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Stacy Sherwood Community Center

The Stacy C. 2 separate matters touch this project; each has its own status.

in progress

The Willard-Sherwood Health and Community Center is a joint City of Fairfax and Fairfax County redevelopment project at 3740 and 3750 Blenheim Boulevard, replacing existing facilities with a new health, wellness, and recreation center featuring an underground parking garage, rooftop amenity space, fenced outdoor playgrounds, and a bridge connection to the existing Stacey C. Sherwood Community Center.

  • Oct 14, 2025City Council · item 7ain progress
    Public hearing and Council action – Special Use Permit, special exceptions, and Certificate of Appropriateness for Health and Community Center at 3740 Blenheim Boulevard (Tax Map 57-2-02-175A) – City of Fairfax applicant

    A building addition to the Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center was approved as an optional component of the project under each of the land-use motions.

    passedApprove Special Use Permit for expanded government use in RM district at 3740 Blenheim Boulevard (Tax Map 57-2-02-175A).
    ✓ Read✓ Amos✓ Bates✕ Hall✓ Hardy-Chandler✕ McQuillen✕ Peterson
    passedAdopt resolution approving two special exceptions (required side yard modification and parking reduction) at 3740 Blenheim Boulevard (Tax Map 57-2-02-175A).
    ✓ Read✓ Amos✓ Bates✕ Hall✓ Hardy-Chandler✕ McQuillen✕ Peterson
    passedApprove Certificate of Appropriateness for architecture and landscaping at 3740 Blenheim Boulevard (Tax Map 57-2-02-175A).
    ✓ Read✓ Amos✓ Bates✕ Hall✓ Hardy-Chandler✓ McQuillen✕ Peterson
    minutesagenda
  • Apr 28, 2026City Council · item 9b
    Resolution to proceed with the Willard-Sherwood Health and Community Center project (R-26-13)

    The optional renovation and addition to the performing arts space at the existing Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center was explicitly excluded from the approved resolution and will not proceed at this time.

    passedAdopt resolution (R-26-13) authorizing the Willard-Sherwood Health and Community Center Project to proceed to construction, excluding the optional performing arts space renovation, and adopting amendments to the Joint Development Agreement with Fairfax County.
    ✓ Amos✓ Bates✓ Hall✓ Hardy-Chandler✓ McQuillen✓ Peterson
    minutesagenda
Private Development · Under Construction

Fairfax Presbyterian Church

in progress

In full

Sherwood Community Center at 3740 Blenheim Boulevard is an existing community facility in the City of Fairfax that has been central to a broader health and community center development effort — the Willard-Sherwood Health and Community Center project — undertaken jointly by the City of Fairfax and Fairfax County. The center has also served as a venue for community events, including the October 21, 2025 Budget Open House and the October 22, 2025 Community Engagement & Impact Expo (noted at the October 6, 2025 HHCAB meeting). On October 14, 2025, the City Council approved land-use entitlements for the project — a Special Use Permit for expanded government use in an RM district, two special exceptions (side yard modification and parking reduction), and a Certificate of Appropriateness for architecture and landscaping — all with a proposed building addition to the Sherwood Center included as an optional component.

The SUP and special exceptions passed 4-3 (Hall, McQuillen, and Peterson opposed); the Certificate of Appropriateness passed 4-2 (Hall and Peterson opposed). Subsequently, on April 28, 2026, the Council unanimously adopted Resolution R-26-13 (6-0) authorizing the Willard-Sherwood project to proceed to construction, but explicitly excluding the optional performing arts space renovation and addition at the existing Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center, which will not move forward at this time.