Falls Church City, Virginia

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Falls Church City,Virginia
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History of Falls Church

• Area was settled over 12,000 years ago by Native
  Americans
• Founded in the late 1600s
• Town developed around Falls Church
• By 1875 it gained township status
• Became an independent city in 1948

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Falls Church

• Population of 10,377
• Second smallest city (2.2 sq. miles)
• Average household income 121,138
• 84 white, 6.5 asian, 8.4 latino
• Named All-American City in 1962

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Local Government

• Council-manager government
• City Council has seven members elected four-year
  terms
• City Manager is hired by the Council

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Schools

• Two elementary schools
• One BRAND NEW middle school
• One high school
• Ranked by Newsweek among the top 25 high schools
  in the nation

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Where?

• In Northern Virginia
• Six miles away from Washington D.C.

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• It has two metro stops on the orange line
• Accessible via 66, 495, etc

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Thesis

• With the growing developments around Washington
  D.C. the city of Falls Church must adapt to the
  increase in population and businesses in order to
  compete with its surrounding areas.

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City Center Plan

• Designed by Street-Works
• Approved by the public
• "sustainable, urban environment of appropriate
  scale that provides opportunities for residents
  to work, shop and play fosters a sense of
  community and anticipates future demographic and
  economic trends.(Fuller)

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City Center Plan

• Recommended by the City Center Task Force
• Housing, retail, restaurants, parking
• Initial phase begins 2005
• Estimated 180-200 million dollars
• Generate 17-19 million revenue annually

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Athens

• Voting population 40,00
• Direct Democracy
• Panathenia, the Parthenon
• Glory of the Empire

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Bibliography

• The City of Falls Church, Va. 1 November
  2006
• U.S. Census Bureau. Falls Church City, Va. 1
  November 2006
• Elliot, Jeffrey M. The State and Local Government
  Political Dictionary. Santa Barbara, California.
  ABC-CLIO, 1988.
• Robinson, Eric W, ed. Ancient Greek Democracy.
  Oxford Blackwell Publishing, 2004.
• City of Saratoga Springs. 5 November 2006
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• City of Falls Church, Street-Works, and Chapman
  Consulting. Falls Church City Center Strategic
  Plan February 2002
• Fuller, Stephen. Economic Development Potential
  and Implications. George Mason University School
  of Public Policy. October 2005.

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Saratoga Springs

• Population of 26,186
• Commission form of government
• Representative democracy
• Celebrate Saratoga Downtown Committee
• Where to park???