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Vienna hires consultant to address cramped work conditions in town hall

Published January 18, 2023 at 10:15AM

A kid runs past Vienna Town Hall (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The Town of Vienna wants to give its employees more breathing room — literally.

Some space has been freed up in town hall by the Vienna Police Department’s criminal investigations bureau relocating to its recently completed station. The department’s transition to the new station will be conclude with its communications team moving in by the end of January, according to a spokesperson.

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Vegan cheese manufacturer Armored Fresh to expand Tysons headquarters

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 17, 2023 at 1:30PM

The South Korean cheese company Armored Fresh at CES 2023 in Las Vegas (via Armored Fresh Inc.)

A South Korean company that makes cheese out of almond milk hopes to ramp up its U.S. presence, starting with an expansion of its American headquarters in Tysons.

Armored Fresh has committed $125,000 to expanding its offices at 1765 Greensboro Station Place with 27 new marketing and sales employees, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced today.

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Chronic wasting disease found in Fairfax County deer for first time ever

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 17, 2023 at 11:45AM

A deer checks out leaves by an asphalt path in Vienna (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A neurological disease that’s fatal to deer has been detected in Fairfax County for the first time ever.

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was found in an adult male deer killed by a hunter in the Vienna area this past October, the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) reported Friday (Jan. 13).

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New restaurant to serve wagyu and whiskey at Capital One Center

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 17, 2023 at 10:15AM

Capital One Center (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Capital One Center has landed another brand-new restaurant concept.

Billed as a “new classic American restaurant,” Ox & Rye signed a lease in mid-December for an 11,000-square-foot, 318-seat space at 7770 Capital One Tower Road in Tysons, the Washington Business Journal reported on Friday (Jan. 13).

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Girl abducted during Lincolnia car theft found, but search for vehicle still on

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 17, 2023 at 9:30AM

Metropolitan Police Department responds after a girl abducted in Lincolnia was found in D.C. (photo by Henry Bright/Twitter)

A 5-year-old girl who was in the backseat of a sedan when it got stolen Sunday night (Jan. 15) has been reunited with her family, Fairfax County police say.

Detectives believe the girl’s stepfather stopped at a parking lot in the 6200 block of Little River Turnpike that evening, leaving his 2012 Honda Accord running while he went inside a restaurant to pick up food, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

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Zoning code overhaul, tree canopy among Vienna Town Council’s top priorities for 2023

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 13, 2023 at 2:15PM

Trees by the Glyndon Park pickleball courts (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The Vienna Town Council is in agreement that it must finish rewriting the town’s zoning code by the end of 2023, but that’s where any unanimity on priorities for the coming year ends.

At its first regular meeting of the year on Monday (Jan. 9), the council voted 4-3 to set four top priorities for 2023: complete Code Create Vienna, develop a parks master plan, review the town’s noise ordinance, and explore ways to improve the local tree canopy.

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Exercise studio Hotworx to open infrared-heated saunas near Dunn Loring Metro

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 13, 2023 at 11:00AM

The sauna-based fitness studio Hotworx is adding a location in Merrifield (courtesy Hotworx)

Residents of the Avalon and Halstead Square apartments near the Dunn Loring Metro station will soon have a new way to meet any fitness-related New Year’s resolutions.

Hotworx, a boutique gym that offers workouts in infrared-heated saunas, will open a studio in Suite C of the apartment buildings at 2750 Gallows Road in Merrifield, franchise owner Raja Khan confirmed to FFXnow.

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Ramen restaurant from Sushi Yoshi owner to open in Vienna this month

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 12, 2023 at 3:45PM

Akai Tori Ramen and Yakitori will serve ramen with handmade broth and other traditional Japanese cuisine (courtesy Akai Tori)

Perhaps the second time will be the charm for ramen shops trying to gain a foothold in the Town of Vienna at 234 Maple Avenue East.

Newcomer Akai Tori Ramen and Yakitori is on track to open in the 3,000-square-foot building on Jan. 28, replacing the short-lived Shin Se Kai Ramen, as first reported by Eater DC. A spokesperson emphasized to FFXnow that the date is a soft opening.

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Vienna Town Council narrowly OKs first salary increases in years

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 12, 2023 at 11:00AM

Councilmember Ed Somers proposes raising the mayor and council salaries by 50% (via Town of Vienna)

When 2024 comes around, Vienna’s mayor and town council will see a bump up in pay for the first time in years.

In a close 4-3 vote, the council approved 50% salary increases during its meeting on Monday (Jan. 9) that would raise the mayor’s annual pay to $11,250 and pay for town council members to $7,500.

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Fairfax County gets solar power plans back on track after contract hiccups

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 12, 2023 at 9:30AM

The Sully Community Center, which is slated to get rooftop solar panels this spring (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

More than three years into a groundbreaking agreement, this spring should bring solar power to one of Fairfax County’s facilities for the first time ever.

The county had 30 sites lined up for solar panels under a power purchase agreement (PPA) initiative that was touted the biggest ever undertaken by a Virginia locality when it was announced in December 2019.