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can clean, and service the college, our citizens, and the county districts as best we can too.”
Alongside infrastructure improvements, Harrison said the city is also looking toward future expansion at the water park and campground as part of Williamsburg’ s long-term growth.
“ We’ re expanding the water park, and the campground,” Harrison said.“ We’ re gonna add more camping. We’ re gonna add some special camping, some beach houses.”
Harrison said the vision is to create a destination
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experience that feels accessible to families and visitors.“ Not everybody can go to the beach,” he said.“ But you can come here, and you can get a beach feel.”
He described plans for new lodging options designed to enhance the campground experience.“ These are gonna be like the beach house,” Harrison said.
The concept behind the proposed beach houses at the waterpark is to bring the beach experience to those who may not be able to visit the coast each year, creating a space where residents can enjoy an island-style atmosphere right in their own
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community.
Additional outdoor amenities are also part of the vision.
“ The pond’ s gonna be expanding,” Harrison said.“ We’ ll have some more fishing for the campers and just make it bigger.”
Those long-term plans now move forward alongside recovery efforts following the downtown fire, which destroyed much of a block between Second and Third streets. Harrison described the impact as deeply emotional.
“ It was devastating. It was hard to watch. It’ s very emotional,” he said.“ I still
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get emotional. It’ s hard.”
Federal investigators are currently examining the site due to the scale of the damage.
“ It’ s estimated over $ 10 million,” Harrison said.“ They’ re gonna come in for 7 to 10 days and investigate and see if they can come up with an origin.”
Once that process is complete, Harrison said the city will work directly with property owners on next steps.
“ My plan is to get with the owners of the building and say, will you build back?” he said.“ Do you want to build back? And then see what
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