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Proposed zoning changes headed to County Board members by summer may make it easier to install electric-vehicle charging facilities across Arlington.

Proposed zoning changes include:


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More park space, improved traffic flow and better emergency-vehicle access are among the key desires of the Arlington View community.

Those concerns were outlined to County Board members on March 17, as the Board formally accepted an updated neighborhood plan that will guide future county planning efforts. It marks the first update to the original Arlington View Neighborhood Plan, which, when adopted in 1965, was the first of its kind in the county.


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A rally in support of after-school programming in Arlington will take place later this week at Kenmore Middle School.

Organizers plan to ask leaders to “work with us over the next year to ensure that what has been called a pilot program will become permanent, with ongoing funding and a path toward expansion to meet the needs of children in our community,” said Marjorie Green of Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement (VOICE).


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Efforts to improve pedestrian safety amid a planned redevelopment project could bring a reduction to the number of lanes on Wilson Blvd just west of Arlington.

In the Seven Corners area, west of the Arlington/Fairfax county line, the Fairfax County Department of Transportation has floated the idea of reducing westbound Wilson Blvd from two lanes to one.


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A proposal to impose fees on applications for new historic districts in Arlington is drawing criticism from members of the county’s historic-preservation panel.

Kaydee Myers, chair of the Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board (HALRB), argued that the small number of applications submitted annually would result in minimal revenue, but imposing a fee could dissuade future applicants.


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County Board members have approved new rooftop solar panels at four more county buildings, including Central Library.

Collectively, the installations are anticipated to save the county government about $850,000 in utility costs over a 25-year period.


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This winter’s “snowcrete” storm cost Reagan National Airport some passengers, but the looming spring-break season may turn things around.

January’s enplanements at Reagan National stood at just over 820,000, down 5.1% from a year before, according to data presented March 18 to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) board of directors.


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A key county advisory panel has recommended giving historic protections to portions of the former Nelly Custis School in Aurora Highlands.

The 7-4 vote by the Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board on March 18 sends the matter to the Planning Commission and County Board. And it complicates efforts by Melwood and Wesley Housing to redevelop the 1.7-acre site at 750 23rd Street S. for affordable housing.


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Arlington ended 2025 with 23% more residents unemployed than at the start of the year.

In December, 4,676 Arlington County residents were looking for jobs and 147,611 were employed in the civilian workforce, equating to a 3.1% unemployment rate. That’s a sharp increase from January 2025, when 3,814 were unemployed for a jobless rate of 2.5%.


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Falls Church and business leaders celebrated the reopening of a renovated police substation at the Eden Center yesterday (Wednesday).

“This really represents a recommitment,” Mayor Letty Hardi said at the ceremony. “We are really excited. Public safety works best when it is rooted in the community.”


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The Arlington School Board is poised to adopt more comprehensive conflict-of-interest rules, while also authorizing a hotline for staff to report suspected financial impropriety.

Assuming the pair of new policies is adopted at the March 26 School Board meeting, the new hotline for waste, fraud and abuse will be in operation “in the coming weeks,” said Steven Marku, the school system’s director of policy and legislative affairs, at a March 12 meeting.


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Arlington’s treasurer is taking a more conservative stance on investments amid fears that local tax revenue could run short in the coming months.

“I have decided to make all of our investments fairly short-term,” Carla de la Pava told County Board members at a March 3 budget hearing. “Right now, it has been the wisest [action]. The safety of having liquid assets during this time of chaos has been really important.”


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