.
Field Trip to New York City, August 5, 2009
The Alexandria Planning Commission made a one-day bus trip on August 5, 2009 to New York City. The trip included visits to Battery Park City, the High Line and to Bryant Park, considered among the most successful public spaces in the country. Battery Park City is a series of exceptionally well-designed public spaces linked along a waterfront, and it offers lessons in incorporating public art, ferry and terminal operations, utilization of open space, and connectivity along the waterfront.
NYC Photos
Information Handouts
Videos
- Site Visit. This video begins in Battery Park City, proceeds to South Street Seaport and the High LIne, and ends at Bryant Park.
- Discussion. This video was taken on the bus returning to Alexandria, and includes comments by many of the participants.
Participant Feedback. Written comments received from tour participants.
Almost 100 members of the community participated in the City's Waterfront Planning Charrrette on Saturday, June 27. The morning session consisted of a series of presentations outlining existing conditions, such as environmental constraints, historic resources, shoreline conditions, flooding issues, economics and demographics. The afternoon session provided an opportunity for the community to break into small groups and collaborate on developing a vision for the waterfront by exploring the various themes identified in the morning session.
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- Walking Tour - June 24, 2009
- Waterfront Boat Tour - May 30, 2009
- Public Forum #2 - April 30, 2009
- Public Forum #1 - April 23, 2009
Plan Materials
- Waterfront plan area
- Inspiration for draft Waterfront Plan goals
- Draft Waterfront Plan goals
- Consultant Team: The City selected EDAW as the consultant team to lead the Waterfront Plan process early in spring 2009. EDAW, which has offices on Prince Street in Alexandria, has international experience in waterfront planning and local knowledge and capability. The EDAW team will advise on land use planning, land use economics, transportation and parking, urban design, environmental planning, marine engineering, historic and cultural resources, and meeting facilitation.
Planning Area
The Waterfront Plan will cover the area from Jones Point Park (where the National Park Service has completed its planning) in the south to Daingerfield Island in the north; approximately, by Union Street (south of Queen Street) and Fairfax Street (north of Queen Street) to the west, and then Bashford Lane out to the George Washington Memorial Parkway north to Daingerfield Island.
Public Process
The passionate, broad, and high level of interest in this project throughout the Alexandria community has underscored the need for a public process that is as inclusive as possible. At its meeting on January 13, City Council received a report setting out the proposed public process for the Waterfront Plan. This proposes a series of open public meetings, to include:
- Informational meetings to identify existing conditions, study other nationally and internationally successful waterfronts, and identify potential opportunities and constraints;
- Interactive meetings to enable interested parties and groups to share their ideas for the Waterfront Plan;
- A series of community workshops to establish values, principles and options for the Waterfront plan; and
- Walking and boat tours of Alexandria Waterfront and waterfronts in other cities.
The City encourages all interested parties to participate by attending and contributing to these meetings.
A series of stakeholder interviews, which have already been undertaken, has provided the City with an overview of the perceived opportunities, issues, and challenges related to Alexandria’s Waterfront planning. Based on this feedback and inspiration from existing City documents, Planning and Zoning staff have prepared draft plan goals for discussion. The goals will be discussed by City Council at a work session on January 27. Subsequently, on February 10, City Council will formally adopt a Waterfront planning process structure.
The planning process and schedule is outlined in the planning process diagram which can be downloaded at the link below:
Information Updates
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Information Resources
Waterfront History. Maps and documents about the history of Alexandria's waterfront.
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