[Archived] Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities Completes Neighborhood Parks Community Feedback Phase

For Immediate Release: December 12, 2014

Park Planning, Design, and Capital Development is currently planning for the City's existing Neighborhood Parks, which we characterize as being 0.5 – 10 acres with a service area of up to 0.5 miles. The results of this plan will help determine budgeting priorities and recommendations for both short and long-term incremental improvements, ensuring that neighborhood parks serve Alexandria's needs now and into the future.

In fall 2014, Staff collected community feedback to understand how the Parks are used and how they could be improved in the future. The attached document summarizes what we heard through an online survey, community workshop, and “graffiti board” in the parks. In total, over 275 residents provided comments on all of our City’s neighborhood parks.

During the next three months, staff will combine this feedback with additional data to help guide draft recommendations for park improvements and ultimately incorporate them into a “Neighborhood Parks Improvement Plan.” In the Spring, we will be provide draft recommendations and ask for public comment, both online and in a Workshop.  

Through your feedback we hope to make informed budgetary and park use decisions so that the neighborhood parks can be even greater assets to the community.

For additional information, including a map of the neighborhood parks, visit the project website https://www.alexandriava.gov/65170 or contact Dana Wedeles, Park Planner, at 703.746.5491 or Dana.Wedeles@alexandriava.gov.