Some media coverage of an announcement earlier this week regarding DOD agencies in in leased space due to move to Fort Belvoir mistakenly leaves the impression the BRAC deadline of Sept. 15, 2011 has been extended. That isn't the case. What has been extended is the deadline by which the commercial buildings those agencies are in must comply with enhanced force protection standards. The change in
Forum: Fairfax County General

eesh, 22060 also includes the Hess Gas Station, the apartments next to Hess, the motel, the Burger King, the Accotink Village neighborhood, and, to the south, the Inlet Cove and Fairfax Retirement place, all "outside the gate," none "run by Fort Belvoir." The Shelter is on Army land, but, again, isn't run by Belvoir. - Don eesh Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >
Forum: Fairfax County General

FYI, the homeless shelter at Route 1 across from the Hess Gas Station is not run by Fort Belvoir. It is run by New Hope Housing, Inc. See http://www.newhopehousing.org/
Forum: Fairfax County General

tubby Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- BTW, since Fairfax County "lost" out to the City of Alexandria for the privelege of hosting this wonderful facility....don't you think that further discussion of this is OFF-TOPIC here at Fairfax Underground? ------------------------------------------------------- I replied, "Maybe YES." But then Wrinkle Wrote: ----------
Forum: Fairfax County General

tubby Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- BTW, since Fairfax County "lost" out to the City of Alexandria for the privelege of hosting this wonderful facility....don't you think that further discussion of this is OFF-TOPIC here at Fairfax Underground? ------------------------------------------------------- Maybe YES?
Forum: Fairfax County General

Belvoir Eagle Oct. 16, 2008 Transportation concerns not overlooked in BRAC 133 decision By Travis Edwards Fort Belvoir BRAC Outreach Chief As soon as the Army announced its decision to locate the 6,400 personnel associated with Base Realignment and Closure Recommendation 133 to a site in Alexandria, the debate quickly began whether the choice was the right one, or not. As with all other issues
Forum: Fairfax County General

Springfield Connection Thursday, October 09, 2008 Transportation and Mark Center — Problem or Not? Where are they coming from and how are they getting there? By Chuck Hagee Thursday, October 09, 2008 A primary criticism unleashed against the Department of the Army’s decision selecting the Mark Center as the future home of the 6,400 personnel of the Washington Headquarters Services group was th
Forum: Fairfax County General

FYI, for those interested ... this is the account of this week's BRAC decision from the installation newspaper, the Belvoir Eagle. Army Decision Places Final Piece of BRAC Puzzle By Travis Edwards, Fort Belvoir BRAC Outreach Chief The Department of the Army announced Monday that the future home of the 6,400 personnel associated with the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure, Recommendation 133, wi
Forum: Fairfax County General

More information I've learned this morning about the decision: - Parking is to be capped at 60% to encourage employees to use commuting alternatives common to this region like carpools, vanpools, bikes and the like, in addition to mass transit. - The Corps of Engineers received no challenges to the traffic analysis for Mark Center during the public review and comment for the BRAC 133 Environm
Forum: Fairfax County General

As I just noted in a related thread, reducing the total number of jobs coming into Fairfax County certainly helps offset traffic and other concerns with having all 19,300 jobs here, doesn't it? Putting these jobs in Alexandria means 6,400 fewer jobs coming Fairfax County's part of Fort Belvoir. The number of jobs being moved into the Fairfax's part of Fort Belvoir is now 12,900 - 8,500 to EPG and
Forum: Fairfax County General

Reducing the total number of jobs coming into Fairfax County certainly helps offset traffic and other concerns with having all 19,300 jobs here doesn't it? Putting these jobs in Alexandria means 6,400 fewer jobs coming Fairfax County's part of Fort Belvoir. The number of jobs being moved into the Fairfax's part of Fort Belvoir is now 12,900 - 8,500 to EPG and 4,400 to main post. 12,900 is nearly
Forum: Fairfax County General

Today's Post also carries, "At Thomas Jefferson, 2.8 is Tantamount to Failure," a truly breathtaking piece about how, while all Americans may be "created" equal, their access to education of their choice depends on where they rate on an arbitrary and capricious scale of snobbery and elitism. --------------------- FUNdamental Wrote: --------------------- > In there never ending pursuit of the
Forum: Fairfax County General

"BRAC," if you have any info/data on what contractors might be planning to do, could you post it here or email it to me? I've been very curious about why there is a seemingly overabundance of concern about that. If, as analysis of the DOD jobs themselves shows, few of the government workers will move their households to live nearer Fort Belvoir, what exactly would prompt a contractor to move his
Forum: Fairfax County General

Please see discussions elsewhere in this Forum regarding BRAC and number of students that may enter the region tied to jobs moving to Belvoir. Since appx 96% of the jobs are occpied by people who already live in the region, number of students coming is expected to be absolutely minimal. Most of the folks won't be moving their households - indeed, their jobs in most cases will be closer to where t
Forum: Fairfax County General

