Tysons Corner Comprehensive Plan Wins National Planning Excellence Award
Posted January 13, 2011
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The comprehensive plan for Tysons Corner in Fairfax Co., VA has won the American Planning Association's (APA) Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan.
The plan includes an approach to density focused around the four planned transit stations. The goal is to reduce the jobs-to-household ratio from 13:1 to 4:1, and to implement incentives that would keep 20 percent of new housing units for moderate-income households. The APA also applauded Tysons Corner for an innovative stormwater management facility plan that would retain at least the first inch of rainfall on site.
There are 17,000 residents and 100,000 jobs in Tysons, and projections suggest the town will have 100,000 residents and 200,000 jobs by 2050. The need for a new comprehensive plan rose out of the desire to transform a successful suburban employment center into a series of livable urban districts. Aiding in this goal is Metrorail's new Silver line that will bring four new transit stations to Tysons by 2013.
To See a PDF of the Tysons Corner Vision for Tysons, click here.
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