N. Va. Community Battles Girl Scouts over Warehouse Plan

Residents of a Fairfax County, Va., neighborhood are fighting a proposal by the Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital to build a storage facility in the residential community, The Washington Post reports.

The $600,000, 6,000-square-foot metal warehouse, for which the Scouts chapter is seeking special zoning permission from county officials, would sit within the organization’s Camp Crowell in Oakton, Va., and would house a variety of items used by troops and their leaders.

The council says it wants a central facility to cut down on its costs for leasing storage space. Local residents, some of whom have family connections to the Girl Scouts, say they support the organization but assert that the warehouse would be an eyesore, draw traffic, and reduce property values.