City of Falls Church residents should take heart from the fact that, in this gloomy, almost panicky economic climate, a major developer has come to City Hall wanting to build something big. The highly accomplished and respected Akridge Company came back to a joint City Council and Planning Commission work session Monday (see story, Page 1 of this edition) still eager to push ahead with its large-scale mixed use project known as “Gateway” on North Washington Street, right against the city’s border with Arlington.
