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SCAWelcome to Springfield, Virginia – believed to be the first planned community in the U.S. following the close of WWII.  The Springfield Civic Association (SCA) was organized about 1953 “to stimulate interest in and to devise ways and means for the promotion of the civic community and general welfare, with special attention being given to private and public development in the central Springfield area.”

Those of us who live in Crestwood or Lynbrook (roughly the boundaries of the SCA) view Springfield as a destination, not a slug-line location or the highway exit commonly referred to as the Mixing Bowl!   My family and I moved here in 1982 and the things that attracted me to Crestwood then are still the reasons that keep me here and have given me such satisfaction over the years. Being centrally located next to a national interchange, without a long drive (or crawl) down Old Keene Mill or Braddock Road to get home, was important in 1982 and even more important today!  Brookfield Park and Lake Accotink Park were enormous draws!   Today, we have three major Federal employers … National Geo-Spatial Agency (NGA), Fort Belvoir, and the soon to be opened Transportation Security Administration (TSA) headquarters.  Add having Washington, DC so close and two international airports within easy driving distance and it’s a formula for satisfaction and gratitude!  I’m happy to be living here, aren’t you?!

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Springfield Reporter September 2024 Edition Available

The November 2024 edition of the Springfield Reporter is available for your review here:

In this edition:

  • Trails for Youth Farewell
  • Lewis High School Girls Volleyball Team
  • Sponsor Spotlight:  Dr. Jason Dulac

Public Comment Period for Lake Accotink Dredging Ends April 1st

In October of 2019, after several years of meetings between citizens and the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors (BOS), the Board voted unanimously to dredge Lake Accotink to a depth of 8 feet. Several years of studies and deliberations have gone on since then, no dredging has taken place, and now in 2023, the Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA) and Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (DPWES) have made a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors that Lake Accotink be allowed to fill in with silt and no longer dredge it. If this recommendation is accepted by the Board of Supervisors, Fairfax County’s beloved Lake Accotink might not be a lake in the future.

There are several reasons FDPA and DPWES came to this conclusion. “The condition of Lake Accotink today is largely due to rapid development within the Accotink Creek watershed in the mid-20th century, which resulted in increased stormwater runoff that eroded streams and sent large amounts of sediment into the U.S. Army drinking water reservoir that became Lake Accotink,” one analysis reads. Also, the cost of dredging the lake went from 30 million in 2019 to 95 million in 2023. The cost of follow up dredging for the next 20 years is predicted to be 300 million, making the total projected cost to be 395 million.

If you, like many other residents who don’t want to lose Lake Accotink, think there must be alternatives to letting the lake fill up with silt and become a wetlands area, please make the Board of Supervisors aware of your opinions. Let the BOS know what you think the benefits of maintaining Lake Accotink as a “lake” are. Let the BOS know what Accotink Lake means to you and your family.

Below is the contact information for the DPWES. Leave your comments at the end of the survey. Also included is a list of the 10 Board of Supervisors email addresses. Send your comments to each of the supervisors. In addition, send your comments to our national and local representatives.

Let your voice be heard!! Comments will be accepted until April 1, 2023.

 

Contacts

Department of Public Works and Environmental Services – https://publicinput.com/a7178

Jeffrey C. McKay – chairman@fairfaxcounty.gov

James R. Walkinshaw – braddock@fairfaxcounty.gov

John W. Foust – dranesville@fairfaxcounty.gov

Rodney L. Lusk – franconia@fairfaxcounty.gov

Walter L. Alcorn – huntermill@fairfaxcounty.gov

Penelope A. Gross – mason@fairfaxcounty.gov

Daniel G. Storck – mtvernon@fairfaxcounty.gov

Dalia A. Palchik – providence@fairfaxcounty.gov

Pat Herrity – springfield@fairfaxcounty.gov

Kathy L. Smith – sully@fairfaxcounty.gov

Vivian Watts (State Delegate) – vwatts@erols.com

Kathy Tran (State Delegate) – DelKTran@house.virginia.gov

March 2023 Issue of the Springfield Reporter

The March 2023 issue of the Springfield Reporter is available here for your review.

Inside this issue:

  • March Membership Meeting on THURSDAY, March 23 at 7:00pm featuring a Q&A Session with Supervisor Rodney Lusk
  • The Origins, History, Timeline and Future of Lake Accotink
  • Children’s Consignment Sale at Grace Presbyterian Church
  • American Legion Dixieland Dinner & Music on Friday, March 24