Mason District Supervisor Penny Gross asked a group of community association leaders and citizens to review and make recommendations regarding the draft redevelopment plan for Seven Corners.

The community working group has submitted seven recommendations for consideration by the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors.

The recommendations will help achieve the vibrant redevelopment of Seven Corners, creating a neighborhood where people and families want to live and play and learn and work.

The recommendations include:

1. reduce proposed residential development at the Seven Corners shopping center (Area B) and in the Willston area (Area A) by 25 percent and overall development by 20 percent to achieve a better balance of uses to include community-serving retail and commercial office space;

2. preserve affordable housing;

3. transfer the Willston site to the Fairfax County School Board for a school and county services;

4. ensure that transportation improvements for Seven Corners will be funded and implemented along with new development;

5. increase parkland and open space requirements;

6. fully support county requirements for barriers and screening; and

7. add community representatives to the permanent Seven Corners Working Group.

With support from the community, we were able to reduce the proposed development on the Sears site in Seven Corners (Area C) by 25 percent and create a redevelopment plan that includes community-serving retail and commercial offices.

Now we have an opportunity to make the same sensible changes for Areas A and B. But we can only do this with your support. 

Sign the Seven for Seven petition. Ask the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors to support the community working group's recommendations and help make Seven Corners a place where we all want to live and play and learn and work.

Thank you!