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Innovation Park Small Area Plan Town Hall, March 10, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Patriot High School

February 17, 2018 /

The Planning Department has announced a Town Hall/Charrette on March 10 to discuss the Innovation Park Small Area Plan. Public input will be collected via a series of exercises, which will guide the establishment of the vision, goals, and objectives for development of the area. The event will be held in the cafeteria at Patriot High School, 10504 Kettle Run Road, Nokesville, VA   20181.

The Innovation Park SAP webpage has been updated with a variety of new resources—notably, reports from the three preliminary stakeholder meetings:

June 7, 2017
June 14, 2017
November 28, 2017

The meeting agenda:

  • Introduce the Small Area Plan project and charrette process
  • Conduct SWOT and TOWS analysis for the development of the vision, goals, objectives, and design guidelines
  • Conduct an exercise exploring the site analysis of existing conditions including assets and liabilities in the study area
  • Conduct a visioning exercise to create goals and objectives

Small Area Plan: Innovation Park

There are a number of opportunities to shape (and reinforce) the area’s vision to provide for safer multimodal transportation infrastructure, outdoor recreation, and livable, walkable community development; among them:

  • Two grade-separated interchanges along Prince William Parkway—at University Blvd and at Sudley Manor Dr. These are already planned.
  • The U.S. Tennis Association will build a new regional headquarters and tennis facility near the intersection of Freedom Center Blvd and Wellington Rd, with anticipated completion by the end of 2021. While the center will raise the profile of sports and physical fitness in the county, the traffic plan will require careful design and management to accommodate the anticipated influx of 300,000+ annual visitors.
  • GMU may also be constructing additional recreational facilities in that area, which will further increase the traffic load.
  • A large town center development along Rt 234 between Wellington Rd and University Blvd, which has been dormant for some time, appears to be moving forward again. This large, mixed-use development (dense residential, retail, commercial) represents a good opportunity to walkably/bikeably connect residents throughout the Innovation Park area with both the new commercial/retail jobs, as well as those nearby but outside the scope of the plan (Micron, Lockheed Martin, etc.).
  • The development will also increase the prospects of connecting new and existing trails and bike lanes/paths in the area—GMU campus trails, Innovation Park trails, Sudley Manor Dr sidepath, University Blvd sidepath, etc.

If you have an interest in responsible development and non-motorized transportation, please make time to participate on March 10.

 

Transform I-66 Outside the Beltway Design Public Hearings, November 13, 14 & 16

October 25, 2017 /

Design Public Hearings
for Transform I-66 Outside the Beltway
November 13, 14 and 16, 2017

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), in partnership with I-66 Express Mobility Partners (EMP), will host Design Public Hearings on the Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Project regarding plans for the 22.5 mile corridor from I-495 to University Boulevard in Gainesville.

This will be our final opportunity to review and comment on the proposed design of the I-66 Trail, between Gallows Rd. in Dunn Loring and University Blvd. & Rte 29 in Gainesville.

Public Hearing Dates and Locations

All hearing times are from 6:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.
A formal presentation will begin at 7 p.m., followed by a public comment period.

Monday, November 13, 2017
for project segment 3 from Route 50 to I-495
Oakton High School Cafeteria 2900 Sutton Road, Vienna, VA 22181

Tuesday, November 14, 2017
for project segment 2 from Route 29 in Centreville to Route 50
Stone Middle School Cafeteria 5500 Sully Park Drive, Centreville, VA 20120

Thursday, November 16, 2017
for project segment 1 from Gainesville to Route 29 in Centreville
Piney Branch Elementary School Cafeteria/Gym 8301 Linton Hall Road, Bristow, VA 20136

Details:

  • View design plans and learn more about the proposed improvements
  • Discuss your questions with staff during the open house
  • Attend the formal presentation, followed by a public comment period
  • Provide oral and/or written comments
  • Comment period through November 29, 2017

Small Area Plans – Your Opportunity to Engage

October 10, 2017 /

As part of the ongoing Comprehensive Plan update, the Prince William County Planning Office has created several small area plans to guide development in key areas of the county. Each small area plan may offer opportunities for improved transit, increased open space, and greater walkability.

Public outreach will be accomplished through one or more public meetings and design charrettes for each project. A charrette is a collaborative planning session among a project’s various stakeholders – in this case, government officials, consultants and/or developers, and interested members of the public. A planning outline and some anticipated outcomes are provided for each active plan at the links below. There are no upcoming public hearings or charrettes currently scheduled, but the Planning Department promises to update the website when they have been. We will monitor the website as well.

