Arlington Comprehensive Plan Update Adopted 3-17-2015 | Page 38

Corridor Beautification
Purpose
Improve the aesthetics of Arlington’s major corridors through strategic, targeted
landscape treatment that is drought tolerant and low maintenance.

Importance
Arlington’s major corridors are some of the most visible and prominent physical
aspects of our city. Currently, Arlington’s corridors are often framed by a patchwork
of fences that are in various states of disrepair, contributing to an unattractive
environment that encourages disinvestment in private property and businesses.
Affordable, low maintenance landscaping can help unify the corridors’ appearances,
disguise private fences, and inspire pride among citizens and visitors.
Although corridor beautification will cost additional resources to install, establish,
and maintain, the City will benefit from Code Compliance Officers who can focus their
remediation efforts somewhere besides dilapidated fences. It may take some time to
learn which plant palettes work in different types of locations; however, the end result
will be increased aesthetics which create a sense of place and identity throughout the
City of Arlington.
Corridor beautification will be a joint effort between residents and city staff to instill
pride and ownership of our City.

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