Join us as we envision the future GW
Join us as we envision the future GW
This website will keep you updated on what is happening with GW's 2027 Campus Plan process and how you can get involved.
This website will keep you updated on what is happening with GW's 2027 Campus Plan process and how you can get involved.
2027 Campus Plan
2027 Campus Plan
Vision
2027 Campus Plan
2027 Campus Plan
2027 Campus Plan
Since GW relocated to Foggy Bottom in 1912, the campus has continually evolved to ensure the university fulfills its core mission of providing exceptional education, groundbreaking research and outstanding patient care and service.
GW’s Foggy Bottom campus is currently governed by the 2007 Foggy Bottom Campus Plan, which details a framework for development of the Foggy Bottom campus for a 20-year period. Projects completed under the 2007 plan have dramatically enhanced and enriched the living and learning campus environment, including the Science and Engineering Hall, the Milken Institute School of Public Health building, The Avenue/2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, District House, South Hall and Square 80’s green plaza.
As part of the Campus Plan, GW has made a wide range of commitments to ensure we are best supporting the students, faculty, staff and adjacent neighborhoods that are part of our community. From providing retail stores and restaurants along the I Street retail corridor (between the Metro and 2000 Penn) to implementing dozens of sustainable enhancements and the creation of a campus historic district, GW has made tangible, long-term investments that benefit not only GW and the neighborhoods but D.C. as a whole.
Now, it’s time for GW to look to the future. With the 2007 plan set to expire in 2027, our planning process for the new Campus Plan is underway, and given the integral role both the Mount Vernon Campus and the Virginia Science and Technology Campus have on the Foggy Bottom Campus, consideration will also be given to the services and facilities at these locations as we draft the new campus plan.
Since GW relocated to Foggy Bottom in 1912, the campus has continually evolved to ensure the university fulfills its core mission of providing exceptional education, groundbreaking research and outstanding patient care and service.
GW’s Foggy Bottom campus is currently governed by the 2007 Foggy Bottom Campus Plan, which details a framework for development of the Foggy Bottom campus for a 20-year period. Projects completed under the 2007 plan have dramatically enhanced and enriched the living and learning campus environment, including the Science and Engineering Hall, the Milken Institute School of Public Health building, The Avenue/2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, District House, South Hall and Square 80’s green plaza.
As part of the Campus Plan, GW has made a wide range of commitments to ensure we are best supporting the students, faculty, staff and adjacent neighborhoods that are part of our community. From providing retail stores and restaurants along the I Street retail corridor (between the Metro and 2000 Penn) to implementing dozens of sustainable enhancements and the creation of a campus historic district, GW has made tangible, long-term investments that benefit not only GW and the neighborhoods but D.C. as a whole.
Now, it’s time for GW to look to the future. With the 2007 plan set to expire in 2027, our planning process for the new Campus Plan is underway, and given the integral role both the Mount Vernon Campus and the Virginia Science and Technology Campus have on the Foggy Bottom Campus, consideration will also be given to the services and facilities at these locations as we draft the new campus plan.
Since GW relocated to Foggy Bottom in 1912, the campus has continually evolved to ensure the university fulfills its core mission of providing exceptional education, groundbreaking research and outstanding patient care and service.
GW’s Foggy Bottom campus is currently governed by the 2007 Foggy Bottom Campus Plan, which details a framework for development of the Foggy Bottom campus for a 20-year period. Projects completed under the 2007 plan have dramatically enhanced and enriched the living and learning campus environment, including the Science and Engineering Hall, the Milken Institute School of Public Health building, The Avenue/2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, District House, South Hall and Square 80’s green plaza.
As part of the Campus Plan, GW has made a wide range of commitments to ensure we are best supporting the students, faculty, staff and adjacent neighborhoods that are part of our community. From providing retail stores and restaurants along the I Street retail corridor (between the Metro and 2000 Penn) to implementing dozens of sustainable enhancements and the creation of a campus historic district, GW has made tangible, long-term investments that benefit not only GW and the neighborhoods but D.C. as a whole.
