Congratulations Neighbors! We’re proud of you

By Bobbi Bowman, The McLean Ear

Congratulations neighbors  on a job well done. We turned out in record numbers Saturday to elect six members of the McLean Community Center Board.

We cast 780 adult ballots, nearly double the 470 cast last year.

We have three major citizen boards in McLean but the Community Center board is the only one that’s elected and that spends millions of our  tax dollars.

Capital One Bank Builds First Branch in McLean

By Bobbi Bowman, The McLean Ear

MCLEAN, VA -The building under construction on the southeast corner of Elm Street and Dolley Madison Blvd is McLean’s first Capital One bank.

Capital One, one of the nation’s largest bank holding companies, specializes in credit cards, home, auto and business loans. The company built its headquarters on 28 acres of land just off Dolley Madison Blvd.  in Tyson’s Corner/McLean in 2003. Capital One founder and CEO Richard Fairbank also lives in McLean.

Scott Monett, president of the McLean Planning Committee, said the project started as a branch of Chevy Chase Bank. Then Capital One bought Chevy Chase Bank in 2009.

“The McLean Planning Committee supported the Chevy Chase proposal after it went through our subcommittee process,” Monett said.   “. . . the subcommittee and the applicant worked towards upgrading the aesthetic appeal of the property, approval of the building architecture and the project’s overall contribution to McLean.  After the acquisition, Capital One Bank made modification to the exterior shell to reflect the new owner’s brand identity.  These changes were then presented and found acceptable to the MPC,” he said.