Arlington County will be holding a public meeting on Tuesday, May 15th at the Washington-Lee High School Little Theater on 1301 N. Stafford Street at 7:00 pm to present and discuss temporary improvements at Glebe and Randolph Park.
If you have questions, please contact Scott McPartlin, Senior Park and Open Space Planner, at smcpartlin@arlingtonva.us
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What are you doing today to celebrate Earth Day? See GMU’s press release below. We encourage everyone to participate.
Attend Mason’s Arlington Earth Week Community Fair on Sunday, April 22, 12-3 PM. Rain or shine, the fair will be in Founders Hall – Mason’s eco-friendly building. The event is FREE and open to the entire Arlington community.
Parking in our garage is free and we are easy walking distance from both the Clarendon & Virginia Square Metro stops.
– Enjoy over 40 green-friendly exhibitors
– Bid on amazing artist rain barrels created by
Arlington Public Schools
– See who wins the inaugural Green Patriot
Award
– Kids Show: “Go Green With Gunston”
– Food, music, face painters & balloon artists
– Learn about energy efficient vehicles and
hear from the real-life “Car Free Diet” heroes
– Get great tips on going green in the garden
– BONUS: CARBON LEAF performance!
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Arlington County DES staff are working on a redesign for Clarendon Circle, the intersection of Wilson, Clarendon, and Washington Boulevards. Staff attended our January 23rd meeting to discuss their proposal, which is intended to reduce crossing distances to improve pedestrian, bicyclist, and motorist access and safety. Find out more about the project by clicking here.
Our Association will be participating in discussions about the proposed improvements to the intersections with neighboring civic associations. If you have any concerns or comments that you would like the BVSCA to raise with staff, please send an email to info@ballstoncivic.org.
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As you may be aware, staff is undertaking a project to comprehensively update the sign regulations in the Arlington County Zoning Ordinance. Staff is inviting targeted focus groups to share thoughts on sign regulations in the draft ordinance.
We are convening a focus group for Arlington County citizens from 7:00-9:00 pm on October 27, 2011 in Multipurpose Rooms B & C at the Walter Reed Community Center at 2909 16th Street South. Through this discussion we are asking for your feedback on the draft of the proposed ordinance, which is posted at: http://www.arlingtonva.us/departments/CPHD/planning/studies/pdf/file83490.pdf.
Following each focus group discussion, a summary of the comments received will be posted on the project web site: http://www.arlingtonva.us/departments/CPHD/planning/studies/SignRegUpdate.aspx.
The following provides the anticipated schedule for public review and consideration of a revised Ordinance by the Planning Commission and County Board, expected to be completed by early 2012.
If you plan to attend and have not yet RSVP’d, please RSVP to Deborah Albert at dalbert@arlingtonva.us.
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Ballston Pond Improvement Project – Third Public Meeting:
There will be a third public meeting regarding the Ballston Pond Improvement Project, held on Monday, October 27th at 7:00 PM at National Rural Electric Cooperative Building, 4301 Wilson Blvd. Conference Center, near the Ballston Metro Station. There will be an open house at 7:00pm will multiple visual aids showing the design conecpt for this project, followed by the meeting at 7:30pm. Attend this meeting to learn about new concept for the pond. The pond is located just outside the boundaries of our Association at the corner of Fairfax Drive and I-66, and collects runoff from the highway and the surrounding area.
Click here to access the powerpoint presentation from the recent stakholder group meeting detailing the project goals and timeline.
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Arlington County Public Schools will be hosting two upcoming events in our neighobrhood. This first of which is a public forum on the present capacity crisis that our school system is facing. The meeting will be held on Wed, Oct. 5 from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Washington-Lee High School auditorium (1301 N. Stafford St.). For more information on this forum
see this recent article from ARLnow.com
Another upcoming APS event is the Annual Arlington Public Schools “College Night”, which will be held on Wed, Oct. 12th from 7-9 p.m. at the Ballston Common Mall. (Corner of Wilson Boulevard and Glebe Road)
Click here to view the APS press release regarding this event
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