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Is 2025 the year Falls Church follows neighboring Arlington in enacting ranked-choice voting to elect its governing body?

It’s a question that will be answered in coming months by the seven-member City Council, whose members will have to address both logistical and philosophical issues before coming to a decision and setting the timetable.


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Two new data analyses agree: Arlington’s relatively high apartment-rental costs are still moving upward.

A Zumper survey released earlier this week has Arlington as the priciest location for apartments in the D.C. region, with a median one-bedroom monthly rental price of $2,410 and median two-bedroom price of $3,220.


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The concept of granting religious organizations more flexibility to create affordable housing on their properties is a good one, Falls Church officials say.

But city leaders remain wary of pending legislation in Richmond that could handcuff local-government zoning powers in order to obtain that outcome.


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The legal limbo of Arlington’s Missing Middle policy could impact other planned housing initiatives.

Members of the county government’s Housing Commission on Nov. 7 were briefed by county staff on new proposals to address housing affordability and to diversify the county’s housing stock.


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Add Falls Church to the list of Northern Virginia localities where elected officials are worried about implications of Donald Trump’s victory.

“Things may very well change fairly dramatically,” City Council member David Snyder said last Wednesday (Nov. 6), the day after a national election that swept the former president back into office and saw Republicans potentially controlling both houses of Congress.


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Final action on policies related to deer-culling, towing and residential-to-commercial conversions will be on the agenda when Arlington County Board members meet this Saturday (Nov. 16).

At the meeting, Board members are slated to take final action on zoning changes required to permit the use of sharpshooters to kill deer on public lands in the county.


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Northern Virginia leaders, including those from Arlington, are in wait-and-see mode on what Republican victories at the national level could mean for local transit and transportation funding.

“I don’t have a crystal ball,” said Kate Mattice, executive director of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC). “It’s just sort of watching the space and seeing what lands.”


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Falls Church’s two new elected officials are likely to be on the dais when their respective bodies next convene.

Both the City Council and School Board will meet Tuesday evening (Nov. 12). And if paperwork requirements are met, the two victors in special elections will be sworn in before those meetings begin.


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A combination of venting, defiance, group therapy and gearing up for future battles.

That’s how Arlington Democrats were coping Wednesday night (Nov. 6), just 24 hours the night after the party’s devastating losses at the national level.


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They’ll be back in 2025, local leaders of the Forward Party declare.

Despite the party’s four endorsed candidates in Arlington and Alexandria races not pulling out any victories, the leadership said 2024 was just the start of a multi-year growth plan in Virginia.


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Falls Church’s consideration of zoning changes to permit standalone accessory-dwelling units in single-family neighborhoods is drawing sharp contrasts.

At a Monday (Nov. 4) City Council work session, some on the body argued the proposal would be a win for local homeowners.


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