[Archived] City of Alexandria Schedules Community Meeting on Proposed Athletic Fields and Site Features at Witter Property

City Press Release


	For Immediate Release	For More Information, Contact
	May 31, 2007 PIO# 136-07/rdo	Steve Mason, Director of Communications, at 703.838.4300 Raynard Owens, Communications Officer, at 703.838.4300

City of Alexandria Schedules Community Meeting
On Proposed Athletic Fields and Site Features at Witter Property

The public is invited to attend a community meeting to discuss athletic fields and other site features proposed for the Witter property. The meeting will take place on Thursday, June 14, at 7 p.m. in the Bishop Ireton High School’s cafeteria, located at 201 Cambridge Road. The property, a 13.7-acre site, is located west of Telegraph Road between Duke Street and the railroad and Metrorail rights-of-way.

Acquisition of the Witter property and project development by the City is being implemented with federal funds received in conjunction with the Woodrow Wilson Bridge project. The Witter property project’s sports consultant and design engineer, A. Morton Thomas Associates, Inc., will provide an in-depth design presentation based on comments received from concept discussions in November 2006 and March 2007 and from the Alexandria Park and Recreation Commission’s public hearing on April 30, 2007.

Persons who are unable to attend the meeting can send written comments to the Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities, Attention: Roger Blakeley, 1108 Jefferson St., Alexandria, VA 22314, or e-mail roger.blakeley@alexandriava.gov.

Bishop Ireton High School is served by DASH transit bus line AT #8. For route and schedule information, call 703-370-DASH or visit www.dashbus.com. For Metrobus schedule information, call 202-637-7000 or visit www.wmata.com.

The City of Alexandria is committed to compliance with the City’s Human Rights Code and the Americans with Disabilities Act. For additional information regarding the meeting and to request a reasonable accommodation or to request materials in an alternative format, call Roger Blakeley, Deputy Director of the Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities, at 703-838-4340 or e-mail roger.blakeley@alexandriava.gov.

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