Comments on: Artisphere, Two Community Centers Could Be on Next Year’s Chopping Block

By: amya

amya — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:50:00 +0000

So the County Board is willing to spend millions on projects that nobody wants — like the Columbia Pike streetcar — but keeps threatening to close Madison Community Center, which is the only facility serving Arlingtonians north of Lee Highway. Madison offers plenty of free parking, lots of available rooms, and is convenienly located for so many of us in North Arlington. It is currently used for: day care, voting, community fitness, aerobics, senior strength training, childrens’ summer camp, yoga, bridge, and many other community activities. All too often when leaders of the various county program are looking to add classes, they try to cram them into overcrowded facilities like Langston Brown, overlooking Madison. It is an asset that needs to be retained for the good of the community. .

By: acdc hack

acdc hack — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:16:00 +0000

They would have the not insubstantial costs of laying off the staff so no, the cost of this will haunt the county for sometime.

By: ACDC Hack

ACDC Hack — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:27:00 +0000

And who can forget this “oldy but goody”…….

By: WhiskerBiscuit

WhiskerBiscuit — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:12:00 +0000

35M in the red? This giveaway for snobs needs to be the first to get the axe

By: DCBuff

DCBuff — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 02:56:45 +0000

“The best example of something that does not turn a profit but which requires millions of dollars of maintenance and investment every year — roads. No one complains about the subsidy to drivers.” You seem to be abundantly unaware of the debate over legislation in Richmond for several weeks involving the gas tax and raising the general sales tax all to focus revenues for transportation. The gas tax pays for roads and is paid for by drivers. Not a subsidy.

By: Paula Mills

Paula Mills — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:46:28 +0000

Let’s review: you hide behind a fake name, yet you want RosRes to identify his/her name? How shallow of you.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:22:30 +0000

The best example of something that does not turn a profit but which requires millions of dollars of maintenance and investment every year — roads. No one complains about the subsidy to drivers.

By: APSnumberone

APSnumberone — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:17:44 +0000

Yes, Madison of course should be turned back over to the School Board. It could be used as a preschool center, or move the Children’s School there and open Reed as a neighborhood school to alleviate crowding. No-brainer. Other school programs could also be located in some of these underutilized community centers. Let’s put these two boards together and make them talk to one another, for heavens sake!

By: YorktownStudent

YorktownStudent — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:09:28 +0000

I went to a cool PostSecrets event at the Artisphere once! But I haven’t seen anything else interesting since.

By: School Dad

School Dad — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:07:53 +0000

See my response above and LPL’s as well. Madison is not the solution to the elementary school crisis. It may be a solution to other problems in the future if the historic preservation issues can be solved. Oh, and do you really want to reopen the debate about where to put the dog park?