When you think about a new Lubber Run Community Center, what do you envision yourself doing there?
Enjoying passive outdoor recreation. Looking at natural areas containing trees, wildflowers, meadows and butterfly gardens, Seeing only one small building no more than two stories high and occupying no more space than the existing building. Seeing no playgrounds or sports facilities, which destroy and replace natural areas.
Do you or members of your household currently participate in activities at the Lubber Run Community Center?
No
If yes, approximately how often do you or members of your household visit the Lubber Run Community Center?
No response.
What types of spaces and uses should the new Lubber Run Community Center have?
The new Community Center should primarily contain outdoor open space with natural areas for passive recreation. Indoor space should be very limited, containing only a computer room, a large multipurpose room and no more than three smaller rooms. One of the smaller rooms should contain an administrative office for the facility.
No other types of uses, such as affordable housing or schools, should located in the building or anywhere else in the Community Center area.
The Community Center building should be no higher than the existing building. The building should occupy no more ground space than the existing building. The building should contain underground parking.
When you think about the immediate area surrounding a new Lubber Run Community Center, what type of spaces and uses should be accommodated on the site?
The area surrounding a new Community Center should contain only natural areas with meadows, trees, wildflower plantings and interpretive signage. The area should contain butterfly gardens.
A large area should contain milkweed to help conserve monarch butterfly populations, which are rapidly decreasing in the eastern United States. In Arlington and much of Northern Virginia, monarch butterflies are disappearing because of overdevelopment, mowing, paving and other types of habitat destruction.
The area surrounding the Community Center should not contain any buildings, paved trails, playgrounds or sport fields. There are many playgrounds and sporting facilities available nearby in Glencarlyn Park, Bluemont Park, Quincy Park and Mosaic Park, some of which have recently displaced natural areas and green space.
The existing sport fields and playing courts at the Community Center are therefore now redundant. They are a very poor use of valuable public open space, which could otherwise contain natural areas.
Any outdoor parking lot should be small and should occupy a minimal amount of space. To accomplish this, the parking lot should be restricted to Community Center users. The parking lot should be off-limits to users of the Barrett School and to others.
In what ways can a new Lubber Run Community Center have an impact on the community?
Teach people the value of creating and preserving natural areas to protect the environment from paving, development and mowing on private and public property. Give the community an opportunity to see meadows, butterfly gardens and wildflower areas, as there are none nearby on public property.
Do you have a favorite community center in Arlington? If so, which center and why is it your favorite?
None. I have neither a need nor a desire to use any of these. They cost taxpayers more money than do natural areas.
What is your home zip code?
22203
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When you think about a new Lubber Run Community Center, what do you envision yourself doing there?
Enjoying passive outdoor recreation. Looking at natural areas containing trees, wildflowers, meadows and butterfly gardens, Seeing only one small building no more than two stories high and occupying no more space than the existing building. Seeing no playgrounds or sports facilities, which destroy and replace natural areas.
Do you or members of your household currently participate in activities at the Lubber Run Community Center?
If yes, approximately how often do you or members of your household visit the Lubber Run Community Center?
No response.What types of spaces and uses should the new Lubber Run Community Center have?
The new Community Center should primarily contain outdoor open space with natural areas for passive recreation. Indoor space should be very limited, containing only a computer room, a large multipurpose room and no more than three smaller rooms. One of the smaller rooms should contain an administrative office for the facility.
No other types of uses, such as affordable housing or schools, should located in the building or anywhere else in the Community Center area.
The Community Center building should be no higher than the existing building. The building should occupy no more ground space than the existing building. The building should contain underground parking.
When you think about the immediate area surrounding a new Lubber Run Community Center, what type of spaces and uses should be accommodated on the site?
The area surrounding a new Community Center should contain only natural areas with meadows, trees, wildflower plantings and interpretive signage. The area should contain butterfly gardens.
A large area should contain milkweed to help conserve monarch butterfly populations, which are rapidly decreasing in the eastern United States. In Arlington and much of Northern Virginia, monarch butterflies are disappearing because of overdevelopment, mowing, paving and other types of habitat destruction.
The area surrounding the Community Center should not contain any buildings, paved trails, playgrounds or sport fields. There are many playgrounds and sporting facilities available nearby in Glencarlyn Park, Bluemont Park, Quincy Park and Mosaic Park, some of which have recently displaced natural areas and green space.
The existing sport fields and playing courts at the Community Center are therefore now redundant. They are a very poor use of valuable public open space, which could otherwise contain natural areas.
Any outdoor parking lot should be small and should occupy a minimal amount of space. To accomplish this, the parking lot should be restricted to Community Center users. The parking lot should be off-limits to users of the Barrett School and to others.
In what ways can a new Lubber Run Community Center have an impact on the community?
Teach people the value of creating and preserving natural areas to protect the environment from paving, development and mowing on private and public property. Give the community an opportunity to see meadows, butterfly gardens and wildflower areas, as there are none nearby on public property.
Do you have a favorite community center in Arlington? If so, which center and why is it your favorite?
None. I have neither a need nor a desire to use any of these. They cost taxpayers more money than do natural areas.
What is your home zip code?