August 7, 2026
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: land use

Efficiency units could destabilze neighborhoods, community leaders warn

#housing, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #zoning
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A tiny studio apartment in San Francisco. [Photo from USA Today.] Civic association leaders are concerned that a Fairfax County proposal to create a new zoning category allowing tiny efficiency apartments could destroy the character of older, residential neighborhoods, especially in places like the Annandale/Mason area where overcrowding is already a problem. The Fairfax County … Continued

VDOT orders Buddhist temple to address right of way violations

#land use, #property maintenance, #religion, #VDOT
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Officials from both the Fairfax County code compliance department and the Virginia Department of Transportation are investigating complaints from neighbors about the Buddhist temple at 6822 Columbia Pike in Annandale. Among the complaints: trees cut down in front of the property facing Columbia Pike, potentially illegal changes to the property, and the operation of a … Continued

Wakefield Run restoration project in Annandale is collaborative effort

#Cook, #environment, #land use, #nature, #parks, #stormwater
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A symbolic groundbreaking ceremony was hundreds of feet from Wakefield Run and several weeks before the start of construction. The increasing urbanization of the Annandale area is putting lots pressures on waterways. All the impervious surfaces created by development is causing stormwater to rush into streams causing erosion, but at least one degraded stream is … Continued

Board of Supervisors approves Fairfax Forward land use process

#Board of Supervisors, #community organizations, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #zoning

Board hearings take place in the Fairfax County Government Center. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a new, more comprehensive process for reviewing and making changes in the county’s land use plan. The new system, known as Fairfax Forward, replaces the current Area Plans Review (APR) system for updating the county’s Comprehensive Plan. Fairfax … Continued

Planning Commission recommends approval of Parklawn cell tower

#cell tower, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #Planning Commission
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Planning Commission members (from the left) include James Hart (at-large), Janet Hall (Mason), Chairman Peter Murphy (Springfield), and Frank de la Fe (Hunter Mill). The Fairfax County Planning Commission unanimously recommended the Board of Supervisors approve an application for a cell tower at the Parklawn pool. The cell tower issue has been extremely divisive for … Continued

Gross agrees to strengthen community input on land use issues

#Gross, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #redevelopment, #zoning
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In advance of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors’ hearing on Fairfax Forward next week, representatives of the Mason District Council of Community Associations (MDC) met with Mason Supervisor Penny Gross to express their concerns with potential changes to how land use decisions are made. Fairfax Forward revises the procedures for updating the county’s Comprehensive … Continued

Seven Corners Task Force puts together outline for redevelopment

#businesses, #land use, #real estate, #redevelopment, #Seven Corners
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Seven Corners Task Force members during the charrette. Seven Corners could be vastly improved with a town center on the site of the Willston shopping centers and Willston Multicultural Center along Route 50. That’s one of the key outcomes from a marathon “charrette” session held by the Seven Corners Land Use and Transportation Task Force. … Continued

Mason land use committee endorses adult daycare center on Lincolnia Road

#aging, #land use, #Lincolnia, #Planning Commission, #social services, #zoning

The proposed facade of the Agape Center, facing Lincolnia Road. The Mason District Land Use Committee voted June 25 to recommend the Fairfax County Planning Commission approve a proposal by Agape Health Management Inc. for an adult daycare center on Lincolnia Road. The Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing for July 18 on Agape’s … Continued

Transportation systems need to evolve to accommodate urbanization

#beltway, #Bulova, #bus, #land use, #redevelopment, #streetcars, #transportation

Rush hour on Route 50 in Falls Church. Fairfax County Supervisor Sharon Bulova’s “Evolution of Transportation” forum June 12 covered trends from way back—when Route 7 was an Indian trail—to the future, when we might be able to watch TV or nap while our cars drive themselves. The present state of transportation is a mess, … Continued