The Falls Church Insider All About the City of Falls Church, Virginia, For & By The Folks Who Live & Work There

I found the recent discussion surrounding the EDA Member Challenges Housing Project’s Value to City post on Falls Church Times to be really interesting.  As I’ve learned more about the City, a few things have become clear:

There has long been a segment of residents opposed to any significant commercial or mixed-use building in the City. Lots [...]

Two recent issues floating around the City over the past few months have led me to an idea about implementing a transit solution that would actually be beneficial to the City.  I’ll explain my idea here.
Recently there has been discussions going on in Arlington about reconfiguring the East Falls Church Metro station.  There are many [...]

Even with all the economic doom-and-gloom in the news, Falls Church City seems to be chugging along.  Mike provides a bunch of good examples here.
There is an article in the FCNP about the proposed Palatium Building at 120 N. Lee Street, which was discussed at last week’s Planning Commission meeting.  Builder Pirouz Khanmalek says he’s been [...]

Along with two other new members, I received a warm welcome at the Economic Development Meeting this evening.  Our primary topic was Transwestern’s request to allow non-retail businesses to lease space at Pearson Square.  Bob Ruffatto from Transwestern gave us some background on the building and what they’ve been doing to try and lease the [...]

I don’t know the history leading up to the spate of mixed use development projects in the City.  In a general sense, I’m a big fan of mixed use development so I’m glad to see it happening.  Some (maybe most/all) of these developments were approved with a requirement that the ground level space be used [...]

The Washington Business Journal recently ran this article about the Northgate project, which is still on track for groundbreaking this spring. It will be located within half a mile from the East Falls Church Metro stop at 450 N. Washington St., and will replace a long-closed funeral home.
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The project will include apartments, [...]

Last night, I stopped by City Hall to sit in on the Economic Development Authority meeting (check out the agenda, in PDF format).  It was another chance for me to learn more about how the City operates.  My brother / business partner Andy suggested the meeting.  He also recently moved in the City, but he’s [...]

This Saturday is the 2008 Taste of Falls Church at Cherry Hill Park.  It’s a great family activity with live music, rides and crafts for the kids, and food from local restaurants like Dogwood, Natalia’s, Four P’s, and even the coming-soon Not Your Average Joe’s.
Discussing the success of local restaurants, this article in the Falls [...]