Things Vienna Is Missing, According To Readers

VIENNA, VA—We asked what was one thing Vienna was missing, and you answered. In fact, the responses were overwhelming when we posed the question on Facebook.

We got more than 90 comments, not including replies, and went through each response to understand what residents want in their future here in Vienna. We tallied the top responses by counting likes and multiple comments expressing the same concerns.

There's one thing for certain: Vienna has a high demand for Trader Joe's. A number of respondents favored Wawa and Roy Rogers and other specific businesses, but even more simply want any kind of sports bars, an Irish pub and hardware store. (And we suspect comments like more mattress stores and speed traps weren't meant to be serious, but they certainly evoked responses.)

We expected responses like mitigating traffic and making housing more affordable, but readers made some other interesting suggestions for community improvements. A proposal for a pedestrian-only shopping and dining area near the Caboose received 25 votes, while 22 supported safer driving on the Park Street traffic circle. Patch plans to follow up with the Town of Vienna to explore this feedback.

The full vote tally is below:

75 - Trader Joe's

59 - Affordable housing

39 - Bar and grill

32 - Less large home construction

29 - Community swimming pool

28 - Kids fun zone (trampoline/laser tag, etc)

28 - Hardware store

27 - Irish pub

27 - Sports bar with games

25 - Pedestrian area with shops and restaurants near the Caboose

22 - Safer driving on Park Street traffic circle

20 - Senior housing

14 - Wegmans

13 - Roy Rogers

12 - Convenient composting

9 - More parking (especially around Church street)

7 - Swimming pool in Vienna Community Center

6 - Nothing is missing

6 - The now-closed BBQ Country/BBQ restaurant

6 - Small town feel

6 - Small movie theatre

6 - 1836 Kitchen and Taproom

5 - Bakery

5 - Wawa

5 - Less traffic

5 - Now-closed Once Upon a Time store and Coffee Caboodle

4 - Additional lanes on Maple Avenue

4 - Cheesetique

4 - Skate park

3 - More restaurants (general)

3 - Peruvian chicken restaurant

3 - Hangout spots for teens

3 - White Castle

2 - Sheetz

2 - Mattress store

2 - Cook Out restaurant

2 - Target

2 - Skating rink

2 - A day designated at school for kids to report abuse at home

1 - Sonic

1 - "Speed traps"

1 - Interconnected bike lanes

1 - Marshalls/Home Goods

1 - Now-closed Knossos restaurant

1 - Weight room in community center

1 - Deli

1 - Laundromat

1 - More coffee shops

1 - "Residential traffic only" signs at East Street NE and Park Street NE at Church Street

1 - Affordable painting studio

1 - More outdoor events

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