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Back To The Future
A ferris wheel and cotton candy at Kings Crossing?

YOGI BERRA WOULD have felt right at home Monday night at the Spring Bank Community Association meeting — it was definitely "deja vu all over again." Another potential developer presenting another set of plans calling for retail, office, and, yes, hotel space immediately adjacent to the King Crossing site. This time the driving force, as outlined by Attorney Gifford R. Hampshire, representing land owner Penn Daw Properties, was all the supposed contractors and other firms coming to the Route 1 corridor as a result of the Base Realignment and Closure Report's impact on Fort Belvoir. Read more ...

Not Your Father's Barracks
Housing for "Wounded Warriors."

WHO SAYS ONE person can't make a difference? In fact, that one person in this technological/electronic age can get the attention of the powers that be a lot faster than they can react. That is exactly what happened when the father of an 82nd Airborne U.S.Army soldier pointed out the deplorable conditions of barracks at Fort Bragg, NC, in which his son was quartered upon return from combat duty in Afghanistan. He photographed the conditions and posted those images on YouTube. Read more ...

Vela Named Regional Director
Continuity assured for Jones Point Park.

ONE OF THE most influential forces in shaping the future configuration of Jones Point Park has been named the new Southeast Regional Director for the U.S. National Park Service. David Vela, who became Superintendent of the George Washington Memorial Parkway just two years ago, May 28, 2006, will oversee a region that contains 66 national parks in nine states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. He will be one of seven NPS regional directors.
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Close, But No Cigar In Championships
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