Citizens Association Concerned About Franklin Area Development
The lot is being developed by Tradition Homes.
Tradition Homes, a McLean-based developer, is constructing two new homes on a parcel of land in the Franklin Park area, where, for decades, only one home stood. And some neighbors in the community are not satisfied with the site plans. The 36,000 square foot parcel, located at 1872 Rhode Island Ave., originally consisted of three narrow "railroad" lots. Tradition Homes demolished the existing home, consolidated those lots and subdivided the property to accommodate two new residences. Wallace Sansone, president of the Franklin Area Citizens Association, has expressed concerns for months about the project, including the number of trees that have been razed and the effects the two new homes will have on stormwater runoff into a creek bed …
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11:27 pm on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Guess we don't have a choice, do we? If someone wants to buy a big lot in FP and effectively scorch the land until they can squeeze as much profit out of it as possible, they can do it. When was the last time any new development was ever stopped in FP? And, wait, the creek down by Chesterbrook is pretty much gone now. Was that the innovative stormwater solution, the one that totally "improved it"? more ›