The Lake Anne Village Advocates (LAVA) is a grass roots group trying to communicate the collective opinion of residents about the Lake Anne revitalization process.

The Lake Anne Village Center should be:
• an easily accessible, multicultural, pedestrian village that attracts both people who live nearby and visitors;
• a beautifully landscaped public space with well-lit walkways leading to the Village Center;
• a vibrant marketplace with a variety of restaurants, shops, and services;
• an attractive destination with a clean and healthy lake, well-maintained docks, fountains, and other structural elements;
• an arts and culture center with a movie theater featuring independent and foreign films, art galleries and frequent live music;
• an international showpiece for visitors that is just as culturally and architecturally significant today as when it was first developed in the 1960s; and
• a leading example of ecologically innovative, i.e. “green,” development.