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Planning Commission endorses expanding substance abuse treatments at Seven Corners mental hospital

October 28, 2021

#drugs, #health, #land use, #Planning Commission, #Seven Corners, #zoning

Dominion Hospital The Fairfax County Planning Commission approved a zoning special exception Oct. 27 to allow Dominion Hospital in Seven Corners to treat patients whose only medical condition is substance abuse. Under current development conditions, the facility can only treat people for drug and alcohol dependency if they also have a psychiatric diagnosis.

Construction underway on KPot restaurant in Seven Corners

September 28, 2021

#businesses, #restaurants, #Seven Corners

The future home of KPot. Construction is finally underway on the KPot restaurant at 6249 Seven Corners Center. It’s located in the building that formerly housed Fortune restaurant. KPot is expected to open this winter. That’s a year and a half after anticipated, but then lots of projects were delayed due to the pandemic. KPot … Continued

New affordable, youth soccer club serves Seven Corners

September 13, 2021

#children, #community organizations, #Seven Corners, #sports

Falls Church Soccer Association players exchange high fives after scoring a goal. Ariel Fernandez, a local soccer dad, says youth soccer clubs are too expensive. So Fernandez created a new club, called the Falls Church Soccer Association. “My intent is to provide an affordable, comprehensive, and transparent recreational program for all ages,” he says.

Seven Corners house fire started in the attic

August 10, 2021

#fires, #Seven Corners

Residents were out of town when their house caught fire. [Debi Gerard] A fire at a single-family home in the 6100 block of Munson Hill Road in Seven Corners was caused by “an unspecified electrical event involving household wiring” in the attic, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department reports.

Supervisors schedule public hearing on eminent domain for sewer project in Seven Corners

July 30, 2021

#Board of Supervisors, #infrastructure, #land use, #Seven Corners, #sewer

The new sewer is shown in red, temporary construction easements and grading agreements are in yellow, and affected properties are outlined in blue. The Board of Supervisors on July 27 agreed to hold a public hearing on the need to use quick-take eminent domain powers for a sewer project in Seven Corners. The hearing is … Continued

Residents raise concerns about proposed needle exchange program in Seven Corners

June 23, 2021

#drugs, #health, #Seven Corners

The NovaSalud staff. The handful of local residents who attended a community meeting on a proposed comprehensive harm reduction program in Seven Corners raised concerns that it would attract drug addicts hanging around the area. A key part of the program is a needle exchange initiative that would be managed by NovaSalud in a medical … Continued

Community invited to learn about new needle exchange program in Seven Corners

June 14, 2021

#drugs, #health, #Seven Corners

The Comprehensive Harm Reduction Program would be operated by the NovaSalud clinic in this medical building in Seven Corners. The public is invited to a community meeting next week to learn more about the Comprehensive Harm Reduction Program coming to Seven Corners. This program, hosted by the Fairfax County Health Department, will provide needle exchange … Continued

Seven Corners pedestrian bridge improvements would discourage loitering and vandalism

May 25, 2021

#infrastructure, #litter, #pedestrians, #Seven Corners

One of the stairwells at the pedestrian bridge in Seven Corners. Fairfax County is considering several options for retrofitting the pedestrian bridge over Arlington Boulevard in Seven Corners to minimize problems with littering, vandalism, and loitering. The project would replace the non-structural concrete panels on the two stairwells with more visually open materials. The objective … Continued

Man arrested for knife incident at mosque

May 9, 2021

#assault, #crime, #police, #Seven Corners

Lincoln Fairfax County Police detectives arrested a man for an attempted stabbing incident at the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Seven Corners. Johnathan Lincoln, 41, of Falls Church, was charged with two counts of assault and disorderly conduct earlier this morning. Police were called to the mosque, at 3159 Row Street, yesterday just before 3 … Continued

Planning Commission approves new Seven Corners Fire Station

May 8, 2021

#fire department, #land use, #Planning Commission, #Seven Corners

The Seven Corners Fire Station on Sleepy Hollow Road. The Fairfax County Planning Commission approved a plan May 5 to replace the aging and obsolete Seven Corners Fire Station. That building, at 2949 Sleepy Hollow Road, was built in 1975 and is not up to the county’s current standards for fire stations.

VDOT will repave dozens of roads in Annandale and Seven Corners

March 26, 2021

#Annandale, #infrastructure, #Seven Corners, #transportation, #VDOT

The roads in red will be repaved in 2021. The Virginia Department of Transportation will repave hundreds of roads in Fairfax County between April and November. Roads on VDOT’s repaving agenda in the Annandale/Mason District area are concentrated in these neighborhoods: Holmes Run Acres, Masonville, Sleepy Hollow, Lee Boulevard Heights, Mantua, and Strathmeade Springs. Access … Continued

When Justice Park was created, Black families were displaced

March 23, 2021

#history, #Justice High School, #parks, #Seven Corners

By Marie Reinsdorf As previously reported in the Annandale Blog, Fairfax County Public Schools and the Park Authority have plans to pave over a portion of Justice Park to build a satellite parking lot for Justice High School. FCPS would construct the parking lot, demolish the basketball/multi-use court to make room for the parking lot … Continued

New pizza shop coming to Seven Corners

February 26, 2021

#Annandale, #Bailey's Crossroads, #businesses, #restaurants, #Seven Corners

The new &Pizza on Arlington Boulevard. &Pizza is expected to open in the Willston II Shopping Center on Arlington Boulevard in Seven Corners in March. Pronounced “and pizza,” this casual restaurant offers oblong-shaped pizzas with a wide range of toppings. The restaurant is between Busy Bees and Tropical Smoothie Café.

Seven corners mental hospital seeks permission to expand services to substance abusers

February 20, 2021

#drugs, #health, #Seven Corners

Dominion Hospital Dominion Hospital, a mental health facility at 2960 Sleepy Hollow Road in Seven Corners, is seeking a special use permit allowing it to treat people whose only need is recovery from alcoholism or substance abuse. Dominion CEO Lee Higginbotham told the Bailey’s Crossroads/Seven Corners Revitalization Corporation Feb. 18 that its current permit from … Continued

Bailey’s Crossroads/Seven Corners business owners invited to free training program

January 29, 2021

#Bailey's Crossroads, #businesses, #Seven Corners

Business owners in Bailey’s Crossroads and Seven Corners are invited to participate in a free business training program. The Bailey’s Crossroads/Seven Corners Revitalization Corporation is working with the Community Business Partnership to offer this program with grant funds from Kaiser Permanente.