The mission of the Design and Development Division is to create quality and safe recreational development and a sustainable City-wide environment through:
- Efficient management of the Department of Parks and Recreation Capital Improvement Program;
- Responsive professional planning, design, and project management resources;
- Asset management of Department of Parks and Recreation real estate and improvements;
- Updating and implementation of the Virginia Beach Outdoors Plan and the Bikeways and Trails Plan;
- Stewardship of Department of Parks and Recreation natural resources.
Primary Functions:
1. Long Range Planning
- Keepers of the Virginia Beach Outdoors Plan and the City’s Bikeways and Trails Plan
- Strategic planning and asset management
- Facilitating public input
- Demographic analysis & forecasting
2. Management of the Department’s Capital Improvement Program
- Real estate planning
- Creating design/construction documents
- Project management
- Funding & accounting
3. Current Planning
- Review and coordination of new development with recreation needs and long range goals
4. City Design Resource
- Responsible for the implementation of design standards in parks
Planning, Design & Development Staff
| Planning, Design & Development Administrator |
Brian S. Solis, AICP, LEED Green Associate |
| Parks & Recreation Coordinator |
Doug Cherry |
| Administrative Technician |
Trina Harrell |
| Senior Open Space Planner |
Barbara Duke, AICP, LEED AP |
| Senior Bikeways and Trails Planner |
Wayne Wilcox, CLA |
| Landscape Architect |
Chris Kennedy, ASLA |
| Landscape Architect |
Robert MacPherson, ASLA, LEED AP |
| Planner I |
Greg L. Newman, LEED AP |
| Planner II |
Brian Phelps |