As the county board revs up for a March 18 final vote on Missing Middle housing rezoning, an array of recent developments have drawn notice from backers and opponents. Arlington’s NAACP protested the board’s removal of the option of allowing seven-eight-plex structures countywide from the Reques .
Arlington is poised to take a proverbial weed whacker to commercial properties with overgrown lawns and all properties with obstructive vegetation. Last month, a proposal to change the ordinance pertaining to the condition of private properties was added to the Arlington County Board's agenda but was subsequently removed because the proposal needed additional technical work,
Nearly all land development permits that Arlington County issues are now online. Following the launch of the online Permit Arlington in 2019 with 18 digitized permits, county staff have since added others. The last batch of land development permits Certificate of Occupancy applications are set to launch the week of Feb. 27. Most
Reader, please tolerate a surplus of numbers. They represent a deficit of meals for local compatriots. “Food Insecurity,” as examined Jan. 11 at the Arlington Committee of 100, has worsened in our pandemic times. But a coalition of county, school, and nonprofit professionals and volunteers has n .
Amazon announced yesterday (Wednesday) that it is shutting down its charitable e-commerce platform AmazonSmile, which lets customers support their favorite nonprofits while shopping. Instead, the tech company says it will focus on areas of more "meaningful change," chiefly, investments in affordable housing. One of the first examples it highlighted was its contributions in Arlington County,