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Officials cut ribbon on their 100th housing unit.   By Mike Salmon Recently Good Shepherd Housing and local officials cut the ribbon in the Terrace Towne of Gunston apartments in Lorton, marking the 100th housing unit Good Shepherd has acquired for their...

By Angela Woolsey A push to redevelop the former Franconia Governmental Center site with affordable housing is still in its early stages, but passions are already running high among local residents and housing advocates. Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing...

By Mary Paden Mattie Palmore was honored for more than 30 years of community service and leadership at the annual Gum Springs Community Day and Juneteenth Celebration Saturday by county and state officials, the Gum Springs Advisory Council, and the New Gum Springs...

​Caitlyn Meisner May 8, 2024 at 2:30pm The existing Franconia Governmental Center is adjacent to the Franconia Fire Station (via Google Maps) Fairfax County is taking another look at its plans for the Franconia Governmental Center. After two initial meetings to gather...

​Good Shepherd Housing on how federal CDBG funds are positively impacting lives in Fairfax County Genee Hayes, executive director of Good Shepherd Housing, has first-hand experience in the potential impact of affordable housing. “I grew up in affordable housing. My...

​ The current Franconia Governmental Center at 6121 Franconia Road (via Google Maps)Fatimah Waseem February 27, 2024 at 11:45am A plan to redevelop the site of the Franconia Governmental Center has been delayed again. At Fairfax County Board of Supervisors meeting on...

​ Children participate in United Community's SPARKS Summer Camp, which is benefiting from a $25,000 grant from the AT&T Foundation. (Credit: AT&T/United Community) Two nonprofits around the Richmond Highway Corridor recently received grants aimed at improving...

The Mount Vernon Springfield Chamber of Commerce is presenting a career and resource fair for service members, veterans and their spouses on Wednesday, June 14.  The event, at Embassy Suites, 8100 Loisdale Road in Springfield, will run from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.  The...

More than we realize, many of us likely know a friend or colleague who may struggle with long-term housing instability. Increases in the cost of housing in the DC metropolitan area routinely outpace increases in wages. In Fairfax County, specifically — one of the...

GSH has helped Northern Virginians for 40 Years. Local elected officials, former and current GSH Board members, Amazon Housing Equity Fund representatives and GSH staff and friends celebrated a ribbon cutting at Colchester Towne in September 2022. By Anne Miller...