City of Alexandria, Virginia
Office of the City Manager
Alexandria City Hall
301 King Street, Suite 3500
Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3211
www.alexandriava.gov
Telephone: 703.838.4300
Fax : 703.838.6343

MEDIA ADVISORY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2001
CONTACT: SANDRA WHITMORE, DIRECTOR,
DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION, PARKS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES-703-838-4842.
City of Alexandria Schedules Public Planning Meetings on Windmill Hill Park Design

The City of Alexandria will be holding two public meetings to discuss design concepts for Windmill Hill Park on Tuesday, May 1 and Thursday, May 10, 7:00 p.m., at Lee Center, 1108 Jefferson Street. In September 1998, City Council approved consolidating five separate parcels to form Windmill Hill Park: Pommander Walk, Potomac View Park (also referred to as the Lee Street Park), Gibbon and Wilkes Street Ends, and the Old Town Yacht Basin. The basis for the plan was to consolidate all of the open space/park parcels between Wilkes Street to the north and Franklin Street to the south, and from Lee Street east to the river, into one park area renamed Windmill Hill.

The May 1 and May 10 meetings will have the same presentations and plans for review. These plans will include the City Council approved concept plan for Windmill Hill Park. Members of the public will be able to present to City staff, as well as to City Boards and Commissions (including the Waterfront Committee, the Park and Recreation Commission, and the Environmental Policy Commission), any concepts, designs, proposals, or ideas regarding improvements to Windmill Hill Park. There will also be an opportunity for questions. The results of these two meetings will be presented to City Council at a work session on June 6 at 7 p.m. in the Council Workroom.

Anyone who would like to be placed on the agenda (for either meeting) to present a formal proposal/plan should contact Sandra Whitmore at 703-838-4842. For persons who cannot attend the meetings, written comments may be sent to Sandra Whitmore, Director, Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities, 1108 Jefferson Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. An agenda and information about the meetings can be obtained by calling 703-838-4842.

The name Windmill Hill dates back to 1843. This name recalls that the hill to the west side of Potomac View Park became known as Windmill Hill in 1843, when a water-drawing windmill was built there, and the park remained so known throughout the nineteenth century.
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