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

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 [...]

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 [...]