FAIRFAX’S FUTURE

FUTRUE GROWTH IN FAIRFAX COUNTY.  Fairfax County has experienced incredible growth over the past 25 years, and the numbers for the next generation will pose the same set of opportunities and challenges for our great county. Below are resources studies that highlight our changing county and the urgency with which we need to manage future growth  into areas near our job centers and transit hubs.

Anticipating the Future: A Discussion of Trends in Fairfax County
Published by: Fairfax County Government

Key Findings:

- By 2020 Fairfax County will add nearly 200,000 fellow citizens
- Between 2000 and 2020, Fairfax will add 196,000 jobs
- Since 1970, the County’s population has grown older by an average of 12 years.

Fairfax County in 2030: Implications for Tysons Corner
Presented by: Dr. Stephen Fuller, George Mason University

Key Findings:

- Fairfax County will add over 500,000 jobs between 2005 and 2030
- By 2030, the County will have more than 175,000 fewer homes than it will need to manage future growth.
- Fairfax’s residents are increasingly moving away from jobs with the federal government and into the private sector

 

ISSUES FAIRFAX : FAIRFAX 2030.  On April 26, 2007, the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Fairfax County and George Mason University co-hosted a premier community forum:  Issues Fairfax: Fairfax 2030. This year’s forum focused on how, as a community, we can manage our future growth in a manner that sustains the community's core values while best accommodating the transition from a traditional suburban community to a more urban place.

 

The symposium opened with an overview of the practices for suburban communities to mature and the anticipated growth moving towards the year 2030 in Fairfax County.  There were break-out sessions where stakeholders engaged in an interactive dialogue leading to consensus statements about our core values, identifying the challenges of our growth and our planning priorities for management. The results of these sessions were discussed by attendees and instantly polled by technology called, Decision Software.

 

 

Speakers included Chairman Gerry Connolly of the Board of Supervisors and the renowned Dr. Steven Fuller of George Mason University’s Public Policy Department, who opened the day’s discussion, by offering growth projections for the next twenty-five years.  Renowned journalist and author, Joel Garreau from The Garreau Group, was the forum’s keynote speaker.