By Brian Trompeter
The former Sheraton Premiere hotel in Tysons on Jan. 23 received a second life from the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.
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The Washington region’s snow drought has come to an end, but at Northern Virginia’s two commercial airports, the arrival of several rapid-fire winter-weather events is causing some learning-by-doing for staff who haven’t handled snow before.
“Good thing we practice,” Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority CEO Jack Potter said at the authority’s Jan. 17 board meeting. He noted that about 100 members of the “snow teams” at Ronald Reagan Washington National and Washington Dulles International airports have come to their posts since the last active winter season of three years ago.
By Brian Trompeter
A proposed Tysons casino has generated opposition from local civic groups, and the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors also is expressing misgivings about the prospect.
By Brian Trompeter
As they did last year, the Vienna Town Council agreed Jan. 29 to set four top priorities as its goals for the year ahead.
By Brian Trompeter
The form it eventually will take has yet to be determined, but a commercial parcel in Merrifield now is cleared for upgrades or redevelopment.
By Brian Trompeter
To protect McLean neighborhoods overrun by commuters cutting through to avoid bottlenecks on Route 7, Interstate 495 and other major roads, newly elected Fairfax Supervisor Jimmy Bierman (D-Dranesville) wants to restrict peak-hour traffic in those neighborhoods, but exempt residents living there using a vehicle-sticker program.
By Brian Trompeter
It may not be popular with local civic groups, but a bill to let Fairfax County hold a referendum on building a casino in Tysons is advancing in the state Senate.
By Brian Trompeter
The Vienna Department of Economic Development’s first-ever “State of the Economy” event provided information, spectacle, tasty food and town-promoting swag to about 70 people who filled the Vienna Community Center’s auditorium Jan. 18.
The Washington region’s real-estate market is beginning to show a little spring fever, with new listings, showings and contracts all up for the week ending Feb. 4 compared to the preceding week.
In terms of a year-over-year comparison, however, there is still some ground to make up.
By Brian Trompeter
Civic associations in Great Falls, McLean, Vienna, Oakton and Providence District are not letting up in their monitoring of local affairs, advocacy with government officials and provision of community events.