Tag: development
Tysons Corner expansion will have huge impact on Annandale
Developers display plans for Tysons Corner. Whatever happens to Annandale in the next few years, one thing is clear: Living in the shadows of a growing city will have a huge impact. An open house on the plans for “Transforming Tysons” June 15 at Springhill Elementary School offered a glimpse of some of the proposed … Continued
Single-family houses recommended for Peace Valley Lane property
About 80 people, most of them from Ravenwood Park, packed into a meeting of the Mason District Land Use Committee Tuesday evening to make sure their concerns are taken into account as the county considers plans for an undeveloped 1.89-acre property in their neighborhood. The Ravenwood Park Civic Association’s campaign against a proposed townhouse development … Continued
Mason District residents air gripes at Penny Gross’ Town Hall meeting
The Town Hall Meeting convened by Mason District Supervisor Penny Gross Monday evening was supposed to be about the Fairfax County budget, but much of the session was devoted to citizens’ concerns about a variety of other issues—from traffic to wasteful spending, and from lack of zoning oversight to neglect of constituents. The meeting, at … Continued
Westminster seeks neighborhood support for expansion plans
The private Westminster School, at 3819 Gallows Rd., Annandale, is planning a major expansion—to include a new building for its preschool program and a new athletic field with synthetic turf—and is urging nearby residents to support its efforts. At the annual meeting of the Broyhill Crest Community Association March 21, Head of School Ellis Glover … Continued
Animal hospital expanding to site of former 7-Eleven on Columbia Pike
Work is well under way on renovating the former 7-Eleven building on Columbia Pike at Gallows Road in Annandale into an extension of the Columbia Pike Animal Hospital. It will be used for grooming and boarding, and the inside has already been divided into cubicles. The guys working on the building say it should be … Continued
‘Kojo in Your Community’ comes to Northern Virginia March 22
If you’re concerned about overdevelopment in Northern Virginia, our transportation nightmare, or the problematic discipline policy in Fairfax County schools, you’ll have a chance to speak about these issues next Tuesday evening on the The “Kojo in Your Community” radio program, a regular feature of the “Kojo Nnamdi Show.” The “Kojo in Your Community” series features … Continued
Ravenwood Park steps up fight against townhouses
More than 70 people from Ravenwood Park and surrounding areas gathered at JEB Stuart High School last night to solidify their opposition to the development of townhouses on a small piece of vacant property at 3236 Peace Valley Road, Falls Church. [See map at end of post.] Just about everybody there signed a petition opposing … Continued
Conflict over townhouses: Tax base vs. green space
Residents of the Ravenwood Park neighborhood thought they had won a battle against a townhouse development on a vacant property in 2005, but a similar project now seems to be going forward, and the community association is gearing up for another fight. This 1890s-era house in Ravenwood Park was demolished in December Ravenwood Park, a … Continued
BRAC-133 project will create nightmare for Fairfax County commuters
A rendering of the new DOD building If the BRAC-133 project goes forward as planned, people living near the Mark Center in Alexandria can expect a traffic nightmare—and so can residents of Annandale and elsewhere in the region who must navigate through I-395 and other area roads to get to and from their jobs. Residents of … Continued
New fire station planned for Bailey’s Crossroads
Construction is expected to start within the next few months on a new Bailey’s Crossroads fire station to replace the existing building, which was badly damaged in last February’s monster snowstorm. Station 10 is at 3601 Firehouse Lane, Falls Church. The station’s roof collapsed under heavy snowfall at about 3 a.m. Feb. 8. Several firefighters … Continued
Community residents speak out against new development on Beauregard
About 200 residents of neighborhoods in the West End of Alexandria came out on a rainy Thursday evening to tell city planning and transportation officials how frustrated and angry they feel about the Beauregard Corridor Plan. Many residents said the plan would destroy their neighborhoods by encouraging more high-rise developments without adequately addressing the impact … Continued
Annandale’s new TD Bank to open by the end of the year
The new TD Bank, under construction on the corner of Little River Turnpike and Backlick Road, will have a kid-friendly, interactive “penny arcade” coin-counting machine, says company spokesperson Jimmy Hernandez. Using the machine will not only be free, but you can win a prize if you guess within $1 how much your coins are worth. … Continued
Draft Accotink Creek Watershed Management Plan proposed many projects in Annandale
The public is invited to a forum to review a draft plan for preserving and restoring the Accotink watershed Sept. 21 at Fairfax High School, 7-9 p.m. Accotink Creek The Accotink Creek Watershed Management Plan, prepared by KCI Technologies Inc. for the Stormwater Planning Division of the Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental … Continued
Annandale’s new Dollar Store to open on Labor Day
Planning to hang around Annandale, Va., and go shopping on Labor Day? The new Dollar Tree store in the Little River Shopping Center (next to Blockbuster) will open 9 a.m. on Monday. Renovation is underway on the new Petco a few stores down, in the same shopping center on Little River Turnpike.
Fairfax Arts Council will focus on advocacy
Dusenberry The Arts Council of Fairfax County brought together local artists and public leaders for a thank-you party Aug. 27 at the Mason District Government Center for John Dusenberry, who is leaving his position as director of the council’s Art in the Workplace program. Faced with limited resources, the Arts Council will focus on advocacy efforts … Continued