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CATEGORIES:Historic Preservation
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 ar/Detail.aspx?si=61580\n\nCommunity Pre-Construction Meeting for the Dou
 glass Cemetery Stormwater Improvement Project.\n\nThe public is invited t
 o attend a Community Pre-Construction Meeting about the upcoming project 
 to improve stormwater drainage at historic Douglass Memorial Cemetery. Th
 e meeting will be held on Tuesday\, December 16\, at 2:30 p.m. at Douglas
 s Cemetery\, 1421 Wilkes Street. Participants are invited to meet the con
 tractors from Jacobs\, an engineering firm\, and Wetlands Studies and Sol
 utions\, Inc.\, an archaeology firm\, who will carry out the work. City o
 f Alexandria staff from the Department of Project Implementation and the 
 Office of Historic Alexandria will also be present at the meeting to prov
 ide information and answer questions. Construction work in Douglass Cemet
 ery is anticipated to occur from December 2025 through July 2026. \n\nDou
 glass Cemetery\, Alexandria's largest African American cemetery\, is a hi
 storically significant and sacred space. The cemetery currently faces sev
 eral preservation challenges\, including flooding and standing water. In 
 2023\, the City of Alexandria contracted with Jacobs to undertake a drain
 age analysis of Douglass Cemetery and produce recommendations to improve 
 stormwater conditions. The implementation of the stormwater drainage impr
 ovements will help overcome preservation challenges at this burial ground
 . \n\nVisit the Douglass Memorial Cemetery webpage for more information a
 bout the stormwater improvement project.\n\nIn the event of severe weathe
 r\, the meeting will be held at the Lee Center\, 1108 Jefferson St\, Alex
 andria\, VA 22314.\n\nLocation: Douglass Cemetery\, 1421\, Wilkes St\, Al
 exandria\, VA 22314\nTags: Historic Preservation\, Museums\, Old & Histor
 ic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nWeb resources:\n\nDouglass Memorial Cemetery 
 webpage\nhttps://www.alexandriava.gov/historic-sites/douglass-memorial-ce
 metery\n
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LOCATION:Douglass Cemetery\, 1421\, Wilkes St\, Alexandria\, VA 22314
SEQUENCE:5
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Douglas Cemetery Stormwater Improvement Project
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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URL:https://www.alexandriava.gov/historic-sites/douglass-memorial-cemetery
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=61580">https://apps.alexandri
 ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=61580</a><br />\n<br />Community Pre-Cons
 truction Meeting for the Douglass Cemetery Stormwater Improvement Project
 .\n<br />\n<br />The public is invited to attend a Community Pre-Construc
 tion Meeting about the upcoming project to improve stormwater drainage at
  historic Douglass Memorial Cemetery. The meeting will be held on Tuesday
 \, December 16\, at 2:30 p.m. at Douglass Cemetery\, 1421 Wilkes Street. 
 Participants are invited to meet the contractors from Jacobs\, an enginee
 ring firm\, and Wetlands Studies and Solutions\, Inc.\, an archaeology fi
 rm\, who will carry out the work. City of Alexandria staff from the Depar
 tment of Project Implementation and the Office of Historic Alexandria wil
 l also be present at the meeting to provide information and answer questi
 ons. Construction work in Douglass Cemetery is anticipated to occur from 
 December 2025 through July 2026. \n<br />\n<br />Douglass Cemetery\, Alex
 andria?s largest African American cemetery\, is a historically significan
 t and sacred space. The cemetery currently faces several preservation cha
 llenges\, including flooding and standing water. In 2023\, the City of Al
 exandria contracted with Jacobs to undertake a drainage analysis of Dougl
 ass Cemetery and produce recommendations to improve stormwater conditions
 . The implementation of the stormwater drainage improvements will help ov
 ercome preservation challenges at this burial ground. \n<br />\n<br />Vis
 it the Douglass Memorial Cemetery webpage for more information about the 
 stormwater improvement project.\n<br />\n<br />In the event of severe wea
 ther\, the meeting will be held at the Lee Center\, 1108 Jefferson St\, A
 lexandria\, VA 22314.\n<br />\n<br />Location: Douglass Cemetery\, 1421\,
  Wilkes St\, Alexandria\, VA 22314\n<br />Tags: Historic Preservation\, M
 useums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town<br>\n<a href="https://
 www.alexandriava.gov/historic-sites/douglass-memorial-cemetery">Douglass 
 Memorial Cemetery webpage</a><br>\n
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