DOMINION BOULEVARD CORRIDOR STUDY | Chesapeake, Virginia
8 | Summary
• Maintain a small local development team to support prospect needs and maintain the
confidentiality of the prospect’s interest.
• Make sure the community attitude is attractive to industry. A good business climate will
retain existing businesses and attract new ones.
Summary of Action Items:
Several items will need to be acted upon to capitalize on the vision articulated in the Master
Plan and to foster an exciting future for Chesapeake that includes the ability to attract
new employers and to support existing employers. These include items associated with
economic development, land use planning, design and engineering:
1. Obtain full acceptance of the Master Plan and its contents by all city leaders and
agencies so that it can be acted upon toward a shared vision.
2. Seek regional partnerships that can contribute to expanding and elevating infrastructure
and transportation services to the Study Area.
3. Pursue efforts to attract LRT/BRT transit service to the Study Area; expand the Airport
so that it can ship and receive freight; and reclassify Route 17 as an Interstate Highway.
4. Conduct workshops with city leaders and agencies to promote the opportunities, areas
of change and actions needed that the Master Plan proposes. Create alignment for
the proposed arrangement and types of land uses; the design concepts and locations
for roadway and utility infrastructure; the requirements of “Aspirational Zoning” and the
proposed development standards.
5. Conduct workshop(s) with institutional and business partners to promote the Master
Plan and to find areas of shared interest that lead to coordinated efforts to execute the
vision.
6. Work with the Tidewater Community College and other regional educational institutions
to align educational programs and resources with the requirements of businesses or
business clusters targeted for the Study Area.
7. Create a synergistic partnership with the Great Dismal Swamp National WIldlife Refuge
Area to promote tourism opportunities, environmental and recreational linkages.
8. Conduct a workshop with builders and developers to describe the contents of the
Master Plan and the changes that will result to current requirements. Make these new
requirements part of the discussions with new developers that are currently or proposing
to invest in the Study Area. Property owners and/or developers should be made aware
of the benefits of assembling adequate land with a view to pursuing Planned Unit
Developments (PUDs) as a preferred development pattern in focal areas of the study’s
Master Plan.
9. Create the additional codes, ordinances and guidelines required to execute the
principles and vision of the Master Plan. Ideally these would be created for each Area
of the Master Plan so that they respond to each’s particular vision and nuance. Making
them as specific and detailed as possible will help ensure a successful outcome. Such
review and consideration for changes to the City’s codes, ordinances and guidelines
should include the feasibility of establishing special zoning designations and/or overlay
districts for the study area.
