Chairman McKay and Vice-Chairman (and Land Use Committee Chair Kathy Smith) while calling the pursuit of an affordable housing land swap deal "creative" rejected pursuing it. The apparent reason behind consideration of this type of deal is that the sale of county land to a data center developer was in fact decided behind closed doors without public input eight months ago in June 2025. At that time the county agreed to the sale price (a steal at $4M/acre, when other data center sites are going for as much as $9M) , a confidentiality agreement not to discuss the sale, and not exploring any other sale types of land uses for the property. 

The ONLY OPTION for the Board right now that would allow them to consider affordable housing or other uses for the sale would be to VOTE NO on the purchase at the public hearing on Tuesday, March 17. 

Read this new op-ed on the sale.

You can send your supervisors a message encouraging them to VOTE NO on the Data Center Land Sale at the emails below:

chairman@fairfaxcounty.gov
mason@fairfaxcounty.gov
braddock@fairfaxcounty.gov
Dranesville@FairfaxCounty.gov
huntermill@fairfaxcounty.gov
franconia@fairfaxcounty.gov
mtvernon@fairfaxcounty.gov
providence@fairfaxcounty.gov
springfield@fairfaxcounty.gov
sully@fairfaxcounty.gov

Letter from Chairman McKay

To all,

Thank you for your letter regarding the sale of the County-owned property at 3721 Stonecroft Boulevard. I appreciate your creative proposal and share your commitment to affordable housing.

The transaction regarding the sale of 3721 Stonecroft Boulevard is not a traditional cash sale. It is contingent upon relocating and rebuilding the existing police training facilities on the parcel. The current layout of the facility leaves portions of the site underutilized. Under the proposed approach, the facilities would be reconfigured on-site, allowing some land to be redeveloped. All proceeds from the sale will be used to replace decades-old public safety facilities with modern, more efficient training facilities, including updated driver and firearms training areas.

The development of Plaza 500 is a separate and unrelated matter that will be reviewed independently on its own merits. As such, while we appreciate your suggestion, it is not something that we can pursue.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey C. McKay

Chairman

Fairfax County Board of Supervisors