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NEW: Tysons Partnership will morph into the ‘Tysons Community Alliance’

Published October 17, 2022 at 11:00AM | Updated October 17, 2022 at 4:11PM

Welcome to Tysons sign (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

(Updated at 4:10 p.m.) Tysons has its new anchor organization.

Tysons Partnership — the nonprofit charged with implementing Fairfax County’s vision for Tysons — will be phased out in favor of a newly created Tysons Community Alliance (TCA) that will advocate for local residents, businesses and nonprofits, the partnership announced today (Monday).

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Most-read Fairfax County stories of the week: Oct. 10-14

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 14, 2022 at 3:30PM | Updated October 21, 2022 at 8:12AM

Inside Vertical Rock's new Tysons gym (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The weekend is almost here. Before you check out the Richmond Highway corridor’s first parklet or head to bed for some much-needed sleep, let’s revisit the past week of news in Fairfax County.

Here are the 10 most-read stories on FFXnow this week:

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McLean church hosts benefit concert to fund medical supplies for Ukraine

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 14, 2022 at 3:00PM

A Ukraine love sign in Vienna (file photo)

A church in McLean and an orchestra based in Tysons have teamed up to do their part to assist humanitarian relief efforts in Ukraine.

The Virginia Chamber Orchestra will put on a free Benefit Concert for Ukraine in the McLean Baptist Church sanctuary (1367 Chain Bridge Road) at 4 p.m. this Sunday (Oct. 16).

Around Town

Halloween creeps up on Tysons early with mall trick-or-treating

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 14, 2022 at 2:15PM

Tysons Corner Center (file photo)

Halloween is showing up on Tysons Corner Center’s doorstep a couple weeks early this year.

The mall’s Fall Festival this weekend will include a full Halloween experience, with trick-or-treating, pumpkin carving, and other activities.

News

County board OKs Somos project to speed up the creation of workforce housing in Tysons East

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 14, 2022 at 9:30AM

Developer SCG has revised its design for Somos to put the main entrance on Lincoln Street (via Fairfax County)

A development expected to significantly increase the availability of workforce housing in Tysons East won the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors’ approval on Tuesday (Oct. 11).

The board voted unanimously in support of SCG Development’s proposal to replace a six-story office building at 1750 Old Meadow Road with two connected, 8-story residential buildings with 453 workforce housing units.

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Fairfax County proposes developer incentives to encourage street trees

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 13, 2022 at 3:00PM

Trees line Avenir Place in Dunn Loring (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County planners want to cultivate more tree-lined streets, but to make that a reality, some more leeway for developers may be needed.

With a proposed pilot program, the county’s Department of Planning and Development (DPD) will let developers in more urbanized areas count street trees as part of their 10-year tree canopy requirements — an option already offered in Tysons.

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NEW: Two killed in moped crash on Dulles Toll Road in Wolf Trap

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 13, 2022 at 1:15PM

The Dulles Toll Road exit to Trap Road (via Google Maps)

Two people died in a moped crash on the Dulles Toll Road near the exit to Trap Road last night (Wednesday).

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority police responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash with multiple injuries in the toll road’s westbound lanes at 9:40 p.m., MWAA said in a statement to FFXnow.

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Ashes start Wolf Trap house fire that displaced five people

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 13, 2022 at 10:15AM

Fairfax County firefighters respond to a house fire in the 1700 block of Fox Run Court in Wolf Trap (via FCFRD)

Five Wolf Trap residents lost their home, at least temporarily, due to a large fire on Tuesday (Oct. 11).

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department units were dispatched to the 1700 block of Fox Run Court at 4:35 p.m. after a neighbor in the area noticed smoke and fire on a house’s exterior, prompting them to call 911, according to a report published yesterday (Wednesday).

News

JUST IN: No charges against police who shot man in Springfield Town Center

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 12, 2022 at 3:45PM

The scene at Springfield Town Center's parking lot outside Target, where a police officer reportedly shot a man (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

The Fairfax County police officers who fatally shot a Reston man at Springfield Town Center in June won’t face any charges, the county’s top prosecutor announced today (Wednesday).

An investigation determined that officers Daniel Houtz and Ryan Sheehan reasonably believed that 37-year-old Christian Parker posed a serious, immediate threat to them and a third officer at the scene, according to a news release from Fairfax County County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano.

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Fairfax County firefighters could let union negotiate work conditions for first time in decades

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 12, 2022 at 3:00PM

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department (file photo)

The first union election that Fairfax County employees have been allowed to hold in over four decades is now underway.

With an election for representation that launched Monday (Oct. 10), firefighters, medics, fire marshals and other Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department workers will determine whether the union IAFF Local 2068 can represent them in upcoming contract negotiations with the county government.