Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch
“Upon their arrival, they saw a building measuring fifteen feet by twenty feet completely engulfed in flames. The fire services were called and [they] extinguished the fire. A search was conducted on the remains which led to the discovery of charred remains of an adult and a child.”
That police description does not capture the heartbreak for the families. The entire time Barbara Fisher stood helpless outside of the property as the inferno consumed her loved ones.
Barbara Fisher
“So I ran, you know, as any parent would do. I ran and I tried to see if I could go in to get them out but the house was already on fire, you know. So the police held me and said, “Mommy, yoh can’t go een.” And I tell ahn, “Please mek ah go get mi daughter and mi lee grandbaby. Please.” And ih tell mi, ih seh ah couldn’t go een deh and then dehn hold me and then the house, I watched the hous
April 22, 2021 7:00 PM by FCNP.com
The Falls Church League of Women Voters and the Citizens for a Better City invite the public to a virtual program on on Sunday, April 25 at 4 p.m. about the current developments and efforts in providing affordable housing in Falls Church.
Five Falls Church-based experts will discuss current efforts to address this issue, including a new $3.75 million housing grant from Amazon and the push for more affordable units in large mixed-used developments.
The panel of five local experts will include: Letty Hardi, member of the Falls Church City Council; Dana Lewis, with the Falls Church Department of Housing and Human Services; Julio Cesar Idrobo, tenant advocate; Michelle Winters, executive director of the Alliance for Housing Solutions; and Joe Muffler, developer of the Founders Row/Mill Creek project in Falls Church. Nancy Vincent, director of the Falls Church Housing and Human Services Department, wil
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Towards a cure: Insulin100 scientific conference draws world’s leading diabetes researchers
Patient stories. Innovative diabetes therapies. A peek inside the bedroom of one of the scientists who discovered insulin at the University of Toronto.
Those were just a few highlights of U of T’s recent Insulin100 Scientific Symposium, which drew more than 6,000 attendees from around the world.
The two-day scientific symposium commemorated the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin in a U of T laboratory – and was preceded by a public celebration one day earlier that featured stirring videos from diabetes patients across the globe who spoke about the role of insulin in their lives.
Amazon Grants Awards City of Falls Church $3.75 million for Affordable Housing Initiatives by Virginia Housing; The NHP Foundation to Manage Program
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The City of Falls Church has been selected by Virginia Housing to receive $3,750,000 in grants for affordable housing initiatives
“The Amazon Grant enables NHPF and The City of Falls Church to continue evolving housing opportunities from today’s rich array of options to provide paths up and out of poverty for families,” said Mansur Abdul-Malik, Vice President, Development, NHPF. NEW YORK (PRWEB) March 10, 2021 The City of Falls Church has been selected by the Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA) to receive $3,750,000 in grants for affordable housing initiatives through the Resources Enabling Affordable Community Housing in Virginia (REACH) Virginia Program.
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Amazon is providing $3.75 million in grants to support affordable housing initiatives in the City of Falls Church. (Emily Leayman/Patch)
FALLS CHURCH, VA The City of Falls Church announced it is receiving $3.75 million in grants for affordable housing initiatives from Amazon.
The grants are part of a five-year, $15 million annual commitment to affordable housing in the region by Amazon for locating the second headquarters in Arlington. The city was selected for the grants by Virginia Housing, which manages Amazon s grants through the REACH Virginia program. The city will use $3.4 million for a new affordable housing homeownership program and $350,000 to extend availability of nine committed affordable apartments at the Read Building at 402 West Broad Street.