December 26, 2024
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: neighborhood groups

CERT course teaches neighbors to take charge during emergencies

#community events, #emergencies, #health, #neighborhood groups, #safety, #volunteers

CERT students set up a triage system to care for the wounded. Local residents bleeding heavily and screaming in pain were lying on the floor of the Moose Lodge in Bailey’s Crossroads Saturday morning following a severe tornado. One woman lost three fingers, another victim had a leg sheared off, while others suffered broken bones … Continued

Planning Commission defers decision on Monticello Mews

#housing, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #Planning Commission, #proffers, #redevelopment, #zoning
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Monticello Mews would be built in the area within the black border. [DPZ] The Fairfax County Planning Commission deferred until March 16 a decision on Monticello Mews, a proposal for 99 townhouses to be built on a 10.7-acre vacant field on Edsall Road adjacent to the Jefferson Green townhouses and the Isabella high-rise condominium. That’s … Continued

Neighborhood Spotlight: Parklawn

#community organizations, #housing, #neighborhood groups, #parks, #real estate
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Original Parklawn houses along Yellowstone Drive. Like so many other subdivisions in the Annandale/Mason area, Parklawn was built on farmland to meet the needs of population growth following World War II. The neighborhood, generally between Columbia Pike, Holmes Run Stream Valley, and Lincolnia Road, was built in 1955 on what had been the Clark family’s … Continued

County seminar will address neighborhood problems

#code compliance, #community events, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #property maintenance
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Attention community association and HOA leaders: Want to learn how to deal with neighborhood problems and recruit more volunteers? The Neighborhood Concerns Seminar is for you. It’s Saturday, March 5, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., at Falls Church High School. This free event is sponsored by the Fairfax County Department of Code Compliance and is open to … Continued

Despite legal setback, Malbrook residents confident they will win

#courts, #housing, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #redevelopment
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Deer enjoy the meadow where an infill housing development is planned near Malbrook. By Darren Gruendel Sex, lies, and videotape – OK, no sex, but there are plenty of lies and there’s a video of horrendous flooding in the continuing drama about Malbrook subdivision’s fight to protect its neighborhood covenants.  Malbrook residents were shocked on … Continued

Judge approves temporary injunction on infill development in Malbrook

#courts, #housing, #neighborhood groups, #real estate
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Malbrook residents argue this proposed easement along Brooks Place violates their community’s covenants. Residents of the Malbrook subdivision who are fighting an infill development are pleased with the outcome of a hearing on their case in Fairfax Circuit Court Sept. 9. Judge Randy Bellows moved the trial date from March 2016 to Nov. 2, 2015, … Continued

Woodley Pool celebrates 60th anniversary

#neighborhood groups, #pools

Sunday night is raft night at the Woodley Pool. Members of the Woodley Recreation Association celebrated the pool’s 60th anniversary with a DJ, pizza, beer, cake, and balloon animals at an end-of-summer party Sept. 6. The pool, on Camp Alger Avenue, is in the Broyhill Park neighborhood in the Falls Church area of Mason District. … Continued

Illegal infill development would destroy our neighborhood

#housing, #neighborhood groups, #real estate, #redevelopment
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Malbrook residents are fighting Evergreene’s plan to develop on this site. By Darren Gruendel An article published in the Annandale Blog Aug. 18 describes how residents of the Malbrook subdivision are fighting a developer’s plans to built eight houses on a small lot in defiance of the community’s legal covenants. If this project goes forward, … Continued