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Falls Church’s ongoing redevelopment spurt could next focus on 15 acres of mostly industrial land in the community’s West End.

City leaders have invited a contingent from the Urban Land Institute (ULI) to Falls Church for a look at what the city calls its Gordon Road Triangle.


Events

Some celebrations in honor of Lunar New Year are coming to Arlington and Falls Church next week.

Observed by many Asian communities on Wednesday, Jan. 29, the holiday signals the upcoming spring season and usher in the year of the snake on the Chinese zodiac calendar. From specialty menus to festivals, here are some of the cultural activities taking place in Arlington and Falls Church.


News

The Falls Church City Council has voted to pursue eminent domain in order to build the city’s first traffic circle.

Several Council members voiced unease at the idea of setting unwelcome precedent, but ultimately took the gloves off on Monday in an 18-month battle to obtain a key easement.


News

The clock is ticking for Falls Church officials to approve the construction of a traffic roundabout at Annandale Road and S. Maple Avenue.

The Virginia Department of Transportation “is breathing down our neck to get this done,” City Manager Wyatt Shields said at a Wednesday agenda-setting session with Mayor Letty Hardi and City Council members.


Around Town

It’s official: Whole Foods is coming to Crystal City.

A new store is in development at 1550 Crystal Drive, where Amazon Fresh shuttered in April, Whole Foods Market confirmed with ARLnow. This is in addition to another Whole Foods scheduled to open next month at 103 E. Broad Street in Falls Church.


Around Town

Falls Church is poised to welcome another Tatte to the D.C. area later this year.

Offering signature pastries and brunch bites, the bakery and cafe is slated to open at 1001 W. Broad Street. With the new location, Tatte will have a total of 17 locations in the region, including spots in Crystal City and Clarendon.


News

An update to the Falls Church Bicycle Master Plan has the potential to remake some city streets.

But only if there is more effort put into turning aspirations to reality than has been the case with the existing plan, adopted in 2015, according to some members of a key advisory panel.


News

Some Falls Church officials are hoping 2025 will be a year of moving from conversation to concrete decisions in addressing affordable-housing goals.

“It’s the action side of things that has always been the problem — not the aspirational nature of what we want,” City Council member Erin Flynn said during a discussion of how city leaders will move forward on housing issues in the new year.


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It was not love at first sight, art-wise, for members of the Falls Church City Council.

As a result, city staff will return early in the new year with refinements to a proposed “LOVE” sculpture that will adorn the west side of the City Hall campus.


Schools

Falls Church school leaders are planning to add a modest number of items to the system’s updated 2026-31 capital-improvement program.

And nearly already have funding sources available, School Board members were told on Dec. 10.


Sports

Members of the state-champion Meridian High School varsity golf team were honored Dec. 10 by the Falls Church School Board.

“That’s an impressive achievement — we’re really proud,” School Board Chairman Tate Gould said in reaction to the team’s Virginia High School League Class 3 state crown, achieved during competition on the Heritage Oaks Golf Course in Harrisonburg.


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