Now, it’s time for GW to look to the future. With the 2007 plan set to expire in 2027, our planning process for the new Campus Plan is underway, and given the integral role both the Mount Vernon Campus and the Virginia Science and Technology Campus have on the Foggy Bottom Campus, consideration will also be given to the services and facilities at these locations as we draft the new campus plan.
What does your GW campus map look like?
Please help shape our planning efforts. Use this interactive mapping tool to create a map that shows us where you live, learn, work, study, eat and gather with classmates, colleagues and friends.
We’ll aggregate these maps from all participants to discover patterns, challenges and opportunities to share during our initial fall 2025 community meetings.
Vision
GW’s Strategic Framework and 2027 Campus Plan
GW’s Strategic Framework and 2027 Campus Plan
GW’s Strategic Framework and 2027 Campus Plan
A guiding principle in drafting the 2027 Foggy Bottom Campus Plan will be how to build upon and enhance GW’s new strategic framework.
A guiding principle in drafting the 2027 Foggy Bottom Campus Plan will be how to build upon and enhance GW’s new strategic framework.
Since the spring of 2024, the GW community has participated in a thoughtful, collaborative process that has produced a new strategic framework to guide the university in its third century. Built for the GW community, by the GW community, the framework will be unveiled this fall and will serve as a roadmap for creating a GW that is both distinctive and distinguished.
As planning begins for the next Foggy Bottom Campus Plan, the university will draw on the goals and priorities of this framework as a foundational guide. Anchoring this work in the framework ensures that the campus plan is aligned with GW’s long-term vision and positioned to advance our shared aspirations.
Since the spring of 2024, the GW community has participated in a thoughtful, collaborative process that has produced a new strategic framework to guide the university in its third century. Built for the GW community, by the GW community, the framework will be unveiled this fall and will serve as a roadmap for creating a GW that is both distinctive and distinguished.
As planning begins for the next Foggy Bottom Campus Plan, the university will draw on the goals and priorities of this framework as a foundational guide. Anchoring this work in the framework ensures that the campus plan is aligned with GW’s long-term vision and positioned to advance our shared aspirations.
Process
The Planning Process
The Planning Process
The Planning Process
As with its previous campus plans, the university will actively engage all sectors of the GW community, including students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, neighbors and other GW community members and organizations from the Foggy Bottom and West End neighborhoods.
As with its previous campus plans, the university will actively engage all sectors of the GW community, including students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, neighbors and other GW community members and organizations from the Foggy Bottom and West End neighborhoods.
As with its previous campus plans, the university will actively engage all sectors of the GW community, including students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, neighbors and other GW community members and organizations from the Foggy Bottom and West End neighborhoods.
These dialogues will directly connect stakeholders with GW’s campus planning team, which includes land-use planners, architects, landscape architects, civil engineers, traffic consultants, acoustical engineers, environmental consultants, lighting specialists, archaeologists and historic preservation experts.
Working in tandem with the GW community, we will explore and evaluate the future development of the Foggy Bottom campus in the context of the surrounding neighborhoods as well as its relation to the Mount Vernon and Virginia Science and Technology campuses.
This planning effort will include a comprehensive review of GW’s existing campus facilities and space resources, with the goal of determining how the university’s forecasted academic and student housing space needs can be accommodated in the coming years.
Additionally, these discussions will focus on how the next campus plan can enhance student safety, campus development, on-campus life, off-campus neighborhood quality of life, as well as facilities, transportation and sustainability.
The goal of this community-based comprehensive process will be creation of a proposed 2027 Foggy Bottom Campus Plan for review and approval by the DC Zoning Commission that is built upon planning principles, design concepts and a framework plan for future development. This will support the OneGW vision for the university’s third century and accommodate forecasted academic and student housing needs while being responsive to the issues raised by community members.
