Feedback sought on Seven Corners mural project
The Community Revitalization Section of the Fairfax County Department of Planning and Development is seeking community feedback on a mural proposed for Seven Corners.
The mural, part of the Paint It, Fairfax! program, will be located on the former CVS building at Willston Centre I, facing Patrick Henry Drive. The mural will coincide with a planned upgrade of the shopping center by Regency Centers.
Community members are invited to take a survey, beginning on Feb. 4, to help the mural committee select a theme, choose an artist, and finalize the proposed design. Access the survey here. It will be open through Feb. 28.
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The survey offers residents the opportunity to submit style preferences and design ideas to ensure that this new piece of public art reflects the distinctive spirit of the Seven Corners community. Survey responses will help the mural selection committee choose a theme and artist and finalize the project design.
Paint It, Fairfax! encourages the development of murals to enhance the county’s eight Commercial Revitalization Districts and Areas and showcase each community’s unique assets.
If the new owners of the shopping center can get the pot holes filled that would enhance it considerably
Murals! Top priority ? Roads unplowed for days. Illegal boarding houses . No zoning enforcement. And property tax exploding … but hey murals for everyone.
It will be a woke mural like all the others.
I have lived in the Seven Corners area for 27 years, and would like the mural to reflect the diversity of cultures living in the area, along with drawings of the faces, foods, flora, fauna and vistas (such as the Seven Corners bottleneck, pedestrian walkway over Hwy 50, and the old twin VA Bank buildings). In addition, include positive words that reflect respect, civility and hope for our community.
I love my community and have contributed to its beauty for years. Thank you.
I have been here for almost 50 years and would rather have, perhaps, a landscape over another diversity statement. Just my opinion.
The mural at ACCA is a horrible eyesore IMO. Exactly what “distinctive spirit” does it reflect? No Korean restaurants showing! Murals don’t increase property values or enhance the look of the neighborhood. Do you see murals in Oakton, Vienna, McLean, Fairfax, West Springfield? If so, I’d like to see what they look like and who they represent. Murals are better than graffiti, so if that is the reason they’re putting them all around our Title 1 area, I wish Andres would simply say it.
Andres ran his campaign on “cultural hub” and “art” which translates to woke murals. It’s as simple as that.