November 5, 2024
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
Pinecrest School

Tag: homeless

Property owners complain homeless shelter will be bad for business

#Bailey's Crossroads, #businesses, #homeless, #land use, #redevelopment, #restaurants, #Southeast Quadrant, #zoning
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A shopping center on Seminary has a dance studio, veterinarian, mattress store, carpet store, martial arts studio, restaurants, bakeries, and a church.  Several business owners along Seminary Road and Center Lane in Bailey’s Crossroads are concerned that Fairfax County’s plans to move a homeless shelter to their area will lead to more crime, vagrants, and … Continued

Plans outlined for new Bailey’s Crossroads homeless shelter

#homeless, #land use, #Planning Commission, #redevelopment, #Southeast Quadrant
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The red box shows the location of the new site for the Bailey’s Crossroads Community Shelter. Fairfax County is going ahead with plans to relocate the Bailey’s Crossroads Community Shelter to a site on Seminary Road – despite the fact that plans for redeveloping the current site fell through. The new three-story facility would be … Continued

Withdrawal of AvalonBay means Southeast Quadrant won’t be developed

#Bailey's Crossroads, #homeless, #housing, #land use, #Lincolnia, #real estate, #redevelopment, #Southeast Quadrant
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The Southeast Quadrant on Columbia Pike. The withdrawal of AvalonBay from the land swap previously approved by the development company and the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors means the Southeast Quadrant of Bailey’s Crossroads will remain undeveloped for the foreseeable future. “The land swap was negated when AvalonBay withdrew,” says Mason Supervisor Penny Gross. “It’s … Continued

County purchases site for permanent homeless shelter

#Bailey's Crossroads, #government services, #homeless, #land use, #Planning Commission
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Fairfax County is purchasing this former animal hospital as the site for a new homeless shelter. Fairfax County is going ahead with plans to relocate the Bailey’s Crossroads homeless shelter to a field behind the Lincolnia Senior Center, even though the county has found a permanent site for the shelter. The Planning Commission approved the … Continued

HOA files suit to block relocation of homeless shelter to Lincolnia

#courts, #homeless, #land use, #Lincolnia, #neighborhood groups, #Planning Commission, #seniors
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The entrance to Stonegate at Landmark on N. Chambliss Street. The Stonegate at Landmark Homeowners Association filed a lawsuit July 12 against the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in an attempt to halt the county’s plan to temporarily relocate the Bailey’s Crossroads homeless shelter to the backyard of the Lincolnia Senior Center. The suit, filed … Continued

Mason land use committee votes against homeless shelter relocation

#crime, #homeless, #land use, #Lincolnia, #neighborhood groups, #Planning Commission, #safety, #seniors
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Lincolnia residents who oppose a temporary homeless shelter in their neighborhood stage a protest in front of the Lincolnia Senior Center June 24. [Mark Fraser] Lincolnia residents who have been fighting a Fairfax County plan to move the Bailey’s Crossroads homeless shelter to a field behind the Lincolnia Senior Center achieved an interim victory June … Continued

An open letter to Mason District residents on the homeless shelter relocation

#homeless, #land use, #Mason District, #neighborhood groups, #redevelopment, #seniors
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The following open letter to the residents of Mason District was written by Deborah Fraser, Kathy Hoyt, Lynn Bostain, Christine Trapnell, and Carol Turner, who oppose Fairfax County’s plans to relocate the Bailey’s Crossroads Community Shelter to a site at the Lincolnia Senior Center. This piece reflects the views of the authors, not the Annandale … Continued

Lincolnia residents speak out against homeless shelter relocation

#homeless, #land use, #Lincolnia, #redevelopment, #safety
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An overflow crowd at the MDLUC meeting. An overflow crowd showed up at the Mason District Land Use Committee meeting May 24 to voice their opposition to Fairfax County’s plans for relocating the Bailey’s Crossroads homeless shelter to a field behind the Lincolnia Senior Center on N. Chambliss Street. Local residents are concerned about the … Continued

Strong security measures proposed for homeless shelter

#homeless, #land use, #Lincolnia, #neighborhood groups, #seniors
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A temporarily homeless shelter would be installed on this field at the rear of the Lincolnia Senior Center. A consultant hired by Fairfax County to assess the security needs of the Lincolnia Senior Center and the relocated Bailey’s homeless shelter calls for surveillance cameras, armed security guards, and metal detectors. The county is proposing to … Continued

County officials defend plans for homeless shelter, county office building

#Bailey's Crossroads, #East County Government Center, #homeless, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #redevelopment, #Southeast Quadrant, #zoning
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Lincolnia residents put up this sign on Little River Turnpike in Lincolnia. Deputy County Executive Robert Stalzer defended Fairfax County’s plans to relocate a homeless shelter and construct a county office building as part of the proposed Southeast Quadrant redevelopment in Bailey’s Crossroads. Several dozen Lincolnia residents brought their concerns about the shelter relocation to … Continued

For the homeless, the Bailey’s Shelter is a stepping stone to a better life

#employment, #health, #homeless, #social services, #Southeast Quadrant
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Dana Guthrie (left) and David Marmoll are staying at the Bailey’s Crossroads Community Shelter. None of the residents of the Bailey’s Crossroads Community Shelter encountered on April 14 were aware that Fairfax County is planning to temporarily relocate the shelter to Lincolnia, a plan that has met with strong opposition from some local residents. The … Continued