ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Discuss of the monumental sports activities and leisure transfer that moved the Washington Capitals and Wizards from DC’s Capital One Enviornment to Potomac Yard has stirred combined emotions within the DMV. In an effort to know extra viewpoints on the proposal, town has introduced a sequence of neighborhood engagement occasions.
The town of Alexandria says the occasions are to share the imaginative and prescient for the proposed leisure district at Potomac Yard and collect enter from residents, civic and organizational leaders and different stakeholders. Tour occasions and listening classes embrace briefings and updates, pop-up occasions, web site excursions and extra.
The town says it, together with the companions concerned within the undertaking, is dedicated to listening and understanding the wants and issues of the neighborhood. They went on to say there’s a shared purpose of bringing to life a collective imaginative and prescient for Potomac Yard, in addition to creating distinctive experiences and regional financial development for many years to come back.
Engagement occasions embrace:
- Bi-weekly public updates
- When: Beginning Tuesday, January Eight and can proceed each different day till March 26
- Particulars: The Metropolis and different undertaking companions will share new info with the general public throughout Metropolis Council legislative conferences, together with upcoming alternatives for engagement, stories from the Common Meeting and extra with neighborhood members.
- Weekly Digital Listening Collection
- When: Beginning Thursday, January 18, between 7-Eight p.m
- January 18 will cowl the monetary proposal and the financial affect
- January 25 will cowl faculties, housing and different neighborhood advantages
- February 1 will cowl transportation and visitors administration
- February Eight will cowl small enterprise and financial alternative
- Particulars: The Metropolis of Alexandria will maintain weekly digital listening classes on Thursday evenings protecting a number of subjects.
- When: Beginning Thursday, January 18, between 7-Eight p.m
- Metropolis Corridor of the Metropolis Council
- When: Saturday, January 27 at 9:30am
- Particulars: The Metropolis Council will host a city corridor that may embrace a short presentation of the undertaking, in addition to council members answering questions, issues and suggestions from the neighborhood.
The town will work with civic and enterprise organizations to coordinate undertaking shows and listening classes to assemble neighborhood enter.
Within the coming weeks, town will share particulars about pop-up occasions in high-traffic areas, similar to farmers markets, to reply questions and obtain feedback. As well as, there might be pre-scheduled web site excursions to see and perceive the realm, and there might be workers associates who’re assigned to neighborhoods to keep up day-to-day contact.
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