Civic Associations Want Say in VHC Plan — “Plans by VHC Health (Virginia Hospital Center) and the Arlington County government for a new [mental health] facility on South Carlin Springs Road have drawn concern from the leaders of two adjacent civic associations. ‘We are disappointed that no effort was made for meaningful engagement with us prior to the finalization of the letter of intent,’ wrote Julie Lee, president of the Glencarlyn Civic Association, and Brian Glosh, president of the Forest Glen Civic Association, in a letter to County Board members and hospital officials” [Gazette Leader]
Protest in Rosslyn Yesterday — “There’s a small anti-war protest currently underway in Rosslyn, in front of Raytheon HQ at 1100 Wilson Blvd. It’s organized by the group Code Pink and scheduled to go until 12:30.” [Twitter]
Arlington Woman Completes Feat — “An Arlington woman, Jill Jamieson, has completed the adventure of a lifetime after running seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. She raised funds for the Alzheimer’s Association. Jamieson completed the World Marathon Challenge on Monday after starting in Antarctica. Runners completed the standard 42.2 km marathon distance in Antarctica, Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe, South America and North America within 168 hours, or seven days.” [WJLA, Today]
New CVS Opens — The new CVS store in the Virginia Square area — the one with the somewhat controversial brick wall — has reportedly opened, several people tell ARLnow.
Free Food for Fillmores, Fords — “‘Presidents’ eat free at WOB Bar & Kitchen Arlington this Presidents Day! On Monday, February 20, 2023, to celebrate the holiday, anyone with the last name of any U.S. President will receive a free BYO (build your own) Burger.” [Press Release]
HQ2 Is Huge — “The first phase of Amazon’s HQ2 in Arlington, known as Metropolitan Park, is scheduled to open in the coming months, making it the biggest office project scheduled for completion in the United States in 2023 outside of New York City. The top five office projects scheduled for completion in 2023 are in New York City, according to a new report from CommercialCafe.” [Patch]
F.C. Has Priciest Homes — “It doesn’t happen often, but the District of Columbia in January was displaced as the priciest local real-estate market on a per-square-foot sales-price basis in January. The itty-bitty city of Falls Church rose to the top, with homes selling for a median $504 per square foot… Falls Church leapfrogged both D.C. and traditional second-place finisher Arlington to land the top spot with a 29.9-percent increase in median per-square-foot costs.” [Gazette Leader]
It’s Wednesday — Mostly cloudy throughout the day. High of 64 and low of 45. Sunrise at 7:01 am and sunset at 5:47 pm. [Weather.gov]