Incumbent Arlington County Board member Matt de Ferranti’s healthy re-election victory in the Nov. 8 general election did not come without some inherent warning signs for Democrats about one segment of the county population’s unhappiness with current governance.
Whether the...
Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement (VOICE) will host a community forum focused on Arlington’s proposed Missing Middle zoning changes on Thursday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, 4444 Arlington Blvd.
County Board members Libby...
Residential units, along with interim park space and trails, will arrive ahead of planned office uses on a 9.76-acre portion of the Metro West development near the Vienna Metro station.
Fairfax County supervisors on Nov. 1 granted applicants V Metro...
Editor: Let us fervently hope that the current Arlington County Board will not be remembered as the group that foisted on unsuspecting residents the destruction of our community’s old, leafy, peaceful, beautiful neighborhoods.
I don’t happen to live in one...
With seven weeks down and two to go in Arlington’s election season, the positions of the County Board candidates haven’t moved much on the most contentious local political hot-potato in a decade.
Judging from comments at a recent debate, Audrey...
Editor: The confusing messaging and misinformation surrounding Arlington’s Missing Middle Housing framework are undermining the clarity of and confidence in the entire process.
Individual County Board members have made, and are continuing to make, different and conflicting arguments for Missing...
Editor: As an Arlington Realtor interested in housing policy and home-ownership opportunities, especially for minorities, I eagerly attended a recent panel on Missing Middle housing hosted by George Mason University here in Arlington.
I am skeptical of Missing Middle, because...
Editor: Great thanks to the civic-association sponsors of the Oct. 5 County Board candidates’ forum at Dorothy Hamm Middle School.
Informal and well-moderated, it allowed the audience to appreciate the different talents each candidate might bring to the Arlington County...
Editor: Arlington’s transit-oriented- development policy – keeping dense development close to Metro stations while “protecting” traditional single-family neighborhoods with minimal density – has been an overwhelming success for the environment, traffic congestion, the county’s tax base and the amenities...
