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Monday, August 15, 2011

Sustainable Reston Organizing Online Petition Against Fairway Redevelopment, Reston Patch, August 15, 2011

Group details reasons why plan is not good for the community, and urges community to sign.

By Karen Goff  Email the author

How do you feel about the proposed redevelopment at Reston's Fairway Apartments?
Sustainable Reston, a project of the Fairfax Coalition for Smarter Growth, is against the JBG Companies' plan, which, after two years of trying, was recommended for approval by the Fairfax County Planning Commission last month.

The plan, for several five-story buildings, underground parking and 131 townhouses, still has to go to before the county Board of Supervisors and then back to the Reston Association's Design Review Board.

Sustainable Reston wants citizens to sign a petition detailing why this is a bad idea and how JBG should rethink and redesign. Among the reasons: increasing housing units by 230 percent, reducing affordable housing, increasing pollution and creating tangled traffic.

"The proposed development is a knife in the back of true Transit Oriented Development, . . .
 Click here for the rest of this article...and then SIGN THE PETITION TO STOP FAIRWAY APARTMENTS REDEVELOPMENT!

Sustainable Reston's initiative follows and closely parallels the unanimous resolution of the Reston Citizens Association (RCA) Board of Directors opposing the approval of the Fairway apartments re-development. 

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