Unsolicited proposal for sports complex at Hensley Park in Alexandria

This doesn’t have too much to do with cycling, although the proposed site is near the Eisenhower Ave. bike path in Alexandria. A developer sent an unsolicited proposal to the City of Alexandria for a large sports and entertainment complex to be built on city property at Hensley Park.

http://alexandriava.gov/UnsolicitedProposal

Nothing has been decided yet, not even whether the site is an appropriate place for a new sports complex. Local residents may want to participate in the process and provide input on whether this is a good idea or not. (I don’t live in Alexandria so this proposal doesn’t affect me one way or another. But I do think it’s cool that they would include an aquatic center, along with a field house, a gymnastics center, basketball courts, batting cages, climbing walls, a driving range, strength and cardio equipment and two large ice rinks.)

If this is built eventually, I hope they would include bike connector trails and bike parking. CaBi is expanding to the Carlyle/Eisenhower Ave. Metro area this year. Maybe Alexandria would add bike stations along Eisenhower Ave. later on, heading out toward this new sports center.