Arlington County Board Approves 173-Unit Affordable Housing Complex
Some residents question socio-economic segregation.
For the Arlington County Board, 2015 ended on a high note. With construction scheduled to begin in 2017, the current Arlington Presbyterian Church will soon be transformed into Gilliam Place, a home for 173 families at various levels of affordable housing needs.
Arlington: Thrive’s 40th Anniversary Gala Raises Over $140,000
Thrive Arlington community depends on its volunteers and neighbors.
At that point in the George Washington Parkway Ten Miler where you aren’t sure you are going to make it to the end, Kim Kenney and Mary Bohan were amazed to see Thrive Executive Director Gerry Shannon cheering them on from the sidelines, shouting out their names with encouragement.
Arlington: Interfaith Community Marches Against Islamophia
“We’re here to share the love with people thousands of miles from us and right next door."
The last month hasn’t been easy for the Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church.
On the Air in Arlington
Arlington Independent Media Launches 96.7 WERA
Heff Munson can create fire with just a plastic bag. He can make creaky stairs from rubber bands and a winch. Using a bag of rice, he can make it rain. Munson replicates the sounds as best he can, but when his program plays on Arlington’s new 96.7 WERA, it sounds real.
Parable of the Good Arlingtonians
Planning Commission gives its blessing to Gilliam Place.
When the County Board’s meeting room is even a little crowded, it’s generally a sign that there’s a fight impending.
Arlington Brief: County Warns of False Tax Letters
Some Arlington County homeowners have received correspondence, from Express Homebuyers, falsely claiming that these owners owe real estate taxes and that the county may take their homes away from them due to delinquent taxes, Arlington County Treasurer Carla de la Pava said.
Arlington Brief: Schools Seek Input On Next Budget
Arlington Public Schools are hosting community meetings to solicit community feedback for the development of the FY 2017 Budget.
Arlington Brief: Lopez to Serve as House Minority Whip
Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington) has been named the new Minority Whip of the Virginia House Democratic Caucus.
Arlington Brief: New Name for Learning Center
Greenbrier Learning Center has officially changed its name to Aspire! Afterschool Learning.
Arlington: Remembering Jennifer
5K race raises over $95,000 for prenatal care raised in Jennifer Bush-Lawson’s name.
Neil Lawson was on the last segment of the Jennifer Bush-Lawson Foundation’s Memorial 5k Run, but this part was the hardest.
Transportation Strategy Update Launched
Northern Virginia Transportation Authority launches work on a six-year TransAction program.
Members of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) chose an appropriate location to announce the launch of the organization’s TransAction update efforts last week.
Arlington Snapshot: Thanksgiving Meal
Table number 4 is called, the first in line to go through the Thanksgiving lunch line at Lee Senior Center in Arlington on Wednesday, Nov. 18.
Arlington Brief: Arc Honors Marymount University
Marymount University received the 2015 Jessica Burmester Volunteer Award recently from The Arc of Northern Virginia for the school’s support of a series of workshops that help students with intellectual and developmental disabilities transition from high school.
Arlington Brief: Planning To Divert Waste
The Arlington County Board resolved to explore developing a Zero Waste Goal on Nov. 19 that if implemented could divert 90 percent of the community’s waste away from landfills or waste to energy facilities by 2038.
Arlington Brief: Sullivan Introduces Redistricting Bill
Del. Rip Sullivan introduced a bill (HB 26) last week which would prohibit the General Assembly from using partisan political data in the redistricting process.