[Archived] Public Invited to Meeting on Proposed Park for Potomac Yard

City Press Release


	For Immediate Release	For More Information, Contact
	May 3, 2005 PIO# 143-05/bg	Barbara J. Gordon, Public Information Officer, or Raynard Owens, Communications Officer, at 703.838.4300 Raynard Owens, Communications Officer, at 703.838.4300

Public Invited to Meeting on
Proposed Park for Potomac Yard

A joint kick-off meeting with the Alexandria Park and Recreation Commission and the Potomac Yard Design Advisory Committee is scheduled to discuss the guidelines, background and history of the Potomac Yard and a proposed park for Potomac Yard. The meeting will be held on Thursday, May 12, at 7:30 pm at the Mt. Vernon Elementary School, 2601 Commonwealth Ave., in Alexandria. During the meeting, the design process for Landbay K - the proposed park, and the community involvement process will be discussed.

A concept plan for the Potomac Yard site was approved in 1999 and provides for substantial open space, office space, a hotel, new retail space, and residential units, all organized into a series of parcels, or landbays. Through the City’s Special Use Permit process, the landbays are under review.

Landbay K – the proposed Potomac Yard park - will be located on the east side of Potomac Avenue in the proposed Potomac Yard development. The park is generally intended as a north-south linear greenway. The property is adjacent to the railroad corridor and will be one of the most significant open spaces within the development. With the development of the Potomac Yard, the linear park will be dedicated to the City for public use.

For more information or to RSVP, call Ron Kagawa at 703.838.5041, extension 322; or e-mail ron.kagawa@alexandriava.gov.

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