GFCA submits documents to Fairfax County’s Environmental Quality Advisory Council 2021.

Members of Great Falls Citizens Association (GFCA) believe development pressure and environmental concerns are no longer balanced, shifting away from recognizing the importance of environmental protection.

Jennifer Falcone is Chair of the GFCA Land Use & Zoning Committee. On behalf of GFCA, she submitted two documents to the Fairfax County Environmental Quality Advisory Council (EQAC) for consideration during their Annual Public Comment Meeting on Jan. 13, 2021. The purpose of the electronic meeting was to solicit views on the state of the environment and identify environmental issues of concern applicable to Fairfax County.

In Falcone’s two and a half-page written testimony to Stella Koch, Chair of EQAC, dated Jan. 8, and her Executive Summary, read aloud by staff during the meeting, Falcone addressed three critical environmental stewardship concerns in Great Falls, stormwater management, preservation of the County’s tree canopy, and light pollution.To read more about these concerns in the Great Falls Connection, click here.