Tysons Corner wants more people to call it home
By Kafia A. Hosh
May 30, 2011
Washington Post
"Fairfax County is reaching out to affordable housing builders, lenders and experts as it tries to draw more residents to Tysons Corner, a community centered around office buildings and shopping malls.
Part of the county’s long-term plans for redeveloping Tysons includes ambitious affordable housing measures. Officials say new rules would allow young professionals and retail, hotel and restaurant workers to live near their jobs.
“If the plan did not include that kind of requirement . . . we would have people continuing to commute there from somewhere else,” said Sharon S. Bulova (D), chairman of the county’s Board of Supervisors..."
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