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Plans to upgrade East Falls Church bus loop move forward

Published January 23, 2024 at 10:30AM

East Falls Church Metro Station bus bays (via Google Maps)

A larger, more accessible bus loop may soon be coming to the East Falls Church Metro station.

The Arlington County Board on Saturday approved a $527,681 project-coordination agreement with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. This is part of a $12.7 million plan to provide the station with additional routes, expanded passenger capacity and improvements to parking and crosswalks.

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This could be the year Arlington transfers ownership of the Reeves Farmhouse

By Dan Egitto

Published January 22, 2024 at 4:30PM | Updated January 22, 2024 at 5:38PM

The Reeves Farmhouse (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

(Updated at 5:35 p.m.) A yearslong attempt to convert a historic Arlington property into a home for adults with developmental disabilities may be nearing the finish line.

The Arlington County Board is expected to consider agreements to transfer the Reeves Farmhouse into the hands of local nonprofits and allocate community development block grant funds later this year, according to a county rep ort. In advance of this, the Board on Saturday took steps toward streamlining the efforts of Habitat for Humanity DC-NOVA, HomeAid National Capital Region and L’Arche of Greater Washington.

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Arlington County mulls $75K in support for small, legacy businesses in National Landing

By Dan Egitto

Published January 19, 2024 at 11:30AM

Restaurant Row in Crystal City (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

A round of recovery funds may soon be coming to long-time small businesses in National Landing.

Potentially up for grabs is $75,000 in funding from the National Landing Business Improvement District. The proposed initiative, which the Arlington County Board is set to consider on Saturday, would build on the ReLaunch program, which provides grants to small local establishments.

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How Arlington plans to turn your poop into energy and fertilizer

By Dan Egitto

Published January 18, 2024 at 1:30PM

The Water Pollution Control Plant in South Arlington (via DES/Flickr)

More dirty details have emerged in the county’s $175 million plan to start using sewage for consumer-friendly fertilizer and renewable energy.

The first step is a $32 million budget authorization, set to be considered by the Arlington County Board this Saturday, to begin new upgrades the Arlington County Water Pollution Control Plant.

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Holiday wreaths are headed out of Arlington National Cemetery this weekend

By Dan Egitto

Published January 17, 2024 at 1:30PM

Wreaths on graves at Arlington National Cemetery in January 2024 (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

Arlington National Cemetery will lose some of its festive aesthetics on Saturday as volunteers remove holiday wreaths from the cemetery’s hundreds of thousands of graves.

Thousands of volunteers are expected to participate the annual “Wreaths Out” event, disposing of approximately 257,000 wreaths in Arlington as well as 14,000 wreaths at the Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery in D.C.