A long-vacant plot of land on Fairfax Circle will soon be home to an urban agriculture startup.
Area 2 Farms will be setting up shop at 9571 Fairfax Blvd in Fairfax City by the end of this year, Fairfax City Economic Development announced yesterday (Wednesday).
A popular bakery and cafe chain around the D.C. area is planning on opening its latest Fairfax-area location later this month.
Tatte Bakery & Cafe has targeted Aug. 27 to open its new cafe in Fairfax City, according to signage posted outside the building.
Three months after it was put on hold, a divided Fairfax City Council has brought the $6 million Pickett Road Connector Trail project back to life.
After Mayor Catherine Read cast the tiebreaker in a 4-3 vote last week, planning will restart on the proposed 1,260-foot trail running south from Fairfax Blvd to Thaiss Memorial Park on the east side of Pickett Road.
Plans to redevelop the Courthouse Plaza Shopping Center near Old Town Fairfax were put on hold last week, giving city officials and the developer more time to find compromises on the overall proposal.
“Being good partners requires flexibility not just from the developer, but from the city as well,” Fairfax City Councilmember Anthony Amos said at the July 22 meeting, where council members voted 5-1 to defer final consideration until Oct. 28.
A divided Fairfax City Council narrowly approved a major redevelopment plan at its July 22 meeting that will see a century-old home replaced with up to 276 apartment units, plus ground-floor commercial and retail space, on a key parcel in Old Town Fairfax.
The 4-3 vote to support the staff recommendation for redevelopment marked the conclusion of a nearly decade-old process to determine the future of the 2.7-acre site at 4131 Chain Bridge Road.
The City of Fairfax is starting to fill some key vacant positions, announcing the hiring of a new police chief and a human resources director this week.
As first reported yesterday (Wednesday) by ALXnow, Alexandria Assistant Police Chief Raul Pedroso has been selected to lead the City of Fairfax Police Department after a national search that drew “many qualified candidates,” according to the city.
At Pathway Homes, art is celebrated as an outlet for at-risk local residents facing mental health issues to express themselves. The results can be seen throughout July at the Fairfax County Government Center.
The annual “Summer of the Arts” exhibit, now in its 12th year, features more than 40 pieces in media ranging from watercolors and pastels to poetry and 3D modeling. Works are typically sold for $15 to $75, with 100% of the proceeds going to the artists.
The City of Fairfax could tighten its restrictions on noise but is likely holding off on regulating gas-powered leaf blowers.
Currently in Fairfax City, amplified sounds like music and other noise through speakers are prohibited form being plainly audible inside another person’s dwelling unit between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Street noises, like yelling, shouting, and hooting are likewise prohibited on public streets during the same hours.
Members of the City of Fairfax Planning Commission reacted generally favorably to a conceptual plan that would massively redevelop a key stretch of Main Street (Route 236).
“I like the concept, I like the responsiveness,” commission chair James Feather said Monday night (June 14) after a briefing on the proposal by Van Metre Companies plan to redevelop the Fairfax Square Professional Center, an office and retail park at 9840-9946 Main Street.
A New York-based restaurant chain will officially introduce itself to Fairfax City tomorrow (Thursday).
After welcoming its first customers with a soft opening earlier this month, Blazin’ Chicken and Gyro plans to commemorate the grand opening of its second D.C.-area location with complimentary food, juices and milkshakes from 5-9 p.m.
