Arlington County By the Numbers

Arlington County has released the latest version of its annual Profile publication, a compendium of vital statistics about the county. The 2012 Arlington County Profile includes information about...

Arlington Generates 13 Percent of Va. Tourism Revenue

The tourism industry is on the rise in Arlington. According to new state tourism figures, visitors spent nearly $2.5 billion in Arlington in 2010, an increase of more than 6 percent compared to...

As Recession Lingers, AFAC Hits All-Time High

The Arlington Food Assistance Center reached an all-time high number of families served last week, a dubious milestone the organization attributes to the on-going recession. AFAC served 1572...

Morning Poll: How Do You Feel About the Local Economy?

Even with the national economy in the dumps three years ago, the economy in the D.C. region -- and especially in Arlington -- remained strong, with low unemployment and a healthy real estate...

Arlington Second Only to Manhattan In…

Civic boosters once tried to brand Rosslyn as "Manhattan on the Potomac." The connection between Times Square and N. Lynn Street pretty much stopped at the WJLA news ticker, but there is one...

DEVELOPING STORY — Federal Shutdown Could Have “Severe Impact” on N. Virginia

On a conference call today, Rep. Jim Moran (D) said he believe the odds of a federal shutdown at the end of the week is about 50/50 -- a dark omen for Arlington and other Northern Virginia...

Arlington’s Top 10 Government and Private Employers

Things are looking pretty good for Arlington, economy-wise -- at least according to a presentation this morning by Arlington Economic Development Director Terry Holzheimer. Unemployment and office...

Zimmerman: Arlington’s Prosperity Is Not an Accident

County Board Chairman Chris Zimmerman touted Arlington's ability to weather the recession during a short speech at last night's Arlington County Democratic Committee meeting. Zimmerman said...

BRAC Delays Could Keep Thousands of Jobs in Arlington

So much for deadlines. Sept. 15, 2011 was supposed to be the date by which some 5 million square feet of military-occupied office space in Arlington -- 17 percent of the county's office inventory...

Ballston Looks to Improve Image

Rosslyn and Crystal City are doing it. Now Ballston wants in on the action. This weekend a group of large local property owners will ask the county board to advertise a public hearing on the...

Morning Notes

County Spending Outpaces Revenue Gains -- An improving economy will bring in more tax and fee revenue for the county next year, but those gains will be outpaced by projected increases in county...

Need a Job? AT&T Is Hiring

AT&T is holding a job fair in Pentagon City tomorrow in an attempt to fill more than 100 retail sales and management jobs in the DC area. The job fair is being held at the Doubletree Hotel at...

Arlington Restaurant, Retail Spending Booming

As we've reported before, Arlington's unemployment rate has stayed remarkably low during the course of the recession. But in case you needed further proof of the resilience of the county's economy,...

Arlington County Unemployment Rate Holds Steady

Arlington's unemployment rate is holding at a low 4.3 percent. Employment figures just released for June show that total employment in Arlington increased from 134,010 in May to 134,579 in June....

Weekend News Roundup

Secretary Gates Calls For Reduction of DoD Spending -- On Saturday Defense Secretary Robert Gates gave a blistering speech that called for a significant restructuring of Pentagon spending, reports...