Dear Friends and Neighbors, We hope you are enjoying being outside in this Spring-like weather! Please read below for an update on important community developments. Community News AT&T Site Development. On Thursday, March 23rd, at 7:30 pm , the Planning Commission will hold a public workshop to address development proposals for Providence District (Oakton, Fallfax, Merrifield, and Vienna areas), including the AT&T site at the intersection of Rt 123 and Jermantown Rd. (Note:

Dear Friends and Neighbors, We wanted to share some important and time-sensitive community developments with you, in addition to other items of relevance to our community. Community News AT&T Property Development. Some 75 nominations, including one for the site of the AT&T campus in Oakton at 3033 Chain Bridge Road–the corner of Rt. 123 and Blake Lane, have been proposed as possible amendments to the County’s Comprehensive Plan as part of the County’s Site Specific Plan Amen

Dear Friends and Neighbors, We hope your holiday season is off to a warm and friendly start. With your support, GOCA continues to work to enhance our community, as we hope this winter’s quarterly update helps demonstrate. If you agree, please consider a year-end donation to help us with our efforts (see details at bottom). GOCA News GOCA Annual Meeting and Follow-up. On November 3rd, GOCA held its annual community meeting at the Oakton Library, at which we shared our accompl

Dear Friends and Neighbors, The leaves have just begun to fall, but the pace of activity in Oakton, including that of the Greater Oakton Community Association, has already begun its seasonal quickening. Please read on… GOCA News Sign up now for a special historical tour of Oakton! GOCA is pleased to announce that we have arranged with local historian Jim Lewis to conduct a tour of historical landmarks of Oakton and along Hunter Mill Road geared especially for Oakton resident

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Dear Friends and Neighbors, Summer approaches, and many of us are scattering in different directions, especially as the loosening of pandemic restrictions now permit that. We hope you’ll take a moment, though, to catch up on some of the latest developments in the Greater Oakton community by perusing the updates below. GOCA News Community Directory. Do you own or know of an Oakton-based business or nonprofit that could benefit from being listed in our soon-to-be published, fi

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Have you seen the daffodils in Oakton Community Park? They are a welcome sight this Spring and a nice memory from last October when the community came together to plant the daffodils as well as native trees and seed mixes in the wooded area. GOCA is continuing our mission to enhance the community through sharing information, establishing new programs that benefit our community, and helping to preserve the area’s historic and environmental assets. U

On 24 April, the Greater Oakton Community Association (GOCA) hosted Jeff Clark, Video Production Specialist with Fairfax County Public Schools, for a presentation “Education in Fairfax County from 1870-1945”. The gathering of over 45 local residents marked the first time the historic schoolhouse located in Oakton Community Park has served as a place for the community to gather since 1912! In a fascinating talk supplemented with audio-visuals, Mr. Clark reviewed the expansion

Amidst the falling leaves of early autumn, some 44 volunteers donated close to 90 hours toward GOCA’s National Make a Difference Day event on Saturday, October 23. One group, under the lead of Ralph and Janet Tener, planted over 200 daffodil bulbs under the woods at the entrance to the park. Oakton residents driving by can look forward to a show of color early each spring, although it may take a few years for the plants to establish their full glory. In the coming year GOCA h

The Greater Oakton Community Association has established an effort to help clear the informal trails in the woods in Oakton Community Park. Under the leadership of Oakton residents Willow Martin and Ann Balch, working in association with County-approved mentors for invasive plant removal Heidi Allen and Sara Holtz, teams of volunteers have already held four sessions—two in July, and one each in August and September—to remove such invasives as wavyleaf basketgrass and vines th

On August 8th, some 250 local residents, community representatives, and volunteers attended the first ever “Oakton Day in the Park,” held in Oakton Community Park on Hunter Mill Road. With the backdrop of music from talented local performer Chris Devine, attendees enjoyed a wide range of activities. Children painted rocks, listened to stories, walked along a “storybook walk,” played cornhole and bean bag toss, flew wood gliders, and competed with hula hoops. Adults enjoyed se

On June 23rd, Greater Oakton Community Association Co-Chair Patty Reed and GOCA board member Linda Byrne presented a plaque to Oakton Wine Shop owner Bryan Gauthier to express appreciation for his consistent support of the Oakton community and GOCA over the past decade. Sadly, the Wine Shop is now closed, but we are hopeful Bryan will find another location for the business sometime soon.

Dear GOCA Members and Friends, It is nearly Spring and time for an update from the Greater Oakton Community Association (GOCA). We hope everyone is maintaining their health and sanity! Thankfully, it appears as if we may all receive COVID-19 vaccinations in 2021. We want to bring to your attention that the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is likely to approve a major change in zoning that particularly impacts suburban and residential neighborhoods. The zoning change acrony

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Dear Greater Oakton Community Association Members and Friends, Despite the COVID-19 restrictions, the Greater Oakton Community Association (GOCA) has continued to work with the Fairfax County Park Authority, Fairfax County Park Foundation and Virginia Department of Transportation to enhance and strengthen our community. Below are the priorities we are addressing: Saving the 250 year-old Oakton Witness Tree (aka, the "Mosby Oak," at 2911 Hunter Mill Road) from removal by VDOT.

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Dear GOCA Members and Friends, We are proud to inform you that, our community, under the leadership of the Greater Oakton Community Association (GOCA), has been successful in saving the 250-300 year-old Oakton "Mosby" Oak Tree! The tree is located on VDOT's right-of-way at 2911 Hunter Mill Road next to the Giant shopping center. We sprang into action when we learned recently that VDOT was planning to remove the tree because a large limb fell last summer. This tree is a symbol

Dear GOCA Members and Friends, First and foremost, we hope you are healthy and managing under the COVID-19 restrictions. Those of you working with school-aged children at home on schoolwork deserve special respect. On behalf of GOCA, Co-Chair Patty Reed and I want to notify you of a development regarding the 300 year-old Oakton Oak Tree located at 2911 Hunter Mill Road, a short distance from the HMR northward entrance to the Giant shopping center. You may have noticed a large

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On January 27, the Greater Oakton Community Association sponsored an Open House and wine-tasting at the Oakton Wine Shop to foster connections among Oakton neighbors and to listen to the thoughts of the Community residents about issues of importance to them in a relaxed setting. Bryan Gauthier of the Oakton Wine Shop kindly made his lovely premises available for the purpose and even donated a portion of his sales that night to GOCA. We had a good attendance, and were particul