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Sustainable Reston Organizing Online Petition Against Fairway Redevelopment
Group details reasons why plan is not good for the community, and urges community to sign.
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,
The plan, still has to go to before the county Board of Supervisors and then back to the Reston Association's Design Review Board.
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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, and I urge all responsible parties, whether elected or appointed, to reject this poorly planned project and return it to JBG Companies for additional revision," the petition reads.
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To review and sign the petition and see your neighbors' comments, click here.
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