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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Parklawn Cell Tower: AT&T to Fly Locator Balloon Saturday

Balloon will show residents the location and height of a proposed cell phone tower.

This Saturday, AT&T will fly a balloon to the proposed site of a cell phone tower so that residents can visualize where and how tall the tower will be if it is built. The Feb. 2 “balloon fly” will be from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on the grounds of the Parklawn Recreation Association, where AT&T is proposing to build a 183-foot monopole cell phone tower. The Parklawn Recreation Association is located at 6011 Crater Pl., just south of Lillian Carey Park and less than a mile due west of John Adams Elementary School. The site is in Fairfax County. The “monopole” would be a cell phone tower designed like a tree with a three-foot tree canopy on top. A large chain-link fence would surround the area. The Parklawn Civic Association has decided to not take…

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Neighbors Protest Proposed Cell Tower in Parklawn Community

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Neighbors Protest Proposed Cell Tower in Parklawn Community

AT&T has plans to construct a 183-foot monopole designed as a tree pole.

Some members of the Parklawn community are protesting plans by AT&T to construct a 183-foot cell tower on the grounds of the Parklawn Recreation Association, which operates a pool used by locals, including West End Alexandria residents. The community lies just west of Alexandria city limits. Fairfax County spokesman Brian Worthy said New Cingular Wireless, an AT&T company, submitted an application in June 2009 for a monopole on the grounds of the association. The application was accepted in January 2010, and the Fairfax County Planning Commission is scheduled to hold a public hearing on the application at its Dec. 6 meeting. The tower is described as a monopole designed as a tree pole, including a 3-foot tree canopy. It would be placed …

Daren Shumate

11:04 pm on Friday, October 26, 2012

To anyone following this issue, due to the storm, the AT&T Meeting has been rescheduled for Wednesday, November 7, same time and place - 7:00 p.m. Glasgow School. Daren Shumate   more ›

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