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Alexandria staff unveil refined City Hall and Market Square concepts; survey open through Feb. 7
Summary
City staff presented updated design concepts, public engagement results and a tentative timeline for the City Hall renovation and Market Square project, asking council for feedback on chamber placement, First‑Floor public space, and a possible Fifth‑Floor expansion.
City officials on Jan. 28 presented updated design concepts for a long‑planned City Hall renovation and Market Square rework and asked the City Council for guidance as the design advances toward formal approvals this summer.
Jeremy McPike, director of general services, said the project team had completed three rounds of public engagement, logged thousands of interactions and more than 530 substantive comments, and had awarded the construction manager‑at‑risk contract so the team can begin deeper design work (s:7925.43–s:8139.81; s:8140.29–s:8183.6353). "We have over 530 different individual feedback points and comments in addition to thousands of actually people interacting with us during that time," McPike said (s:8375.38–s:8468.875).
Why it matters: City Hall is an aging complex with repeated mechanical failures and water infiltration; staff said the building requires significant investment to…
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