Fairfax County Board of Supervisors

County board allows denser development on site near Mosaic District

Published January 21, 2025 at 1:15PM

The Alliance Center property in Merrifield (via Fairfax County)

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a comprehensive plan amendment last Tuesday (Jan. 14) that ultimately could lead to the redevelopment of the Alliance Center office condominiums adjoining the Mosaic District in Merrifield.

Though there’s no current development proposal on the table, the amendment would allow nearly 360 residential units with 60,000 square feet of ground-floor uses on the 3.2-acre site, which currently hosts two buildings with 24 aging commercial-condominium units, surrounded by surface parking.

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Fairfax County seeks nearly $91 million in federal transportation grants

By Scott McCaffrey

Published January 17, 2025 at 2:30PM

The Fairfax Connector bus fleet has a growing number of electric buses (courtesy FCDOT)

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors authorized staff on Tuesday (Jan. 14) to make federal grant requests totaling nearly $91 million to fund eight transportation projects.

The application for fiscal year 2031 Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ) and Regional Surface Transportation Program (RSTP) funding now goes to the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA), where it will be scored against applications from other jurisdictions in the region.

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Fairfax County board backs plan to convert vacant hotel into family shelter

By James Jarvis

Published January 16, 2025 at 9:45AM

The Extended Stay America hotel at 3997 Fair Ridge Drive is planned for conversion into an emergency shelter (via Google Maps)

Fairfax County’s plan to transform a shuttered hotel in the Fair Oaks area into an emergency family shelter has cleared a major hurdle, but the county’s planning commission will have the final say later this month.

The Board of Supervisors voted 9-1 on Tuesday (Jan. 14) to allow the former Extended Stay America at 3997 Fair Ridge Drive to be repurposed as a public facility. Springfield District Supervisor Pat Herrity was the lone dissenting vote.

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Revised redevelopment plan for Commons of McLean approved by county board

By Scott McCaffrey

Published January 15, 2025 at 2:30PM

The proposed McLean Crossing redevelopment and its surroundings in Tysons (via LCOR and Fairfax County)

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved an updated conceptual development plan yesterday (Tuesday) that will replace the Commons of McLean apartments (1640 Anderson Road) with a new McLean Crossing mixed-use complex.

The unanimous vote allows property owner LCOR to start moving toward final development plans for an 11-building compound that could add up to 2.72 million square feet of residential, commercial and retail space near the McLean Metro station.

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VDOT’s snowstorm cleanup gets critical reviews from Fairfax County board

By Scott McCaffrey

Published January 14, 2025 at 2:30PM | Updated January 14, 2025 at 6:33PM

Snow and ice cover Rupert Street in McLean on Jan. 8, 2025 (courtesy Jennifer Myers)

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is seeking answers to what it feels was an inadequate response to last week’s Jan. 6 snowstorm by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT).

“Planning, execution and communication fell far short of the service level that our residents demand and deserve,” supervisors said in a joint board matter adopted at the governing body’s meeting today (Tuesday).

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NEW: County starts process to redevelop Crescent Apartments at Lake Anne

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 14, 2025 at 1:15PM

The Crescent Apartments rental office in Reston (via Google Maps)

Fairfax County is officially reviving long-gestating plans to redevelop the Crescent Apartments near Lake Anne in Reston.

At Hunter Mill District Supervisor Walter Alcorn’s request, the Board of Supervisors authorized staff today (Tuesday) to begin the process of conveying the 16.49-acre property at 1527 Cameron Crescent Drive to the Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority (FCRHA).

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Fairfax school board approves new contract with teachers, but pay raises depend on county budget

By James Jarvis

Published January 14, 2025 at 9:00AM

The Fairfax County Public Schools administrative center in Merrifield (file photo)

Fairfax County Public School teachers have more rights than they did a week ago after the school board unanimously approved the Fairfax Education Unions’ (FEU) first collective bargaining agreement in nearly 50 years on Thursday (Jan. 9).

The agreement promises better wages, hours, benefits and working conditions, but questions still remain about how much funding the Board of Supervisors will provide when it finalizes the county budget in May.

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NEW: Supervisor Pat Herrity announces run for lieutenant governor

By Jared Serre

Published January 3, 2025 at 10:15AM

Springfield District Supervisor Pat Herrity (via Fairfax County)

Fairfax County’s top Republican policymaker is entering the race for lieutenant governor.

Pat Herrity, who has represented the Springfield District on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors for more than 15 years, formally announced his candidacy for the office this morning (Friday).

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Better data, more hunters needed to manage Fairfax County’s deer population, report says

By Scott McCaffrey

Published January 2, 2025 at 3:30PM

A deer crosses an asphalt trail through Vienna's Wildwood Park (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A new report says Fairfax County leaders need to work on better determining the county’s deer population, explaining the need for deer management to the public and recruiting volunteers for deer-culling efforts.

Those are some of the suggestions made to the Board of Supervisors by the Fairfax County Environmental Quality Advisory Council (EQAC) in its 134-page annual report for 2024.

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Tysons developers now have to pay a bit more to support public facilities

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 27, 2024 at 11:15AM

Scott's Run Trail near Westgate Park in Tysons (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County has bumped up the amount of money developers must contribute toward public facilities in Tysons if they’re unable to deliver the goods themselves.

As of Dec. 16, the county is charging developers who submit rezoning applications for Tysons sites $2.22 per square foot of their project’s gross floor area to support the construction of roads, parks and other public spaces and infrastructure, Department of Planning and Development (DPD) staff said in a recent report to the Board of Supervisors.