Black enclave says Fairfax County ignores its concerns about Inova expansion

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Title: Black enclave says Fairfax County ignores its concerns about Inova expansion
Date Created: 7/24/2011
Creator: By: Fredrick Kunkle
Description: Coverage on the expansion of the Inova Mount Vernon Hospital to the south of Gum Springs that required the expansion of Route 1. Queenie Cox, the New Gum Springs Civic Association, and residents of Gum Springs' concerns about the expansion of Route 1 were left out of the discussion. Expansion of Route 1 has continued to be a problem that the NGSCA, and Gum Springs community have been against. There remains a lack of re-installments to the Gum Springs conservation plan, ending in 2004, that had protected their community from expansion/construction without their input
Index/Partial Transcript: "The Mount Vernon Council of Citizens Associations, which includes Gum Springs, has pushed for modifications to the hospital’s plans but has otherwise endorsed the expansion.

But Gum Springs residents worry about plans to expand Sherwood Hall Lane to four lanes between Route 1 and Parker Drive. They fear that the change will shunt most of the increased traffic toward Gum Springs but will spare whiter and wealthier neighborhoods to the east.

'It’s already a mess. We don’t need a bigger mess,' said Karen Weller, 45, a dental hygienist who supports the hospital’s expansion but also signed Cox’s petition. 'It’s going to be more people, more ambulances, more everything.'"
Research Themes: Gum Springs
New Gum Springs Civic Association
Route 1 expansion
Inova Hospital expansion
Slow Violence
Displacement in place
Physical displacement
Community organization
Type: Newspaper
Researcher Name: Jacob Connelly
Relation: The Price of Progress In Gum Springs
Bibliographic Citation: Kunkle, Fredrick. “Black Enclave Says Fairfax County Ignores Its Concernsabout Inova Expansion.” The Washington Post, July 24, 2011. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/black-enclave-says-fairfax-county-ignores-its-concerns-about-inova-expansion/2011/07/22/gIQAQZRKXI_story.html.

Item sets: NORTHERN VIRGINIA ARCHIVE OF BLACK COMMUNITY RESISTANCE

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