Five plans that are currently active:

Dale City
The basis for this project is two studies completed earlier this year: one by the Dale City Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT) and the other under a Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) Transportation/Land-Use Connections (TLC) Program grant. The scope of the studies includes redevelopment of both the Dale Boulevard/Minnieville Road intersection and Mapledale Plaza at the intersection of Dale Boulevard and Queensdale Drive, as well as extensive redesign of vehicular, cycling, and walking infrastructure throughout the area.

Innovation Park
An examination of the Innovation Park area and a couple of miles of Prince William Parkway between Sudley Manor Drive and Godwin Drive/Nokesville Road, with the goal of developing Innovation Park as an economic center for PWC.

North Woodbridge
Covers US-1 between Occoquan River and Occoquan Road, north to I-95 and south to Belmont Bay Wildlife Refuge. The major issues appear to be the US-1/VA-123 interchange and multi-modal transportation options. There is currently very little usable infrastructure for non-motorized traffic in this area.

Small Area Plan: North Woodbridge

Parkway Employment Center
An update of the existing Parkway Employment Center sector plan at I-95/Horner Road/Prince William Parkway. A .pdf of the 2008 sector plan is available here.

Route 29
There is not a lot of information available for this plan yet. It will include a bike path along US-29 between US-15 and Somerset Crossing.

Future SAP projects include Independent Hill, Triangle, Yorkshire, and Fairgrounds/New Dominion.

Ryan Foster ([email protected]), Community Development Manager, and David McGettigan ([email protected]), Long-Range Planning Manager, are the primary points of contact for questions or comments.

Active Prince William is a group of concerned citizens who advocate for improving opportunities, support, and infrastructure for active transportation and healthy lifestyles within Prince William County, Manassas, and Manassas Park. We are interested in helping to make Prince William County and Greater Manassas a more livable and sustainable Community.

Join the Manassas Community Conversations

September 7, 2017 /

The City of Manassas is holding a series of “Community Conversations” to gather ideas, priorities, and visions for the community’s future from individuals, families, neighbors, business professionals, and community leaders. This is your opportunity to shape Manassas by sharing your perspectives and providing input on key topics such as quality of life, services, transportation, land use, and economic development.

This community engagement process follows up on the City’s 2014 and 2016 community surveys, in which the following 10 community priorities were identified in order of importance.

 

The following engagement sessions remain:

Thursday, Sept. 7, 2 PM – Active Adults & Seniors
​​​Manassas Senior Center Board Room / 9320 Mosby Street ​​
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​Thursday, Sept. 7, 6PM – Families ​ ​
​Manassas Museum / 9101 Prince William Street ​
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​Thursday, Sept. 21, 6 PM – Twenty & Thirty Somethings
​​​Bad Wolf Brew House / 8420 Kao Circle ​​ ​​​​
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​Saturday, Sept. 23, 2PM – Everyone! ​
​Grace Methodist Church Fellowship Hall / 9750 Wellington Road

You can also engage with City staff at the farmers markets in downtown Manassas on September 16 and 28 and October 21 and 26.

In addition, you can participate online through the City’s new online engagement portal!

The Community Conversations will dig deeper into the “why” of the top priorities to find location-specific issues and gauge if any priorities are missing from the list generated by the survey. The findings from both the survey and the Community Conversations will assist the City in updating its strategic priorities and comprehensive plan. Join the conversation!

Route 28 Corridor Study Public Information Meeting, Thursday, September 7, 6:30-8:30 PM, at the Manassas Park Community Center

September 5, 2017 /

Prince William County and the Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park, in partnership with the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, are holding a public information meeting on their Route 28 Corridor Feasibility Study on Thursday, September 7, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at the Manassas Park Community Center, 99 Adams St, Manassas Park, VA 20111.  The meeting will include a project overview presentation beginning at 7:00 pm.

According to the study website, the “project goals for the Route 28 Corridor Feasibility Study are to identify infrastructure improvements that will improve travel times and network reliability within the Route 28 Corridor through Prince William County, the City of Manassas and City of Manassas Park [between Godwin Dr at the west Manassas city line and Compton Rd in southern Fairfax County] and develop a plan to implement these improvement project(s).”

The public is invited to review and comment on the four alternatives for long-term corridor improvements that currently remain under consideration.

All alternatives would include a shared-use path for bicycling and walking.   One of nine “key objectives’ of this study is to “provide increased opportunities for alternative modes of travel such as travel by bicycles, walking and carpooling/vanpooling”.

View the May 11, 2017 study briefing.

Prince William County news release of August 29, 2017, describing a proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment for the presumed preferred alternative (2B) from this study.

For those unable to attend the September 7th meeting, a second, identical meeting will be held on Monday, September 11, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, at the Centreville Elementary School cafeteria, 14330 Green Trails Blvd, Centreville, VA 20121.

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