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ViennaViennaandand OaktonOakton Stalled Labor Market Slows County Budget News, Page 3 PetInside Connection Classifieds, Page 14 Classifieds, ❖ Sports, Page 12 ❖ Entertainment, Page 10 ❖ Opinion, Page 6 Vienna’s House Passes Best Friends Keam’s Bill on Pet Connection, Page 8 Food Allergies News, Page 4 From left: Jack O’Dell, Ryan O’Dell, Lauren Meier, Photo contributed Photo proud owner Alex Lanier holding Sandy, a golden retriever. www.ConnectionNewspapers.comFebruary 25 - MArch 3, 2015 onlineVienna/Oakton at www.connectionnewspapers.com Connection ❖ February 25 - March 3, 2015 ❖ 1 Faith Faith Notes are for announcements and Wednesday evenings at 6:30 p.m. for www.havenofnova.org. Rooms are open, every Saturday, 1-5 reading related to Centering Prayer, fol- events in the faith community. Send to anyone wanting encouragement and p.m., at 8200 Bell Lane. A team of Chris- lowed by a 20-minute prayer period. [email protected]. healing through prayers. People are McLean Bible Church Fitness Class tians is available to anyone requesting E-mail Martha Thomas at Deadline is Friday. available to pray with you or for you. at Body & Soul Fitness. Gain balance, prayer. Free and open to the public. 703- [email protected] or call the Antioch Christian Church is located at energy and strength at 9:45 a.m. Mon- 698-9779 or church at 703-759-3509. St. Francis Episcopal Church, 1860 Beulah Road in Vienna. days and Fridays. Free childcare for www.viennachristianhealingrooms.com. 9220 Georgetown Pike in Great Falls, www.antiochdoc.org registered students. The Jewish Federation of offers musical, educational, outreach and [email protected]. Chesterbrook United Methodist Greater Washington and the Jew- fellowship ministries in addition to wor- The Jewish Social Services Church is at 1711 Kirby Road, McLean. ish Outreach Institute offer the ship services, including a 7:45 a.m. Agency (JSSA) offers a wide variety of St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, Worship service is at 11 a.m. Sunday Mothers/Parents Circle, an umbrella of worship service without music; 9 a.m. support groups for those with emotional, 1830 Kirby Road in McLean, holds a school is at 9:30 a.m. for adults and chil- free educational events and resources. worship service, children’s chapel and social, and physical challenges. third Sunday service every month at dren. 703-356-7100 or Jewish rituals, ethics and the creation of children’s choirs; 10 a.m. Sunday school www.jssa.org/growth-learning. 10:15 a.m. which allows children to play www.ChesterbrookUMC.org. a Jewish home, regular meetings and and adult forum; and 11 a.m. worship active roles in the music and as greeters group Shabbats and holidays. 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Great Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown By Ken Moore Pike, Great Falls The Connection Wednesday, March 4, 7 p.m. Dranesville District Budget Meeting 2 upervisor Jeff McKay pointed out McLean Community Center, 1234 the irony in County Executive Ed Ingleside Avenue, McLean Wednesday, March 11, 7:30 p.m. SLong’s proposed $3.8 billion bud- get. Three planning positions Providence District Budget Meeting would be eliminated from the budget even Providence Community Center, 3001 Vaden Drive, Fairfax - Multi- though Long suggested the county needs Purpose Room 2 more efforts to raise revenue from commer- Wednesday, March 11, 7 p.m. cial and industrial venues. Chairman Bulova’s Community “A timely planning process in revitaliza- Dialogue on the Budget tion is important in economic develop- Fairfax County Government Center, ment,” said McKay after Long’s 30-minute 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax - Conference presentation to the Board of Supervisors on Room 9/10 Tuesday, Feb. 17. “The planner piece is not Saturday, March 14, 2:30 p.m. going in the same direction as the economic Sully District Budget Meeting development question.” Rocky Run Middle School - Cafeteria - McKay pointed to redevelopment along 4400 Stringfellow Road, Chantilly the Route 1 corridor as a source of economic Wednesday, March 25, 7 p.m. growth that would require extra input from Braddock District Budget Meeting planning. Long agreed that the county ur- Courtesy of Fairfax County Government Braddock Government Center, 9002 gently needs to expand the nonresidential This pie chart shows sources of county revenue, with 64 percent coming from Burke Lake Road, Burke - Braddock Hall tax base in the county. real estate taxes. Wednesday, March 11, 7:30 p.m. Commercial assessments dropped 0.6 percent, while residential assessments in- Chairman Bulova’s Community Dialogue on the Budget, South creased 3.4 percent. Commercial vacancy South County Center, 8350 Richmond rates are higher than they have been since Highway, Alexandria - Room 221 1991. Although the U.S. economy grew at Saturday, March 14, 10 a.m. an estimated rate of 2.6 percent during the fourth quarter of 2014, “we are clearly underperforming the national economy,” Long told the Supervisors, mostly due to the sequester and reductions in federal spending and contracting. 5 Things to “Our economy is very dependent on people buying cars, buying houses and Know about the shopping,” Long said. Long forecasts no significant improve- Budget ❖ ments in the short term future. “We cannot One penny change in the real estate tax rate, currently fund all our priorities and investments.” $1.09, is worth $22.6 million. Most departments, aside from public safety, ❖ The average 2014 home will see some expenditure reduction. selling price, $517,000, has still Just 5,100 jobs were created in Northern not reached its previous peak value of $543,271 achieved in Virginia in 2014, less than half of the 11,900 2005. jobs created in 2013, which is half the num- ❖ Direct office vacancy rate ber of jobs (25,250) created on average in was 15.2 percent as of mid-year 2011 and 2012. 2014, the highest office vacancy rate since 1991. “It is a bit sobering,” said Hunter Mill ❖ Fairfax County Public Supervisor Catherine Hudgins. Schools request $14 million more than is in the current pro- posed budget. Schools ask for a Budget Schedule 3.99 percent increase; the cur- rent county budget proposal March 3: Board advertises FY 2016 tax rate April 7-9: Public hearings includes 3.43 percent increase April 21: Budget markup over last year. ❖ April 28: Budget adoption School Age Child Care To sign up to speak at one of the public hear- (SACC) fees restructured to ings, call the Clerk to the Board’s Office at generate revenue and to better 703-324-3151 or 703- 324-2391 (TTY 711) or to reflect income levels and access the form to sign up to speak, go to https:// affordability for participating families. Full paying families www.fairfaxcounty.gov/bosclerk/ Courtesy of Fairfax County Government speaker_bos.htm The public can send written tes- will see an increase of 8 per- timony or communicate with the Clerk’s Office by This pie chart shows county expenditures, with 52.8 percent going to Fairfax cent. email at: [email protected] County Public Schools, and 12 percent to public safety. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Vienna/Oakton Connection ❖ February 25 - March 3, 2015 ❖ 3 Week in Vienna News Hudgins to Host Community Summit House Passes Keam’s Bill on Hunter Mill District Supervisor Cathy Hudgins invites residents to the 2015 Hunter Mill District Community Summit on Satur- day, Feb. 28, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Community Summit Food Allergies features presentations and conversations with county officials and residents on: FY2016 Proposed Budget for Fairfax County; FY2016 he Virginia House of Delegates passed leg- Proposed Budget for Fairfax County Schools; Hunter Mill Huddle islation this week to require restaurants with a focus on human service needs in the district.