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Coffee And Chat at Katie’s
With your local Police Officer
November 3 from 9am to 11am
Did you know the Reston Police Substation serves most of the Great Falls Community. Here's your chance to meet our law enforcement and crime prevention leaders on Monday November 3 from 9 to 11am at Katie's Coffee House Stop by, introduce yourself and learn more about helping keep our community safe and happy.
Supervisor Bierman Town Hall @the Grange
November 13
“The free exchange of ideas is absolutely critical to a functioning democracy and community
— so let’s talk!”
Supervisor Bierman will be hosting a Town Hall on November 13 at the Great Falls Grange. The town hall will run from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Supervisor Bierman will be taking questions at the town hall, or you can submit questions or topics that you would like covered by emailing them in advance to DranesvilleBOS@fairfaxcounty.gov with the subject line “Town Hall Question.”
New Unified Sanitation Districts
Transforming Residential Waste Collection
Update:
The Board of Supervisors has postponed the public hearing on the Unified Sanitation District (residential trash and recycling collection) indefinitely.
The Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (DPWES) has been conducting a marketing campaign about Unified Sanitation Districts. They have published a website covering frequently asked questions that seems to be regularly updated with new information.
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/publicworks/recycling-trash/unified-sanitation-districts
Matt Adams, lead on the project, spoke again about the program on the EnviroPod podcast. He noted that working out all of the details of the Unified Sanitation Districts (including the district boundaries, services, and contract models) will likely take the full 5-year period. They are deferring some of the detailed analysis until the county decides to move forward with this model, which is planned to be voted on by the Board of Supervisors, after the October 14 public hearing.
The public hearing will be at the Fairfax Government Center Board Auditorium, located at 12000 Government Center Parkway on Tuesday, October 14. Instructions on ways to provide testimony in person, in writing, by phone or by video is available at: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/clerkservices/ways-provide-public-hearing-testimony
DPWES is also encouraging anyone with comments to submit input to USDfeedback@publicinput.com. The website states that DPWES will review the input and share all feedback with the Board of Supervisors prior to the October public hearing.
The Department of Public Works and Environmental Services hosted a virtual town hall on May 27 to discuss the proposed Unified Sanitation Districts (USD) with the Dranesville District. View the recording here.
2025 Annual Report
Per the GFCA bylaws, the 2025 annual report summary and budget overview is now available: (click here to access the report) It was a dynamic and robust year with special attention to the Leigh Mill Road Bridge gas spill and clean up, the Walker Road bridge construction closures and the Potomac Interceptor wastewater pipe break mitigation efforts at Manhole 31. The GFCA welcomed many new members to the board with significant experience with community issues and continued an ongoing and productive engagement with Supervisor Bierman and VDOT on many issues including the recent limit on truck size to forty feet in length on Leigh Mill Road. GFCA’s Special Committee on Schools continued close collaboration with the Fairfacts Matters Foundation’s mission on the school boundary redistricting initiative currently ongoing by the Fairfax County School Board. The GFCA also expanded communication outlets with our membership and community in an effort to reach a larger audience and share the issues that impact our residents.
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Our goal is to preserve the semi-rural character of our community while addressing practical concerns like traffic, zoning, retail, schools, parks and the environment where problems arise and solutions must be found. Since Great Falls is not an incorporated municipality like the Town of Vienna, or City of Falls Church, we lack a town/city government to represent our local interests. The GFCA acts in an unofficial capacity to represent the voices of the citizens of Great Falls on these matters, and works with county, state, and national government to get things done. On Great Falls issues, no other organization has GFCA’s influence with elected leaders at the County and State level, or is as respected by them. Our charter calls for GFCA to "serve as a community organization to promote all aspects of community interest accruing to a common good and, in general, to preserve the historic, low density, semi-rural character of Great Falls and its natural resources."
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