FYI, in case you haven't seen this week's Fairfax Times ... I do encourage folks on the Forum to go to www.belvoirbrac-eis.net for info on BRAC 133, and, most important, provide any comment you may have. And please share this with others you know who may be interested. - Thanks, Don Carr Fairfax Times July 17, 2008 Report compares BRAC sites Fort Belvoir's preparation for the incoming throngs
Forum: Fairfax County General

There is also consideration of things the Army/DOD have paid for, or are committed to paying for already, such as: - Totally funding construction of the Fairfax County Parkway between Richmond Highway and Telegraph Road. (There are those who suggest the Army's total investment includes the value of the Belvoir real estate provided as ROW for the road underneath the asphalt.) - Funding all but t
Forum: Fairfax County General

I actually haven't heard anything in weeks about the schools issue. I think folks may finally have realized the facts (albeit perhaps begrudgingly) as we've discussed them here before: there just isn't that much population involved in the jobs moving brand new into the region. More than 95% of them already live here, their kids already in school here. Your other point raises a subtle fact that's
Forum: Fairfax County General

coffin wrote: "It's sickening the untold millions of tax dollars they're wasting to move out of Crystal City." I think the Congress and DOD answer, at least partly, is that the move costs are more than overshadowed by the savings in rent money to be realized by putting DOD agencies onto DOD real estate. coffin wrote: "The US military is allegedly the most powerful fighting force on earth. Why
Forum: Fairfax County General

I didn’t see the article since I was out of town. I would offer one clarification regarding Mulligan Road and the allocation of more than $12 Million of county funds to the project. Fact is the Army is fulfilling its part of the original agreement on how the road will be funded. Specifically, Army paid the cost of the environmental analysis of the right-of-way (in excess of $1 million), and, the
Forum: Fairfax County General

In June 2007 the Army published its Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Implementation of 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Recommendation and Related Army Actions at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. On August 7, 2007, the Army issued a Record of Decision (ROD) that deferred decisionmaking on the disposition of BRAC 133 to Fort Belvoir. BRAC 133 involves moving various elements of BRAC 1
Forum: Fairfax County General

Right you are, Gravis. One prediction: Barely 40% of the posters here will themselves even bother to vote this fall.
Forum: Fairfax County General

Please see also http://frwebgate4.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=76678435672+1+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve
Forum: Fairfax County General

Passing of an era at Fort Belvoir this week. http://www.belvoireagle.com/index.php/forum-articles/a_farewell_to_arms/
Forum: Fairfax County General

Gravis Wrote: "which one of those departments is located in fairfax?" ------------------ Neither, actually. But, hundreds of employees of both departments reside in Fairfax. Military folks live in Fairfax, too. Most on point is the fact that Fairfax schools - about which countless posts have been made in this Forum - may benefit from the agreement between DOE & DOD.
Forum: Fairfax County General

Gravis Wrote: "off topic." Ooops, my mistake perhaps ... and the topic is??
Forum: Fairfax County General

Departments of Defense & Education Sign Agreement Wednesday, Jun 25, 2008 - 04:46 PM Senior leaders in the Department of Defense and Department of Education signed a formal memorandum today at the Pentagon, agreeing to work collaboratively to ease the challenges of transitions for military dependent students. The document is the culmination of many years of informal partnering between the a
Forum: Fairfax County General

Prince William County honors Lauritzen By Julia LeDoux Potomac News The Prince William County Board of Supervisors honored Col. Brian W. Lauritzen with a resolution Tuesday commending his service as commander of Fort Belvoir. “I spent my formative years in Prince William County, attending fifth through eighth grades in the Prince William County School system,” Lauritzen said. “I believe that
Forum: Fairfax County General

no more Wrote: "Since 9-11, it's just too much hassle. It's not worth having jack-booted thugs waving guns around and talking to American citizens like they're pieces of shit." You have never had that happen to you at Fort Belvoir, nor have you ever encountered a guard here that could be described in any way like that. no more Wrote: "This museum (what a colossal waste of money!) should be l
Forum: Fairfax County General

tigger Wrote: "The museum expects 2740 visitors/day? Assuming it is open 365 day/yr? I don't buy that." --------------------- The expectation is not the museum's. Again, the number was originally promoted by the community's elected and other influentials who lobbied the Army to put the museum at Fort Belvoir. They base the number on visitors already coming to the region to visit Mount Vernon, W
Forum: Fairfax County General

Gravis Wrote: "if you dont want to be on welfare, dont have 8 kids." ----------------------- Oh come now, Gravis. What has that to do with the idea that we pay those who volunteer to defend the nation at a level that qualifies some of them for food stamps?
Forum: Fairfax County General