These dialogues will directly connect stakeholders with GW’s campus planning team, which includes land-use planners, architects, landscape architects, civil engineers, traffic consultants, acoustical engineers, environmental consultants, lighting specialists, archaeologists and historic preservation experts.
Working in tandem with the GW community, we will explore and evaluate the future development of the Foggy Bottom campus in the context of the surrounding neighborhoods as well as its relation to the Mount Vernon and Virginia Science and Technology campuses.
This planning effort will include a comprehensive review of GW’s existing campus facilities and space resources, with the goal of determining how the university’s forecasted academic and student housing space needs can be accommodated in the coming years.
Additionally, these discussions will focus on how the next campus plan can enhance student safety, campus development, on-campus life, off-campus neighborhood quality of life, as well as facilities, transportation and sustainability.
The goal of this community-based comprehensive process will be creation of a proposed 2027 Foggy Bottom Campus Plan for review and approval by the DC Zoning Commission that is built upon planning principles, design concepts and a framework plan for future development. This will support the OneGW vision for the university’s third century and accommodate forecasted academic and student housing needs while being responsive to the issues raised by community members.
These dialogues will directly connect stakeholders with GW’s campus planning team, which includes land-use planners, architects, landscape architects, civil engineers, traffic consultants, acoustical engineers, environmental consultants, lighting specialists, archaeologists and historic preservation experts.
Working in tandem with the GW community, we will explore and evaluate the future development of the Foggy Bottom campus in the context of the surrounding neighborhoods as well as its relation to the Mount Vernon and Virginia Science and Technology campuses.
This planning effort will include a comprehensive review of GW’s existing campus facilities and space resources, with the goal of determining how the university’s forecasted academic and student housing space needs can be accommodated in the coming years.
Additionally, these discussions will focus on how the next campus plan can enhance student safety, campus development, on-campus life, off-campus neighborhood quality of life, as well as facilities, transportation and sustainability.
The goal of this community-based comprehensive process will be creation of a proposed 2027 Foggy Bottom Campus Plan for review and approval by the DC Zoning Commission that is built upon planning principles, design concepts and a framework plan for future development. This will support the OneGW vision for the university’s third century and accommodate forecasted academic and student housing needs while being responsive to the issues raised by community members.
Engagement
Community Engagement
Community Engagement
Community Engagement
Beginning in fall 2025, the university will host a series of community conversations throughout the campus and surrounding neighborhoods, engaging with students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents and interested individuals and organizations from the Foggy Bottom and West End neighborhoods.
Beginning in fall 2025, the university will host a series of community conversations throughout the campus and surrounding neighborhoods, engaging with students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents and interested individuals and organizations from the Foggy Bottom and West End neighborhoods.
Beginning in fall 2025, the university will host a series of community conversations throughout the campus and surrounding neighborhoods, engaging with students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents and interested individuals and organizations from the Foggy Bottom and West End neighborhoods.
Our planning process will be consistently informed by community input. Together, we will identify, document and evaluate community considerations that will influence the development of the new Campus Plan.
As the process continues through 2025 and into 2026, we will be using this website to share updates, notices of community meetings, draft findings and more details related to the development of GW’s 2027 Foggy Bottom Campus Plan.
Our planning process will be consistently informed by community input. Together, we will identify, document and evaluate community considerations that will influence the development of the new Campus Plan.
As the process continues through 2025 and into 2026, we will be using this website to share updates, notices of community meetings, draft findings and more details related to the development of GW’s 2027 Foggy Bottom Campus Plan.
Our planning process will be consistently informed by community input. Together, we will identify, document and evaluate community considerations that will influence the development of the new Campus Plan.
As the process continues through 2025 and into 2026, we will be using this website to share updates, notices of community meetings, draft findings and more details related to the development of GW’s 2027 Foggy Bottom Campus Plan.
Contact
Get Involved
Get Involved
Get Involved
We want to hear from you, please reach out to learn more, share your ideas, or connect with the Campus Plan.
