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Arlandria Plan Implementation

What's New?

  • Arlandria Community Open House, Sunday, June 2, 2013, 11am - 1pm, Four Mile Run Park Community Building (4109 Mt. Vernon Avenue) 
    The purpose of the Community Open House is to bring together members of the Arlandria Action Plan Implementation Advisory Group and the larger community to learn about activities that further the implementation of the 2003 Arlandria Action Plan.  For more information, contact Carrie Beach, Planning and Zoning Division Chief, at 703-746-4666 or carrie.beach@alexandriava.gov.
  • Four Mile Run Pump Station Upgrade (Alexandria Renew Enterprises)
  • What's New in Alexandria Video
  • Make an Online Donation to Help Fund Landscaping Materials & Site Amenities
    Donations to the Living Landscape Fund can now be made online through the City's eChecks system. Funds received will help contribute to the Four Mile Run Park Expansion and the new community building, which needs folding chairs and tables, a stage with an awning, light tubes, rainwater cisterns, exterior planters and plants, art/photo hanging strips/runners for interior walls, and a microphone with speaker.

Background

In June 2000, a Task Force comprised of community representatives, residents, and business owners was created to assist in the planning for the redevelopment of key sites in the Potomac West area north of Glebe Road, in the neighborhood known as Arlandria. The Task Force identified a vision for the overall area and for two key redevelopment sites, the Safeway/Datatel site and the East Reed Avenue site. Following this work, it was recognized that there were other community concerns that had not been addressed and that there was a need and desire for a long-range plan for the remainder of the commercial property fronting on Mount Vernon Avenue in Arlandria. At the direction of City Council, in January 2002, the City Manager convened the Upper Potomac West/Arlandria Work Group to identify and address the community concerns as well as to advise and assist Department of Planning and Zoning staff in the preparation of the action and vision plans. The Work Group developed an action plan to address neighborhood concerns and issues in the immediate, mid and long term, and a long-range vision plan to guide both redevelopment of the key "opportunity sites" in Arlandria and infill development activities on other commercial sites on Mount Vernon Avenue as set forth in "A Long-Term Vision and Action Plan for the Arlandria Neighborhood."

 

Plan Goals

Known collectively as the "Arlandria Neighborhood Plans," the Plans were adopted by City Council in June 2003. Broadly stated, the goal of the Plans is to build on the strength of Arlandria as a pedestrian-oriented, mixed use place, encouraging the redevelopment of underutilized sites such as Safeway/Datatel. The Plans consist of two complementary redevelopment plans for the greater Arlandria neighborhood that provide a blueprint for present and future development activities in Arlandria; an interim marketing strategy to strengthen existing businesses and attract new businesses that will both improve the market and encourage redevelopment activities; retail guidelines to improve individual storefronts; and, an action plan to address community concerns with an implementation schedule for immediate, mid and long term improvements.

 

Arlandria Documents

Past Events

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