Will Radle: Building A Culture Of Listening

Will Radle listens to his community

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Hi I’m Will Radle.  Reading local community newspapers I saw a need to listen.  There were over 250 of our local neighbors in the Dranesville District who signed a petition after the planning commission saying that they had not been heard and had not been informed.  Supervisor Foust did an excellent job convening two meetings, the first on june 1st and there was a sizeable crowd and then the second was last week on thursday.  Again, additional people came expressing concern.  I think this is an issue not only for Dranesville but for all of fairfax county and we can follow the lead of some supervisors such as Supervisor Highland who has an active and engaged process. But even from that process there are some persons who believe they have not been heard.

Let me read from the connection newspaper Mt Vernon Gazette April 28th

During the existence of division task force on january 2nd 2011 the speaker Jay Speigel who is an active writer in our local paper.  He proposed the following statement be incorporated in land use committees report.

“we must improve the advisor role of community umbrella organizations by more closely scrutinizing the extense of the neighborhoods and citizenry that they claim to represent. And ensuring that positions that they take in their advisory capacity are representative of the mainstream of community thought rather than the personal views of those who serve on their committees and boards.”

In Dranesville and Great Falls throughout my ten hours investment of time, listening and hearing what people had to say.  There is an overwhelming sense that we need to review the process to strengthen inclusion, to strengthen information that people need to receive in a timely fashion.  Because, we certainly wouldn’t want a 57000 sq ft facility going up next door without people feeling like that have been heard.

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