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At our Government Affairs Committee, our members meet with Anthony Fusarelli. This past summer, Anthony was appointed Director of Plan Arlington VA and has been part of the Arlington County Department of Community Planning, Housing, and Development for 15 years. He discussed his plans for his and the Division's future.
As part of the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, Arlington County is creating a documentary project, sponsored by Arlington VA Public Library and Plan Arlington VA's Historic Preservation Program.
This video remembers the attack on The Pentagon and the days that followed, as told by those who responded that day from Arlington County Fire Department, The Arlington County Police Department and Arlington County VA Sheriff's Office.
To learn more, full interviews will be available at the Center for Local History, Arlington Central Library (
https://library.arlingtonva.us/center-for-local-history/).
If you served in Arlington on 9/11 and wish to share your experience, please contact: Diane Kresh, Director, Arlington Public Library at
[email protected].
In remembrance of those we lost of 9/11. Thank you to all those who serve and have served.
Arlington County Government will commemorate the lives lost in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and express gratitude to all those who responded that day during a 20th Anniversary of 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony on Friday, Sep. 10. Learn more:
https://topics.arlingtonva.us/arlingtonremembers/
👇👇 Important updates from Plan Arlington VA about the Permitting Office and new online Permit Arlington applications!
At our Government Affairs & Economic Development Committee this morning, our members engaged with Plan Arlington VA's Natasha Alfonso-Ahmed and provided feedback on proposed development of the Langston Boulevard (US-29) corridor over the next 30 years.
Join us tomorrow morning for our Government Affairs & Economic Development Committee as we welcome Natasha Alfonso-Ahmed and Leon Vignes of Plan Arlington VA to discuss Plan Lee Highway – a broad effort to review development patterns along US-29, and to plan for development in this corridor across the next 30 years.
During this meeting, they will discuss the concepts prepared and feedback already received, and hear members’ questions and feedback.
For more information and registration:
https://web.arlingtonchamber.org/events/Government-Affairs-Economic-Development-Committee-3498/details
to our ULI Washington Leadership Institute happy hour! One of our very first in-person events. We were all so grateful for the opportunity to connect face to face. Tagging our incredible participants to say thank you for being an impactful ULI Washington member!
Group photo right to left: Jill Hunger and Blake Bowen with Plan Arlington VA, Tom Gnecco with James G. Davis Construction (DAVIS), Adam Watson with Arlington County, St.Clair David Williams with Fairfax County Land Use Planning, Katie Noonan with Ballard Spahr, Orlando Gutiérrez with Rockefeller Group, Samyika Jain The Mayhood Company, Ulysses H. Auger with Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners, Molline (Molly) Jackson with The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Tiffany Brown General Services Administration, and Ben Apfelbaum James G. Davis Construction (DAVIS).
The Government Affairs Committee welcomed Jill Hunger from Plan Arlington VA and Kate Paine from Arlington Economic Development for a conversation about Arlington's Temporary Outdoor Seating Area program and ways to support continued outdoor restaurant service beyond the pandemic emergency.
Our Government Affairs and Economic Development Committee welcomed Ebony Dumas from Plan Arlington VA to talk about the Columbia Pike Ground Floor Uses Study, and how to expand access to more business types along Columbia Pike.
Also this morning, the committee welcomed 49th House District incumbent Delegate Alfonso Lopez and challenger Karishma Mehta, and 45th House District incumbent Delegate Mark Levine and challenger Alexandria Vice Mayor Elizabeth Bennett-Parker. The primary elections to nominate the Democratic candidates for these House of Delegates districts will be on June 8.
Have you read Plan Arlington VA's Affordable Master Plan Five-Year Report? Check out highlights of the County's three overarching goals and a detailed list of implementation action items:
https://bit.ly/3qjcoLE
"The nature of planned residential land uses has not changed dramatically since the inception of the first General Land Use Plan in 1961, despite the net addition of roughly 70,000 residents."
Check out Plan Arlington VA's supplemental document, A History of Residential Development, Planning, and Zoning in Arlington County, Virginia, prepared by Virginia Tech.
Find it here:
http://ow.ly/YrkE50ATCIt
Plan Arlington VA has released its 4th research compendium bulletin, which gives a detailed timeline of zoning and land use in the county. We recommend all Arlingtonians read these bulletins in advance of the Missing Middle Housing Study that will begin in the fall.
Plan Arlington VA is offering a free civic leadership development program called Neighborhood College again this fall. Apply by August 28 to become a more effective community activist and leader.
