Virginia-Highland Master Plan Wants Your Input Starting Next Week

By: Jess Windham and Jenifer Keenan

Efforts to create a Master Plan for Virginia-Highland are well underway, and we want to know all about your neighborhood experiences.

One of the most visible and active tools in the Master Planning process will be the Master Plan website and its accompanying tool box of features that will gather input directly from you and enable people with all kinds of schedules to participate. We’re still putting the finishing touches on the website and our current plan is to officially launch the site on Monday, October 7th. The few entries that have already been submitted will be recorded, but we ask that people wait until the official launch on Monday to respond to the survey and submit comments.

Starting Monday, you’ll be able to share your experiences, opinions, and unique perspective on Virginia-Highland through a brief online survey. Having your feedback will be key to shaping the questions to be addressed in the Master Plan. What do you think is the most important issue facing Virginia-Highland in the next 5 years? How would you rate parking or the cost of housing?

At the bottom of the survey, you’ll find another tool we are excited about: an online map where you can pinpoint and note exactly what you have observed, love, hate, or want improved in Virginia-Highland. You will be able to add input directly to the map.

On top of feedback gathered through the website, survey, interactive map, and social media, we will also be holding focus groups and a Design Workshop in the coming months. Dates and locations will be announced soon.

Keep an eye out for our official launch announcement on Monday.