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Metro will reopen Vienna and Dunn Loring stations next week

Published July 14, 2023 at 9:30AM

Free shuttles are available from the Vienna Metro station until it reopens on July 17 (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Train service will be back at the Vienna and Dunn Loring Metro stations, starting Monday (July 17).

The two stations at the western end of the Orange Line have out of commission since June 3 so Metro crews could replace a 40-year-old rail and install fiber-optics cables. The project also affected the West and East Falls Church stations, which reopened on June 26.

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Tysons Community Alliance will seek county funding annually under new agreement

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 13, 2023 at 3:45PM

The water tower in central Tysons (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County formalized its partnership with the Tysons Community Alliance earlier this week with a new agreement outlining the community improvement organization’s mission and structure.

Under the memorandum of understanding (MOU) approved by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday (July 11), the TCA will turn to the county as a primary funding source going forward, even though it will operate independently as a nonprofit.

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Maryland-based hair salon coming to Vienna for first Virginia location

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 13, 2023 at 11:00AM

The Maryland chain Symmetry Salon Studios is expanding to Virginia with a Vienna location (courtesy Symmetry Salon Studios)

An expanding hair salon chain from Maryland has chosen to set up its first Virginia location in the Town of Vienna.

Later this year, Symmetry Salon Studios will open a 3,925-square-foot space (262 Cedar Lane, Suite N) at the Cedar Park Shopping Center, which is also getting the gym Starfit Studio.

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BREAKING: Pedestrian seriously injured in Franconia-Springfield Parkway crash

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 12, 2023 at 6:45PM | Updated July 12, 2023 at 8:49PM

Westbound Franconia-Springfield Parkway is closed at Spring Village Drive after a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle (via FCPD/Twitter)

Updated at 8:50 p.m. — Franconia-Springfield Parkway has reopened after a driver hit a pedestrian earlier this evening.

Earlier: A pedestrian has been hospitalized after a vehicle crash on Franconia-Springfield Parkway in Springfield.

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Fresh off renovation, Tysons Galleria rides ‘luxury’ tailwinds to success out of pandemic

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 12, 2023 at 3:00PM

Tysons Galleria has finished redeveloping the wing formerly filled by Macy's (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Tysons Galleria may be closer to fully realizing its visions of luxury than ever before after a reportedly successful redevelopment of its former Macy’s store.

Created by subdividing the 260,000-square-foot department store, which closed in January 2019, the new wing is “effectively 100% leased” and has helped expand the mall’s offerings, particularly when it comes to home decor and entertainment, according to owner and developer Brookfield Properties.

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More funding sought to complete Annandale Civic Space, now under construction

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 12, 2023 at 11:45AM

The Annandale Civic Space, which is set to be completed later this year (photo courtesy of the Fairfax County Park Authority)

Construction is well underway on Annandale’s new civic space, but it will take a little more money to bring Fairfax County’s full vision to fruition.

The cost of the project, which will turn a parking lot at 7200 Columbia Pike into an urban park, has exceeded the available funding, leading to some elements getting revised or eliminated, Mason District Supervisor Penny Gross told the Board of Supervisors yesterday (Tuesday).

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County approves parking cut at West Falls Church Metro development

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 12, 2023 at 11:00AM

The proposed redevelopment of the West Falls Church Metro station property (via Fairfax County)

Fairfax County will ease up on its parking requirements for the planned redevelopment of the West Falls Church Metro station.

However, the 29% reduction in spaces that the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved yesterday (Tuesday) was lower than the 34% reduction requested by developers EYA, Rushmark Properties, and Hoffman & Associates, known as FGCP-Metro LLC.

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Child hospitalized by car crash on Richmond Highway in Groveton

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 12, 2023 at 9:30AM | Updated July 12, 2023 at 2:59PM

Fairfax County police investigate a vehicle crash at Richmond Highway and Holly Hill Road in Groveton (via FCPD/Twitter)

(Updated at 3 p.m.) A child was taken to the hospital last night (Tuesday) after a car crash on Richmond Highway in the Groveton area.

Police and Fairfax County Fire and Rescue units were dispatched to the intersection of Richmond Highway (Route 1) and Holly Hill Road around 8:53 p.m., according to scanner traffic on Open MHz.

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Four restaurants with Fairfax ties honored at 2023 RAMMY awards

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 11, 2023 at 1:30PM

RASA, which opened a Mosaic District location in 2022, won the 2023 RAMMY award for Favorite Fast Bites (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County residents don’t have to cross the Potomac to taste some of the best cuisine that the D.C. area has to offer, as decreed by the 2023 RAMMY awards.

Announced at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in D.C. on Sunday (July 9), the annual honors from the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) feted four restaurants with ties to the Fairfax area — including three in Merrifield’s Mosaic District.

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Proposed indoor pickleball facility in Tysons seeks to meet high demand

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 11, 2023 at 10:15AM

An indoor pickleball facility has been proposed for 8520 Tyco Road (via Pickleball Club of Tysons/Fairfax County)

A plan to bring pickleball to a warehouse near the Spring Hill Metro station in Tysons is starting to take more concrete shape.

The Pickleball Club of Tysons is seeking a special permit from Fairfax County to build an indoor pickleball facility with six courts at 8520 Tyco Road, an office and warehouse park just across the street from the Adaire apartments.