WPL is a part of the selected teams to work on the following projects:

Indian River High School Modernization

Old Point National Bank Tower in Hampton

Crossroads Elementary School Landscape Design

North King Street project in Hampton 

New Suffolk Elementary School project 

South Norfolk Library

Current Projects:

College Park Elementary School - the school design is completed and this project is currently out for Bid.

Pacific Avenue Trail - will be completed in December 2009.

Great Neck Middle School -  is now under construction!  

WPL continues to work on Bayside Community Recreation Center, Historic Kempsville, Kempes Landing Park, and residential compounds for Burke, Nicholson, and Wilcox.

Grommet Island Park is now Under Construction!!!!

Grommet Island Park at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront, is the first of its kind in the U.S. The idea came to Bruce Thompson whose son Josh, suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, could not accompany the family on a beach outing. The park will not only provide access to the beach but also will serve as an ornamental setting and playground. Among the key features will be handicapped-accessible play structures, special wheelchairs for the sand, soft play sculptures, shaded and non-shaded seating, decks and safe play surfaces.
Click to read the full article featured in the Beacon

"The vision you all outlined in your drawings has created a ground swell of enthusiasm . This is the largest ALS event EVER and the largest Fundraising Effort ever in Hampton Roads , the power of graphics...and good design you all should be very , very proud as the vision is clear to all as it was conceived and communicated . NICE , nice work."

Bruce L. Thompson,
Chief Executive Officer
Gold Key I PHR

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JT Walk and Grommet Island Ground Breaking
October 3, 2009
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The second annual JT Walk was held October 3, 2009 at the VB oceanfront to benefit ALS. Over $2.0 million was raised and 9,000 people attended the JT events. The groundbreaking for Grommet Island Park also took place. Please visit the link to see a video of the events.

Awards

- Harbor Heights recieved a 2009 HRACRE Excellence in Development Design, "Award of Merit" in the category of Best Commercial-Retail Building.  WPL provided civil engineering services for this project. 

- WPL was given a certificate of appreciation for their support of the Hampton Roads Chapter of the Society for Design Administration.

-WPL recieved a 2008 HRACRE Excellence in Development Design ,"Award of Merit"  in the catefory of Best Renovated/Historic Project for their work on Blair Middle School.

Testimonials

"My compliments on the design of the new fields at Providence Park.  The deluge on Friday evening had us worried about whether we would be able to play games at all on Saturday.  With about four people working hard for about three hours early Saturday morning, though, we were able to start a full schedule at 11:00 AM.  This is remarkable and a credit to the design of the fields."

"WPL has provided excellent design services for a variety of projects for the City of Virginia Beach including Beach Garden Park, Providence Park, and Kids Cove Playground. In addition, Wpl has provided high quality streetcape design for other City projects. WPL is very responsive to clients needs and concerns. Located in Virginia Beach they are very understanding of local conditions such as the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act and Landscape Guidelines. I highly recommend WPL for landscape architecture, civil engineering, and planning services for municipal projects."

"WPL has performed master planning and landscape architectural on several very exciting school projects for us over the past couple of years. Their master planning efforts on the Williams Farm, which included a new elementary school (Diamond Springs Elementary School), an elementary school replacement (Newtown Elementary School), along w/ park open space that has been nothing short of extraordinary. This seventy acre campus is now complete and serves approximately 1500 students, and provides connectivity to the park open space for students as well as the community."

“WPL’s Site Planning and Landscape Design for the new Virginia Beach Middle School will greatly enhance the Old Beach Neighborhood streetscape with pedestrian friendly sidewalks, street lighting, street trees, and neighborhood signage. Landscape installations will create interesting connected networks of open space within the neighborhood, and street tree plantings will help reduce the perceived scale and mass of the new school building to the adjacent properties and reinforce its residential character. Landscape elements have also been designed to provide eco-friendly solutions to stormwater management by incorporating grassed swales and bio-retention beds planted with indigenous wet-tolerant plant materials. The “jewel” of the design is a landscaped sculpture garden within a new traffic circle that acts as both the western terminus of 25th Street and the visual gateway into the new school’s entrance drive.”