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...
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...
Editor: Sorry to see the Sun Gazette did not support the legitimate concerns about the Missing Middle plans and instead endorsed the status quo for County Board member. If ever a fresh voice was needed to balance the five...
by THOMAS PIWOWAR, PhD., for the Sun Gazette
Missing Middle has produced the most contentious battle between residents and government that Arlington has experienced in over a decade. But why fight, when a good compromise is so readily at hand?
Arlington’s...
Proprietors of establishments that allow live dancing in Arlington soon will have one less procedural step to take in ensuring their patrons who love to boogie can continue do so.
Arlington County Board members on Oct. 15 set a Nov....
