Tuesday, November 20, 2012
McLean residents can't agree how to use an undeveloped parcel off Dolley Madison Boulevard.
Some people want athletic fields. Others want a dog park. Dan DuVal, the owner of a large parcel of undeveloped land in McLean called Salona, says he'd like to keep the property untouched for "education and historical purposes." This, of course, somewhat oversimplifies what NBC Washington has dubbed the Salona Park "Turf War." In 2005, Fairfax County purchased a $16 million conservation easement from DuVal for the property - the most the county had ever spent on an easement, NBC reports. In early October, the Salona Park Task Force solicited public comment during a meeting held at the McLean Community Center. Hundreds of ideas were submitted. As yet, no consensus has been reached. Dranesville District Supervisor John Foust told Patch he …
Thursday, October 25, 2012
A Halloween party/fundraiser for the barn will be held on Saturday.
McLean Patch wants to help get the word out about a local fundraiser this weekend, organized to help save the Historic Pimmit Barn, located at 1845 Cherri Dr. in Pimmit Hills. According to a press release written by the "Save the Pimmit Barn" committee, the Historic Pimmit Barn is the last surviving dairy barn inside the Beltway. "Used by the McLean Youth Athletics (MYA) - a nonprofit association serving the needs of over four thousand families in Falls Church, McLean and Great Falls - for the last twenty years, the building serves as a landmark of the area’s rural past and remains a vital part of the neighborhood. But it may not be there for much longer." The committee reports that more than 400 area residents have signed a petition to …
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Board decision means multi-million surplus remains in the bank
The McLean Community Board voted Monday night to return to its plan to try and build some kind of facility some where in downtown as a way to spend its estimated $10.7 million surplus. This the latest development in the long-running saga of the MCC Board, its surplus and the stalled redevelopment of downtown McLean. The MCC's latest decision comes four months after board members raised serious doubts and questions about the feasibility of a downtown project. Monday night board members agreed that little has changed in downtown: Developer Dan Montgomery, who owns much for downtown McLean, still has his redevelopment plans on hold. MCC still has no site. The staff has told the board that its plan for a building that would include perhaps …
Dave Webster
3:47 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
What exactly are the restrictions on the DuVal easement? During the recent election, I saw a large political sign in Salona Park. I was ultimately informed by a local political party official that the sign was put there by permission of the "owner." Maybe this oversized political sign was part of the educational purposes Dan DuVal says he wants the property used for. more ›