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Fairfax County is moving forward with a $7.5 million project to add a child care center and an athletic field to the Hybla Valley Community Center.

At its Oct. 7 meeting, the Fairfax County Planning Commission unanimously signed off on the proposal to revamp the facility at 7952 Audubon Avenue.


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A Vienna-based developer has secured a key vote of support for its plan to build 13 single-family houses on the current Wolf Trap Nursery site.

The Fairfax County Planning Commission recommended approval of a proposal from Sekas Homes to rezone and redevelop the nearly 6.5-acre property at 9439 Leesburg Pike in Wolf Trap during its meeting on Sept. 30.


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Fairfax County planners want a little bit more time before making a recommendation on the proposed redevelopment of Lake Fairfax Business Center.

At its Sept. 23 meeting, the Planning Commission deferred a vote on the plan to turn the mostly vacant office park in Reston into a large residential neighborhood.


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Hundreds of housing units could be coming near the Herndon Metro station.

At its Sept. 23 meeting, the Fairfax County Planning Commission recommended approval of a rezoning and development plan amendment to support the proposed Woodland Park redevelopment. A Board of Supervisors hearing has not yet been scheduled.


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Fairfax County officials have taken the first step to supporting a new housing complex at the Hilltop Village Center near Fort Belvoir.

After a public hearing at its Tuesday (Sept. 29) meeting, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a comprehensive plan amendment to support a 280-unit multifamily residential building for the commercial complex in Kingstowne.


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Despite some lingering concerns, Fairfax County officials are moving forward with a large mixed-use development proposal near the Innovation Center Metro station.

At its Sept. 16 meeting, the Fairfax County Planning Commission recommended approval of several applications for the Aurora Station at Dulles development.


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Fairfax County planners are willing to facilitate the relocation of a Reston Community Center satellite facility into a planned redevelopment of a Lake Anne apartment complex.

At its Sept. 9 meeting, the Fairfax County Planning Commission unanimously voted to recommend approval of a comprehensive plan amendment to expand the amount of non-residential uses allowed on the Crescent Apartments property more than tenfold.


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A missing piece that would complete Discovery Square’s transformation from planned office park into a mixed-use, residential development in the Sully District is nearing the final stages of approval from Fairfax County.

The proposal, which calls for 108 multifamily units and about 31,400 square feet of neighborhood-serving retail on an 8-acre site in the northwest quadrant of Centreville Road and Wall Road, obtained a key endorsement from the Fairfax County Planning Commission earlier this month.


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The Fairfax County Federation of Citizens Associations is backing neighbors in their fight against the planned Plaza 500 data center campus and its associated electrical substation in Lincolnia.

The federation voted at its membership meeting last Thursday (Aug. 27) to oppose the 34-acre data center campus at 6295 and 6299 Edsall Road proposed by Starwood Capital Group and a substation proposed by Dominion Energy.


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The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday (Aug. 25) paid formal tribute to John Carter, who recently retired as Hunter Mill District’s representative on the Planning Commission, and named his successor on the panel.

Carter, who served on the body for nine years, departed the post on Aug. 31.


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