[Archived] Second Community Forum Planned on City Council's Draft Strategic Plan

City Press Release


	City of Alexandria, Virginia Office of the City Manager Alexandria City Hall 301 King Street, Suite 3500 Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3211 www.alexandriava.gov Telephone: 703.838.4300 Fax : 703.838.6343

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 13, 2004
PIO 114-04

SECOND COMMUNITY FORUM PLANNED
ON CITY COUNCIL’S DRAFT STRATEGIC PLAN

The Alexandria City Council will hold a second Community Forum on its draft Strategic Plan for the City on Thursday, May 20. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the Lee Center Exhibit Hall, 1108 Jefferson St. More than 70 residents and business persons attended the first Community Forum on May 11.

Since last fall, the Council has engaged in a strategic planning project intended to produce its vision for the City’s future, which includes a listing of priority goals and objectives, and an action agenda to help achieve the vision.

Members of the community are invited to participate in the forum to provide the Council with perspective and feedback. The Community Forum will be organized as a series of concurrent focus groups. Each group will be assigned a moderator, and the participants will be asked to review and discuss the Executive Summary of the Strategic Plan. The May 20 session will focus on the action agenda intended to achieve the proposed vision.

The results of the Community Forum will be incorporated into a final report that will be provided to City Council in June. A public hearing on the Strategic Plan is scheduled for Tuesday, June 15, 7 pm in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 301 King St.

Community members who wish to participate in the forum are asked to call the City Clerk’s Office at 703.838.4550 to sign up for the Community Forum.

Copies of the Executive Summary of the Strategic Plan are available on the City’s web site www.alexandriava.gov, in the City Clerk’s Office, the Office of Citizen Assistance in City Hall, and in the Alexandria Libraries.

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