Friday, March 1, 2013
It officially opens Monday. Public is invited to an open house Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Inova HealthPlex in Lorton will open Monday, and dignitaries assembled on Friday for a ribbon-cutting. The $26 million facility has a 24/7 emergency room, operating rooms, radiology and laboratory services, 24 patient-care bays and 16 in-patient waiting rooms. "This is a big deal," said U.S. Congressman Jim Moran (D-8th) at the event. "Every single one of us is going to have our life affected at one point by the quality of the healthcare that's available to us." The 16-bed Lorton Healthplex, which is located just off the Lorton Road exit off Interstate 95, is part of the Inova Mount Vernon hospital, and patients who need to stay the night will be transferred via ambulance to Mount Vernon. It will be the second Healthplex in Fairfax …
What will it mean for the businesses at the barn?
The Bureau of Land Management has extended the wait on its decision on the Environmental Assessment of the stables at the Meadowood Special Recreation Management Area in Lorton until the effects are known of the federal sequester on the Department of the Interior's budget. The Interior's Bureau of Land Management owns the barn, and the funds set aside for barn repair are being reviewed. "Are those funds set aside or do they remain intact and inviolate for moving them for some other purpose?" said Mount Vernon District Supervisor Gerry Hyland to Patch. "I hold my breath, because a good part of that money has been put in by people who have boarded their horses there." Are you following us on Facebook and Twitter? You Should. Virginia …
Tighter budgets, diminished real estate values and more...
Sequestration threatens to destabilize the Northern Virginia economy, and the effects of the across-the-board cuts to federal programs and contracts will be felt across Fairfax County. "Businesses are in business because they know how to plan for problems and deal with them. But not knowing what to plan for is devastating to them," said Dr. Gerald Gordon, president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority to Patch. Localities across the Commonwealth are bracing themselves against the sequester. It seems unlikely that Congress will reach an agreement on $1.2 trillion in debt reduction by March 1, and the U.S. military will be forced to cut $46 billion and domestic defense spending will be cut by $85 billion this year …
Thursday, February 28, 2013
The 24-hour emergency room is ready to open.
The Inova HealthPlex in Lorton will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday. With the first phase of the project complete, the ceremony will mark the opening of the facility, which includes a 24/7 emergency room, operating rooms, 24 patient-care bays, and 16 in-patient waiting rooms. "It's a major plus for the southeastern part of Fairfax County and the Mount Vernon District to have a first-rate medical facility located in the heart of the Lorton community," said Mount Vernon District Supervisor Gerry Hyland to Patch. "You look at the residential growth that has happened along Lorton Station Boulevard and Laurel Hill, all the people in the Lorton community can now have access to medical care almost immediately, and that is a wonderful …
"I've never seen anything quite like this before," he told Patch.
Mount Vernon District Supervisor Gerry Hyland is frustrated over the length of time it has taken for the Bureau of Land Management to make a decision regarding the redevelopment of the horse stables at the Meadowood Special Recreation Management Area in Lorton. "I've never seen anything quite like this before," said Hyland to Patch. "This process is not the way it should work, but I'm a patient person. As long as we get the right result, then that's ok." BLM, which owns the barn, closed the comment period on the Environmental Assessment of the 40-year-old structure last July, and their decision has been expected for months. The bureau recently released a note on its website saying that the announcement of a decision was being pushed …
Monday, February 4, 2013
What's going on in the Mount Vernon District? Read below and find out.
Sequestration, redevelopment and overcrowded schools were a few of the topics raised Saturday by Mount Vernon District Supervisor Gerry Hyland and other local officials at Hyland's 26th Annual Town Hall Meeting at Mount Vernon High School. "Mount Vernon is a hot market for Fairfax County," said Hyland, who spoke to an audience of about 100 people. "And recognizing growth in the student population in schools has surprised all of us." Mount Vernon School Board member Dan Storck said that overcrowding in his District will lead to a boundary change study that will occur sometime between now and the summer. "We've seen an increase of more than 15,000 students in the last three years… Right now, we're defining what schools should be involved …
Monday, December 10, 2012
Such classes would be within the county's authority.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors could require county employees to enroll in stop-smoking classes, but requiring them to actually go cold turkey is against the law, according a recent memo from the County Attorney. Prior to the Board’s Personnel Committee meeting tomorrow, County Attorney David Bobzien informed Supervisors in a Dec. 7 memo that they could not legally require workers to “pass” any such course that would discourage tobacco use. Supervisor Gerry Hyland (D-Mount Vernon) brought the issue up before the Board in October and requested last week that county staff look into the legality of smoking restrictions on employees and county property. “The County may require its employees to participate in smoking cessation courses …
Friday, October 12, 2012
Barn manager Allison Mills asked the Bureau of Land Management for an increase in boardered horses. BLM declined.
Meadowood Barn manager Allison Mills is barely holding on. Last week, Ranger, a 29-year-old quarter horse, passed away, and with another boarder soon moving to Fredericksburg, the number of horses at the barn has dwindled to 17. Mills, whose annual contract was renewed in April by the Bureau of Land Management, is awaiting a final decision on how BLM plans to proceed with the redevelopment of the Lorton barn. And until BLM makes a decision on its Environmental Assessment and barn renovations are complete, she is contractually restricted from replacing horses. "I don't know how I make ends meet, but miraculously it happens," Mills told Patch. "We have no savings. Every boarder pays me a security deposit of $700, and if every boarder left, …
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors will have to approve funds to keep the arts center in operation.
The challenges facing Lorton's Workhouse Arts Center are many, and the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors will most likely provide millions of dollars in financial support for the next few years until the former home of the Lorton Prison becomes self-sustaining. But it still won't be enough. The center faces program cuts, slowed renovation of buildings and potential partnerships with neighboring colleges to offer art classes. "We are being very challenged at the Workhouse. We're not going to let it go down the tubes and we have an interest in keeping it successful," said Mount Vernon District Supervisor Gerry Hyland at last week's South County Federation meeting. "We need to find ways to get more people to the Lorton Arts Foundation, …
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
The meeting with the County Architectural Review Board is set for Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Fairfax County Government Center.
The Fairfax County Architectural Review Board will hear public comments and move Thursday on rezoning the 78.5-acre Adaptive Reuse Area at Laurel Hill. The proposed development of the county's land by the Alexander Company will mean the renovation of prison buildings and the creation of more than 40,000 square feet of offices, single family homes, apartments, shops, restaurants and a power plant. "I look at this as the final step in terms of putting a planning cap on the Laurel Hill community," said Mount Vernon District Supervisor Gerry Hyland to Patch. "This is the final piece—taking the rest of the old Lorton prison and transforming it into a center of residential, retail and community uses." The land is currently designated as a …
Sandy Asher
12:40 am on Monday, May 20, 2013
I had to go to the new er tonight and let me just say....I WILL NEVER BE GOING BACK THEERE AGAIN!!!! The staff is INCREDIBLY rude, they dont listen to you (and if you have a serious health problem like I do you NEED someone who will listen amd notate in the records)!! The staff lies to you....they told me they were calling my pharmacy to check on the strength of one of my meds and being that Its … more ›