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Mclean Beating Vienna Too

From the Sun Gazette:

Two “Main Street of McLean” forums to discuss the future of the revitalization of downtown McLean will be held on Thursday, April 3 at 7 p.m. and on Friday, April 4 at 9:30 a.m. at the McLean Community Center. The sessions will be hosted by the McLean Planning Committee. A summary session will be held on Wednesday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m. The “Main Street” area is bordered by Old Dominion Drive, Chain Bridge Road, Beverly Road and Ingleside Avenue. For information, call Mary Baker, president of the McLean Planning Committee, at (703) 356-5214.

What does Vienna have? An empty Town Green.

Posted by Vienna Resident on March 16, 2008 11:30 AM |

Comments

Maybe someone from Town Council could go to this meeting and find out the ins and outs of revitalization. The Town of Vienna is losing more and more businesses and our business area looks like it could use some help. Then someone from town could contact Falls Church and find out how they are going to revitalize their town.

Posted by: frustrated citizen for years | March 16, 2008 01:41 PM

The Town had a plan. Maud said "no". Now we have an empty That's Amore. And empty old bank lot. And empty gas station lot. A vacated carpet store. Did I note an empty Town Green too? That's the tip of the iceberg. Many businesses in Vienna are clearly fly by night, unstable ventures. Our commercial sector is a disaster. Did anyone expect a Maud who has railed against "developers" to win angry have not votes for decades to all of a sudden get this?

Posted by: HV | March 16, 2008 03:15 PM

It is kinda of sad when you notice just how much is vacant in town. I hardly do any "shopping" here (OK, none). I do "light" shopping at Magruders, Rexall and occasionally the dry cleaner. I cannot buy any of my family's clothes/shoes or household items. Nearly all gifts for a wedding or shower are bought elsewhere.

But, I can buy lots and lots of beer, wine and spirits at almost a dozen stores in town. Any surprise there? If you live in Vienna, you gotta be loaded.

Posted by: vienna mommy | March 16, 2008 07:53 PM

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