A virtual community meeting regarding the re-planning effort for downtown McLean is scheduled for Saturday, February 20. County staff will provide an overview of the McLean Community Business Center (CBC) Study, the draft Comprehensive Plan recommendations, and changes proposed to the draft Plan recommendations since the last virtual community meeting held on November 7. Participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback and ask questions about the study.

The community-driven planning study for the CBC started with a series of workshops in the summer of 2018. Hundreds of residents participated and learned about potential market demand for development and shared their vision for a reimagined downtown McLean. Following the community meetings, a task force of McLean area residents and stakeholders set about to incorporate the vision into recommendations for Comprehensive Plan changes.

The draft Plan retains the neighborhood serving aspect of the downtown area but identifies the center of the downtown as an area of taller mixed-use buildings that create a sense of vibrancy and support walkability. A signature urban park is expected to be a major placemaking element in the center of the CBC. Development intensities would taper away from the core area, and existing development intensities around the edge of the CBC are expected to be retained.

Details on the draft Plan for the CBC, including recordings of past meetings and a series of short videos that highlight some of the recommendations can be found on the project website here.


Event Details
Saturday, February 20
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.


Contact Ben Wiles in my office at Benjamin.Wiles@fairfaxcounty.gov or (703) 356-0551 if you have any questions or comments. For any procedural questions about the meeting, contact David Stinson with the Department of Planning and Development at David.Stinson@fairfaxcounty.gov or by phone at (703) 324-1370.