Did you know…FCCPS Superintendent Toni Jones is getting a 5.7% raise in this year’s budget? Are we getting a good value compared to our neighboring jurisdictions? Source: Adopted FY16 Budget (p.57) Also, the City Manager is a 5.7% increase. Do you know anyone in private industry that is getting this kind of raise? Read More →
Note: The item below is a reprint of an article from The Washington Business Journal, originally published in February, 2015, by Michael Neibauer. It is being reprinted here in the interest of providing information to citizens regarding the Urban Land Institute proposal for the high school site. In late 2013, thanks to a boundary adjustment with Fairfax County, the 2.2-square-mile city of Falls Church expanded by 34.6 acres — providing a big opportunity for the quaint community to add more than 1 million new square feet of mixed-use development. Just over a year later, a panel of planning experts from the Urban Land Institute-Washington hasRead More →
Bethesda developer The Meridian Group has reached a deal to bring a 15-screen Showplace Icon to The Boro, its redevelopment of SAIC’s corporate campus in Tysons where grocer Whole Foods has also signed on as an anchor tenant. Kerasotes Showplace Theaters LLC has signed a lease with Meridian and is planning to open its luxury theater, to feature upscale dining options and reserved seating, in summer 2018. Its addition builds on the momentum Meridian is gaining at The Boro, a mixed-use development near the Silver Line’s Greensboro Metro station in Fairfax County slated to break ground next summer. Meridian is still seeking final approvals toRead More →
Have you ever wondered how our school Superintendent’s salary stacks up against other local school districts? Television station WJLA lays it all out for you at the following link to their May 2015 investigation: Superintendents Demand Impressive Perks http://www.wjla.com/articles/2015/05/local-superintendents-demand-impressive-perks-113942.html Read More →
