I finally renamed this page. It’s trite, but maybe it’s true. Continue reading It’s the taxes, stupid. Major rewrite 8/7/2018
Author: chogan@directresearch.com
Town Population, updated 5/7/2018
The attached Excel workbook shows my estimate of the impact of MAC redevelopment on the Town of Vienna’s population. In essence, I ask what would happen if all the MAC-eligible property were converted to buildings along the lines of the first MAC proposals. Continue reading Town Population, updated 5/7/2018
Mill Street Parking Garage, updated 7/18/2018
Updated 8/1/2018 after I found that the Mill Dominion Residents Association had already made the same points I make here, some time ago. I have included references to their analysis. And again on 8/2/2018 based on updated information in the Town’s last newsletter (.pdf).
The Town is going to pay $4.6M for 121 parking spaces in a new 4-story building on Mill Street, just down the street from the Pennywise Shop. It will replace the building where, among other things, Vienna Hardwoods is located. (Read some reporting, with a drawing of the proposed building, here.) Continue reading Mill Street Parking Garage, updated 7/18/2018