[Archived] Special Public Meeting Scheduled for March 11 On Proposed Park for Potomac Yard

City Press Release


	For Immediate Release	For More Information, Contact
	February 23, 2006 PIO# 047-06/rdo	Steven J. Mason, Public Information Officer, or Raynard Owens, Communications Officer, at 703.838.4300 Raynard Owens, Communications Officer, at 703.838.4300

Special Public Meeting Scheduled for March 11
On Proposed Park for Potomac Yard

A special public meeting is scheduled to discuss the future of a proposed park at Potomac Yard. The meeting will be held at 9 am on Saturday, March 11, at the Lee Center, 1108 Jefferson St.

During the meeting, the project’s planning and landscape architectural consultant, EDAW, Inc., will provide an in-depth presentation of initial design concepts for the proposed park at Potomac Yard. The meeting will be the third in a series of concept design presentations seeking public input, including the Feb. 16 meeting of the Alexandria Parks & Recreation Commission and Feb. 28 meeting of the Potomac Yard Design Advisory Commission. EDAW, Inc. is an internationally recognized, world-class leader in the design and development of culturally significant, historic, industrial reclamation, urban ecology, and public process projects. The public is strongly encouraged to attend this public presentation to provide input for the development of the proposed park at Potomac Yard.

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 that will be 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 park at Potomac Yard -- 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 Potomac Yard, the linear park will be dedicated to the City for public use.

For more information on the meeting or to RSVP, call Ron Kagawa of the City’s Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities at 703.838.5041, extension 322, or e-mail ron.kagawa@alexandriava.gov.

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