Stop the Zoning Change That Could Destroy Our Communities!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this the Franklin Farm in McLean?

No. It's in the southern part of Herndon basically between Fair Oaks and Reston. Right off the Fairfax County Parkway. The land the church is on is an absurd location for a 4-story apartment building. You can't build it without the main ingress/egress point going through a daycare parking lot. What parent wants to worry about someone speeding through the lot to make the light at the very congested Franklin Farm Rd/Fairfax County Parkway intersection when they are dropping off and picking up their young kids? Speaking of this intersection, it is already a nightmare thanks to the nearby Dulles Discovery Center (large gov't buildings) . Franklin Farm Rd is used a a cut-through by many of those workers. It's a mess from 4:30-6:30 pm now.

The church needs money. It is always empty. People in Franklin Farm drive out of their way to go to a different Methodist church when there is one right in their neighborhood. That ought to tell you something. This is a desperate attempt by the church to stay solvent, with a slick former developer who has bragged about his connections to county leaders taking advantage of the situation.

When met by lots of community pushback, the church and developer were quick to say "oh it's just an idea". They are have not proven themselves to be trustworthy. They think they have this in the bag due to relationships with the county. People are not going to stop fighting this.

Thanks for clarifying. I can imagine it's a shock for residents of that area, I have driven by once and it's a calm, peaceful community. People don't move to Chantilly or Herndon so that they have to fight with developers putting apartments in their backyards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dense housing is for dense people.

Those people can live in Arlington or DC if they want density. People that live here don’t want that.

This is the part that frustrates me the most. Many of us move out to the suburbs to get away from high density. We don’t want every single neighborhood to feel like Arlington and DC. So it’s beyond frustrating when the entire dynamic of a neighborhood is threatened because YIMBYs can’t stand the thought that not everyone wants to live next to apartments or mixed use buildings.

One of their very strange arguments is that people that don’t live here (here being whatever area the YIMBYs are trying to infect at the time) are not represented properly when measuring support for the projects. I think that to most sane people it makes perfect sense that people that don’t live in an area aren’t consulted about what happens in residential zoning. However, to YIMBYs this is somehow under represents support.

[Anonymous]

This is why blue states can't build anything. I want all of these things for my community, oh wait, but not near me!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this the Franklin Farm in McLean?

No. It's in the southern part of Herndon basically between Fair Oaks and Reston. Right off the Fairfax County Parkway. The land the church is on is an absurd location for a 4-story apartment building. You can't build it without the main ingress/egress point going through a daycare parking lot. What parent wants to worry about someone speeding through the lot to make the light at the very congested Franklin Farm Rd/Fairfax County Parkway intersection when they are dropping off and picking up their young kids? Speaking of this intersection, it is already a nightmare thanks to the nearby Dulles Discovery Center (large gov't buildings) . Franklin Farm Rd is used a a cut-through by many of those workers. It's a mess from 4:30-6:30 pm now.

The church needs money. It is always empty. People in Franklin Farm drive out of their way to go to a different Methodist church when there is one right in their neighborhood. That ought to tell you something. This is a desperate attempt by the church to stay solvent, with a slick former developer who has bragged about his connections to county leaders taking advantage of the situation.

When met by lots of community pushback, the church and developer were quick to say "oh it's just an idea". They are have not proven themselves to be trustworthy. They think they have this in the bag due to relationships with the county. People are not going to stop fighting this.

Not only does the entrance have an issue with the daycare parking lot, but they plan an egress (emergency exit) that puts a road between two houses on a cul-de-sac. And they are not large lots. That, alone, should stop the whole thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why blue states can't build anything. I want all of these things for my community, oh wait, but not near me!

All things in their proper zone.