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Virginia Tech Invents the Future through divising a Master Plan

BLACKBURG, VA, April, 17,2017- Virginia Tech is planning for the future through the
development of a master plan that will bring changes to the National Capital, Roanoke area, and
the Virginia Tech locations.
The university is now seeking input
from undergraduate and graduate
students, as well as faculty. As part
of the planning process to expand,
renovate, and removing building
around campus, member of Sasaki
and engineers here at Virginia Tech
created visuals completing their
plans.
The planning process ultimately
began with different stages. The
first stage being people and
mission, second is inventory and
analysis, third is concept plan
alternative, fourth is plan revision
and public comment, and the last
step being final master plan. Theresa ONeil shows students the visual for the master plan. She describing the
loop for bicyclist and pedestrians that will circle around campus to allow for
The associates and stakeholders of campus to be more connected.
this plan are now in the concept
plan and alternative stage which entails, seeking feedback from the public at the master plan
meetings as they discuss the different concepts in the plan.
Assistant Vice president of University Planning, Jason Soileau is a part of the leading efforts:
The idea of a master plan is to be prepared for future scenarios, thinking strategically, a lot of
planning in thinking in enrolling on campus, said Soileau.
From 1977 to 2014 the campus increased four and a half million in feet, long term its projected
to increase up to six million in feet by 2027. Principal Planner of Sasaki, Greg Havens confirmed
while expanding campus stakeholders want to protect, its land grant legacy, open space, working
landscape and understanding age culture history. The next step of the planning process is
revisions of the plan and accessing the publics comments.
The proposed Master Plan is to be more than an update of the previous plan; it is envisioned as a
rethink of how Virginia Tech can best utilize the Blacksburg, Roanoke, and National Capital
Region (NCR) campuses to support the mission and vision of the university. It will be the first
major rethink of physical planning at Virginia Tech in more than 30 years and will provide
planning guidance for all three of the university's primary locations.
Learn more about the universities Master Plan.
Through a combination of its three missions of learning, discovery, and engagement, Virginia
Tech continually strives to accomplish the charge of its motto Ut Prosim (That I May Serve).
Virginia Tech offers 250 undergraduate and graduate degree programs to more than 33,000
students and manages a research portfolio of more than $504 million. The university fulfills its
land-grant mission of transforming knowledge to practice through technological leadership and
by fueling economic growth and job creation locally, regionally, and across Virginia.

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