Thursday, September 8, 2011

Metrorail Expansion and Proposed Area Development Updates too Much to Ask?

The upcoming Washington silver line Metrorail expansion to the greater Tysons area is close to The Colonies.  Would The Colonies management keeping residents and co-owners apprised of community hearings affecting the Dulles Metrorail project that specifically impacts the Tysons area other than the occasional flyer posted about road closures, etc. be too much to ask?  How about acknowledging the Dulles Corridor Metrorail project exists by adding a link to their homepage and at least mentioning it in the Colonies Crier (other than Guest Speaker at Annual Meeting)?  The Rotonda Condominium not only provides a link to it from the hotlinks section of their homepage but have had articles about it in their newsletter.  The area expansion alone from the metrorail is going to impact the area greatly in the coming years and keeping The Colonies community in the loop of those changes (planned and official) is important.

Per the McLean Patch, A public hearing is being held Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 8:15PM at the Fairfax County Government Center on the first Tysons Corner rezoning application by the Fairfax County Planning Commission; plans proposed by McLean's Georgelas Group will become the first test of the county's vision of transforming Tysons Corner into a city.  Plan calls for a three-stage development that includes more than 2,000 housing units, ground-level retail space and some buildings nearing 300 feet in height. That makes them taller than both the Sheraton Hotel and the Rotonda.  Had The Colonies Management posted notices about this meeting or last week's meeting in Vienna, there may have been members in the community interested in attending to learn more.

Detailed plans may be found:  http://mclean.patch.com/articles/first-tysons-corner-plans-go-before-fairfax-planning-commission-tonight

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