Options for home-buyers across the GazetteLeader swath of Fairfax County remain constrained, and as a result, their interest level was equally limited in September, according to new data.
Every single ZIP code in the coverage area showed low levels of buyer interest for the month, as the market segued from summer to fall.
By Brian Trompeter
The annual Vienna Halloween Parade fulfilled a long-standing tradition Oct. 25, thrilling thousands of spectators with colorful floats, marching bands, classic cars and costumed revelers.
By Brian Trompeter
The Vienna Police Department’s newest officer, Jedidiah Temple, officially completed his training at the Fairfax County Criminal Justice Academy on Oct. 19.
By Brian Trompeter
Demand for data centers likely will double by 2030 and Fairfax County officials are seeking to make the facilities more attractive and less detrimental to surrounding communities and the environment.
By Brian Trompeter
From offices left vacant by telecommuting workers to increasingly unaffordable housing and a downturn in one of the Washington region’s most reliable job sectors, local leaders face a bevy of challenges, panelists said Oct. 18 at the inaugural Capital Area Economic Forum.
The 2023 “Raise the Region Gala,” held Oct. 13 to support the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia, brought in $770,000 to support the organization’s mission.
“Our theme for the event was renewal, as every community, and everything in it, must be continuously renewed and reimagined,” said Eileen Ellsworth, the organization’s president/CEO.
More than $275,000 for student scholarships and other initiatives was raised during the annual “ARTS by George!” celebration, sponsored by the George Mason University College of Visual and Performing Arts.
The benefit was headlined by Grammy and Tony award winner Renée Elise Goldsberry, also supported the Mason Community Arts Academy, Green Machine Ensembles and the Great Performances at Mason season at the Center for the Arts.
By Brian Trompeter
Fairfax County supervisors on Oct. 24 were set to authorize retroactively the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services (NCS) application for, and acceptance if approved, $531,409 worth of grant funding from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ (COG) Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program to buy five wheelchair-lift-equipped vehicles.
By Brian Trompeter
Code Create Vienna, the town of Vienna’s first major zoning-code rewrite in decades, has been in the works for three years and cleared its final hurdle Oct. 23.
By Brian Trompeter
Despite at times heated testimony from residents who would be affected, the Fairfax County Planning Commission on Oct. 18 unanimously recommended that county supervisors approve somewhat more restrictive outdoor-lighting rules within a half-mile radius of Turner Farm Park Observatory in Great Falls.
