Tag: Seven Corners
Community group recommends revisions to Seven Corners plan
The Seven Corners Ad Hoc Community Working Group is finalizing its work on drafting a revised redevelopment plan for Seven Corners and will submit its recommendations to Mason Supervisor Penny Gross and Mason Planning Commissioner Julie Strandlie on June 23. The ad hoc group consists of representatives of community associations in the Seven Corners area. … Continued
Seven Corners residents seek new hearing on redevelopment options
An ad-hoc community working group that has called for redevelopment of Seven Corners with less density than the proposal under consideration by the Fairfax County Planning Commission has asked the commission to delay a vote on the plan. The Planning Commission held a public hearing on a Seven Corners amendment to the county’s Comprehensive Plan … Continued
Planning Commission defers decision on Seven Corners redevelopment
There was lots of discussion at the Planning Commission hearing about the need to retain affordable housing. The Fairfax County Planning Commission deferred a decision on the Seven Corners Amendment to the county’s Comprehensive Plan to July 8. People who spoke at the Planning Commission’s public hearing May 7 were pretty much split among those … Continued
Gross outlines vision for community school at Willston Center
The main entrance to the Willston Center. Mason Supervisor Penny Gross has outlined a vision for a school at the Willston Multicultural Center that would be attached to a building providing a variety of community services. In her “A Penny for Your Thoughts” column published in the Falls Church News-Press April 16, Gross said she … Continued
Residents urge new approach to Seven Corners redevelopment
Del. Kaye Kory and several local residents plan to ask Mason Supervisor Penny Gross to revisit the redevelopment plan for Seven Corners recommended by the Seven Corners Land Use and Transportation Task Force. The Mason District Land Use Committee is scheduled to review the Seven Corners Task Force proposal March 24. The residents plan to … Continued
Working Group agrees on reduced residential density for Sears site
The Working Group’s final meeting, at Bailey’s Elementary School. The Seven Corners Special Working Group on Opportunity Area C (the Sears site) endorsed a plan for redeveloping the Sears site with less residential density than its earlier draft. The group’s final recommendation, approved March 4, calls for 275 multifamily units and 60 townhouses. That’s a … Continued
Gross supports community school concept
Ernie Wells looks at maps of proposed Seven Corners redevelopment concepts at a community meeting at Bailey’s Elementary School. Mason Supervisor Penny Gross told the audience at a community meeting on Seven Corners redevelopment Feb. 19 that she supports the concept of a community school and that the Willston Center is a possible a location. … Continued
Sears Working Group agrees to draft plan for redevelopment
Friday afternoon traffic on Route 7. Members of the Special Working Group for the Sears site began their final scheduled meeting Feb. 5 not sure if they’d ever reach a consensus. By the end of the meeting, three and a-half hours later, they had agreed to a draft plan outlining the amount of density and … Continued
Seven Corners Working Group agrees on broad concept for Sears site
A rough sketch of the Sears site. Leesburg Pike is on top. Red = multifamily housing, blue = office, orange = entertainment, and yellow = senior housing. [OCR] The Special Working Group on the Sears site in Seven Corners made some progress toward coming up with a plan amendment to guide future development – although … Continued
Board of Supervisors approves Bailey’s Crossroads redevelopment plan
The area outlined in red is the Columbia Pike/Moncure Avenue area proposed for redevelopment. [Fairfax County Planning and Zoning Department] The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a comprehensive plan amendment Jan. 13 to allow the redevelopment of a 7.4-acre property on Columbia Pike and Moncure Avenue in Bailey’s Crossroads. AvalonBay is proposing a … Continued
Community leaders push for school on Willston Center site
The Willston Center. Local residents are stepping up their efforts to push the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to transfer the Willston Multicultural Center property in Seven Corners to Fairfax County Public Schools as a site for a new, badly needed elementary school. The Mason District Council of Community Associations (MDC) has drafted a resolution … Continued
Seven Corners working group weighs redevelopment options for Sears site
The working group reviews development options for the Sears site on Route 7. The Special Working Group on the Sears Site at its Jan. 7 meeting agreed to pursue a plan based on the best elements from the three concepts developed at the group’s design workshop in November. The three designs had different amounts of … Continued
Fairfax County deep into planning for East County building on Willston site
An illustration of the proposed East County Office Building at the Willston site produced by Fairfax County in August 2013. Despite efforts by local residents and school officials to use the Willston Center property for a public school, Fairfax County officials are deep into the planning process for a new East County Office Building on … Continued
Public hearing on Sears site tonight
A public comment period has been added to tonight’s meeting of the Seven Corners Opportunity Area C Special Working Group. The meeting is at the Mason District Government Center, 6507 Columbia Pike, Annandale, and starts earlier, 6:30 p.m., than usual. The working group is exploring redevelopment options for the Sears site on Leesburg Pike. Members … Continued
FCPS asks Fairfax County for Willston Center site for new school
The Willston Center. Fairfax County Public Schools has formally asked the Fairfax County leadership to turn over the Willston Center in Seven Corners to FCPS for use as a school to help relieve overcrowding at other schools in the area. In a Dec. 8 letter to County Executive Edward Long, FCPS Superintendent Karen Garza says … Continued