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Community Center Opens in the Buckman Road Area
It’s more than just basketball courts and shuffleboard though. By Mike Salmon Thursday, May 12, 2022 There’s an oversized chess set on the second floor of the new Lee District Community Center that is used to show the importance of making the right move. Making the...
Opinion: Commentary: Investments in Human Services Safety Net Make Us Stronger
As a once-in-a-century pandemic, the COVID pandemic produced impacts way beyond just its serious health impacts. We are still feeling the effects of the loss of jobs, supply bottlenecks, school shutdowns, and a surge in mental and physical health illnesses. As a staff...
Skyrocketing land values are pricing affordable developers out of N. Va. — but Fairfax Co. may have a solution
By Alex Koma – Staff Reporter, Washington Business Journal Jul 21, 2021, 1:05pm EDT David Levine’s small affordable housing nonprofit has spent years acquiring and rehabbing properties along Fairfax County’s Richmond Highway corridor. But those days may be coming to...
Ourisman Celebrates 100 Years
By Holly Dougherty, President Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber, in The Connection 100 years is a long time for any business to successfully keep their doors open for the public. Our local Ourisman Automotive Group is celebrating their 100th anniversary in 2021 and we...
Fairfax officials, housing advocates worry about evictions once moratorium ends
Originally published in InsideNova Resources available for tenants, but many face long wait times, complicated process Mozell Ingram is a month behind on her rent and although she is receiving emergency rental assistance through Fairfax County, the mother of three...
Roy Rogers in Belle View is Officially Reopened
After the fire in 2019, a new, brighter space welcomes the old gang. The coffee drinkers and neighborhood discussion gurus now have their old place back in the form of the Belle View Roy Rogers, which recently reopened after a shopping center fire in October 2019. The...
Roy Rogers Grand Re-Opening Celebration
Event Details When: Tuesday, Jun 1st, 2021 - 6:00am Roy Rogers, a western-themed quick-service restaurant chain offering broad appeal across multiple dayparts and generations, announces its grand re-opening for its fully remodeled location in Belle View Shopping...
Our Director of Development and Communications Candice Bennett appeared on Your Need to Know with host Catherine Read on Fairfax Public Access
Watch Candice discuss Good Shepherd Housing with Catherine Read on Your Need to Know through YouTube.
Sheehy supports causes through annual giving program
AUTO REMARKETING STAFF, Auto Remarketing; January 13, 2021 FAIRFAX, Va. - With its president saying that people have experienced extreme challenges over the past year, Sheehy Auto Stores is donating $115,500 among 22 charities throughout the communities they serve in...
Emergency rent, utility assistance help struggling families stay afloat
LESLIE MILLER, The Arlington Catholic Herald; January 12, 2021 La’Trell Smith Owens was working the front desk at a hotel when the coronavirus blew into Virginia last March. As states started putting restrictions in place to slow the spread of the virus, the travel...