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The Board also controls by its appointment power the board membership of several locally important authorities, including the Fairfax County Consumer Protection Commission, [3] Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, the Fairfax County Park Authority, the Fairfax County Water Authority, and the Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing ...
Pages in category "Government in Fairfax County, Virginia" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Fairfax County Government Center is the headquarters for the Fairfax County, Virginia local government. Located west of the City of Fairfax in an unincorporated area of the county, it is the meeting place of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and the offices for the Fairfax County Executive and their deputies.
It is the largest non-state economic development authority in the nation. [3] Since its founding in 1964, the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority has worked with more than 3,500 companies that added more than 230,000 jobs and leased more 71 million square feet of office space in Fairfax County. [4]
Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia.With a population of 1,150,309 as of the 2020 census, [1] it is the most populous county in Virginia, the most populous jurisdiction in the Washington metropolitan area, and the most populous location in the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.
Pages in category "Members of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors established the Park Authority in 1950 under a provision of the Code of Virginia, with the published goal of providing 15 acres (60,000 m 2) of parkland for every 1000 county residents. John W. Brookfield was named to the board of the new authority and elected its first chairman.
The government of Virginia combines the executive, legislative and judicial branches of authority in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The current governor of Virginia is Glenn Youngkin . The State Capitol building in Richmond was designed by Thomas Jefferson , and the cornerstone was laid by Governor Patrick Henry in 1785 .