Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan
NFK2050 Comprehensive Plan
Norfolk is the urban heart of Hampton Roads in Coastal Virginia, a region highly vulnerable to sea level rise. As the home of the largest naval base in the country, Norfolk’s military significance renders resilience and flooding a national security concern. The city is surrounded by water on 3 sides, with additional rivers and inlets creating tidal flooding in neighborhood interiors. The daily presence of water is Norfolk’s greatest asset, and its greatest threat.
NFK2050 is the city’s comprehensive plan update, looking forward across the next 25 years to 2050. The plan builds on the work of Vision2100, a 2017 plan funded through Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities initiative, integrating risk mitigation and smart development patterns with a full suite of policy and land use recommendations.
Robust public engagement across all wards and neighborhoods included in-person open houses, interactive workshops, flexible “Meeting-in-a-Box” sessions, informal coffee conversations, website engagement, and other tools, totaling 2100+ public touchpoints over two years. Above all, Norfolk residents are primarily concerned with housing affordability and flood resilience, and ensuring a high quality of life through walkable neighborhoods, access to parks and trails, and harnessing the city’s unique character and sense of place.
NFK2050’s driving principle is that the city needs to grow thoughtfully by rethinking development patterns on the land they have, while living in harmony with water. New housing for residents of all backgrounds and incomes, along with everyday amenities, can be concentrated on the land with the least environmental risk. At the same time, the city can connect that development to the city and region through seamless multimodal connections.
The NFK2050 Future Land Use Plan emphasizes higher development intensities on well-connected high ground, depicting the intended character of the city through easy-to-understand Place Types. The plan Goals, Actions, and Strategies are organized under four main Plan Pillars:
