Month: October 2018

So, what did civic involvement with 444 Maple West get us?

My bottom line is that all we did was help the Town of Vienna government do what it wanted to do.  Public protest merely helped the Town extort more out of the developer, while producing more-or-less the same very large building holding a lot of housing units.  We took what was going to be a blight on this neighborhood, and forced the Town, to force the developer, to pretty it up a bit. Continue reading Recap and some thoughts on strategy, 10/30/2018

Last week I fielded a brief survey about MAC zoning to Town of Vienna residents.  I sent out 400 letters to randomly-selected residents asking them to take a brief  on-line survey using Surveymonkey (www.surveymonkey.com/r/citizens). Continue reading Survey Results, 10/29/2018

On Monday October 29, at 8 PM, in Vienna Town Hall, the Vienna Town Council will vote on the proposed building for 444 Maple West/Tequila Grande.  Please attend.  Here are some relevant links. Continue reading Town Council Meeting Monday 10/29/2018

Please attend the 8 PM Monday 10/29/2018 Town Council meeting.

Continue reading Yard Signs, Survey, and other ways to participate, 10/20/2018

NOTICE REGARDING YARD SIGNS:

If your sign is less than 10 feet from the road, please move it farther back into your yard.  If you don’t, the Town of Vienna has the right to remove it for being in the right-of-way for the road. Continue reading Yard Signs updated 11/26/2018

 

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Chick-fil-A

 

Tequila Grande

380 Maple West

Marco Polo

 

 

 

Sunrise

 

It was just brought to my attention that people are now confusing two MAC projects, 444 Maple Avenue West (huge building with 160 apartments) with the newly-submitted 380 Maple Avenue West (huge building with 40 condos). Continue reading 444 Maple West and 380 Maple West are two different buildings, 10/4/2018

This page shows all the currently (10/15/2018) known Maple Avenue Commercial (MAC) zoning projects.  You can read the details on each project below. Continue reading Summary of Current and Potential MAC Projects, Updated 10/26/2018

The revised plans for 444 Maple West/Tequila Grande are available on the Town of Vienna Website.  These, possibly with some minor changes, will be the basis for the Town Council vote on October 29, 2018. Continue reading Revised