Monday, November 19, 2012
Fairfax County's Board will hold public hearings on both subjects Tuesday afternoon.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors will hold public hearings on further development in Tysons and proposed changes to child care laws during its meeting Tuesday, Nov. 20. Cityline Partners has proposed approximately 19 acres of development that would include office space, a hotel, retail locations and residential buildings south of Westpark Drive and near Westbranch Drive. The proposal – eight buildings as outlined in the plan – would total 2.5 million square feet of development within a half-mile of the Silver Line’s Tysons Corner Metro Station. Click here for more information on the redevelopment plan. The Cityline hearings are scheduled for 3 p.m. The Board will also host a hearing on proposed changes to laws that will affect …
Monday, October 15, 2012
See the agenda for the Oct. 16 Board of Supervisors meeting.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors will hear a presentation from the Private Sector Energy Task Force Tuesday detailing how the county can begin to become greener and energy efficient. The task force, which is chaired by Leo Schefer, president of the Washington Airports Task Force, is expected to make a series of recommendations to supervisors. The recommendations may include mapping out how the county intends to meet its goal of a carbon-neutral Tysons Corner by 2030. The task froce also support incentives for property owners to invest in sustainable and green improvements to new and existing buildings in the county. Later in the afternoon, the board will conduct a public comment period regarding the transportation-funding plan for …
Monday, June 11, 2012
The Southeast Fairfax Development Corp. hosted an information session Saturday.
More than 50 people gathered Saturday in Fort Hunt to learn about how development, when done right, can beneficially impact the environment and create green spaces for public use. The Southeast Fairfax Development Corp. hosted the morning event at Carl Sandburg Middle School in Fort Hunt. The session included four panelists who stressed how “new trends in green development” are providing smarter development that benefits both people and the environment. The county is promoting smart growth with mixes of transportation and transit use and reduced vehicle miles traveled per person, explained speaker Noel Kaplan, a senior environmental planner with the Fairfax County Department of Planning and Zoning. The county Department of Transportation …
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
In response to the second of six questions posed by Patch, the candidates for Chairman of the Board of Supervisors discuss the $1.6 billion in unfunded costs in Tysons' development.
The four candidates running for chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors answered six questions by email for Patch. We will feature one question each day, with the unedited answers by each of the candidates. Incumbent Democrat Sharon Bulova (website, Facebook, Twitter) Independent Christopher DeCarlo (website, YouTube) Independent Will Radle (Facebook, YouTube) Republican Michael “Spike” Williams (website, Facebook) Question #2: According to the Fairfax County Department of Transportation (Table 7 in the Tysons Comprehensive Plan), there are about $1.6 billion in unfunded road and transportation costs in the development of Tysons. Who will be paying these unfunded costs? Explain. Sharon Bulova It is important to remember …
Kim McCoy
4:28 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
@ Eric Jeffrey...in response to your post above. What's dangerous is becoming so anesthetized and controlled by the "green" movement that you forget you are a human being not a slave to the planet. With all the "central planning", "comprehensive planning", "smart growth", and "Eco-friendly" regulating that is going on is a wonder the liberals even allow us to breathe anymore....You keep finding … more ›