Williamsburg is a pleasant, attractive and safe urban community in which privacy, excellent schools, a safe environment and an agreeable atmosphere are highly prized. This is a fine place in which to live and raise a family; however, the community is concerned about increasing traffic, the relentless pressures of development, and a trend toward overbuilding. Responses on the neighborhood conservation questionnaire and discussions at community meetings confirm that Williamsburg's residents are committed to preserving and protecting the neighborhood and support the following goals:

• Preserve the neighborhood as a stable area of single-family homes.
• Discourage further commercial development in the neighborhood.
• Obtain additional parkland in the Williamsburg area.
• Preserve and protect the open, uncrowded nature of the neighborhood by discouraging pipestem and infill development and promoting correlation of house size to lot coverage and/or lot size.
• Protect the neighborhood and its residents from cut-through and speeding traffic while maintaining convenient access to and across major arterial streets and to nearby retail centers and the Metro.
• Promote completion of gutters, curbs and sidewalks, maintenance of sidewalks already in place, and improved street lighting and signage where it is inadequate.
• Improve the appearance of Emily Sharp Park and other green spaces and add appropriate recreation facilities on Minor Hill.
• Seek recognition of Minor Hill as a point of historic significance.
• Support neighborhood schools.
• Improve the appearance of streetscapes with additional landscaping or street improvements.
• Promote broader recognition of the Williamsburg area by placing signs at appropriate neighborhood entrances.
• Encourage a spirit of friendly, open relations among residents and promote community involvement.
• Cooperate with police, school officials and the business community to discourage crime by promoting the formation of Neighborhood Watch groups and increasing public awareness of and prompt attention to problems as they arise.
• Monitor public services such as snow removal, leaf pickup, pest control and zoning enforcement.
• Encourage commercial property owners and their tenants to maintain the appearance of the shopping areas so they will be attractive and inviting to the community.

Survey responses indicate the current priorities for neighborhood planning are parks and recreation, beautification, and traffic control.