The trail in Random Hills Park will be improved, and the Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA) is seeking public input on its design. The park is located off Random Hills Road in Fair Oaks. The Park Authority is planning to upgrade about 1,000 linear feet of asphalt trail in this park as part of the I-66 Trail/Transform I-66 project. Continue reading
“Rivana at Innovation Station” To Seek Approval Next Week
A group of developers will seek approval next week for the first phase of a development that will straddle the Loudoun-Fairfax county line in what would be one of the biggest projects in the D.C. region. “Rivana at Innovation Station” will be a mixed-use development near the Innovation Center Metro station, and, as planned, will eventually include 4.4 million square feet of development. The area, bounded by Route 28, the Dulles Toll Road and Innovation Avenue, could eventually support up to 9 million square feet of development.Continue reading
Safety Measures For GW Parkway Announced By National Park Service
The National Park Service has announced new measures to make the George Washington Memorial Parkway safer for drivers, walkers and cyclists. The improvements are being made along the southern section of the parkway, between Alexandria and Mount Vernon, Virginia. Continue reading
Vienna Welcomes Greenheart Juice Shop
The “MJ” is a juice mixture of celery, cucumber, kale, spinach, parsley, lemon, mint, pineapple, apple, and ginger, and a top seller among juices at the Greenheart Juice Shop that just opened off the bike trail in Vienna. “We call it salad in a jar,” said store manager Christina Childs, who grew up in Vienna and now lives in Oakton. “It sounds real healthy but it tastes really good too,” she added Alicia Swanstrom, the co-founder of the store along with CEO Matt Cahir. Continue reading
Kids At Fairfax Hospital Got Gifts By Virginia Teen
Logan Lin of Virginia made a post on her mom’s Facebook account, asking people to just donate however much they thought they could. She set a goal of $2,000. And she reached it. After raising the $2,000, Lin found a link on the website for Inova Children’s Hospital in Fairfax County that took her to an Amazon wish list. Continue reading
Cancer Treatment Center To Open In Fairfax
Fairfax, Virginia-based Virginia Cancer Specialists, the largest private cancer practice in Northern Virginia, is opening its newest location at 8613 Lee Highway in Fairfax on April 13. It is VCS’s largest diagnosis and treatment center. The center replaces an existing VCS location in Fairfax at 8503 Arlington Boulevard, which is closing, with physicians relocating to the new location. VCS has 10 centers in Northern Virginia.Continue reading
Hayfield Secondary School Gets Donated Football Practice Gear
The bake sales and car washes that provide funding in the past for extra sports equipment has fallen victim to the pandemic this year so in stepped a parent at Hayfield Secondary School, and the team spent Monday afternoon, March 23, hitting brand new tackling dummies, blocking sleds and crossover cushions to make this football season work. Continue reading
Virginia’s Mosaic District Welcomes New Store Of Framebridge
D.C.-based custom framing company Framebridge, which started as a direct-to-consumer online retailer, has opened its sixth brick-and-mortar store in the Mosaic District in Fairfax, Virginia. It’s the company’s first store in Virginia. Two more new physical stores are also opening soon, at D.C.’s Union Market, tentatively in April, and Arlington’s Clarendon neighborhood in May. Continue reading
Reston Association Holds Kids’ Trout Fishing Day
Reston Association moved forward with its ever-popular Kids’ Trout Fishing Day, Saturday, March 20. Young anglers Will Gandolfo, 5, and brother Nate, 7, of Reston, hopeful and excited to hook a fish, dropped their lines into a deep dark pool of Snakeden Branch stream off Soapstone Drive. Continue reading
More 3D Imaging Satellites Launched By Herndon’s BlackSky
Herndon, Virginia-based BlackSky, a space startup whose small imaging satellites collect high-resolution images of Earth for government and commercial customers, is accelerating the expansion of its satellite constellation. BlackSky will add nine satellites this year through a launch partnership with Long Beach, California-based Rocket Lab, which specializes in small and cube satellite launches. Continue reading