In America’s “fittest city,” some dogs may get the chance to match their owners’ athleticism through a new canine fitness program in Green Valley.
Snouts & Stouts, the indoor dog park and bar that opened 2709 S. Oakland Street last fall, has introduced a new program through Canine Cardio, a Northern Virginia pet care provider offering “a comprehensive range of fitness and training services” for dogs.
Subs are now coming Mike’s Way in Clarendon.
Jersey Mike’s Subs opened its doors at 3009 Clarendon Blvd for the first time Wednesday, a couple of weeks behind schedule. The sandwich shop replaces the former Dunkin’ in the space.
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Question: How much of an impact do you think the ROAD to Housing Act will have on housing affordability in Arlington?
Answer: The Road to Housing Act became law ten days ago, with the stated goal of improving housing affordability in the United States.
I don’t see many policies in the Act that will improve affordability in the Arlington/Northern VA/DC Metro markets, outside of incentives for more affordable multi-family housing, but there are policies that should improve affordability in other markets that are more saturated with institutional investors that own swaths of single-family homes (e.g. Atlanta and Phoenix) and for manufactured/mobile homes.
The Local Conversation Needs to Change
If we are going to improve affordability in our market, most of the change has to be done locally/regionally, not nationally, but it requires a paradigm shift in how we discuss and solve for housing affordability.
Affordability Disconnect: Near Term Expectations Not Realistic
A disconnect between housing affordability expectations and reality prevents the right community and political conversations from happening. We expect/demand housing affordability immediately, ignoring the difficulty, and consequences, of achieving it that quickly.
Stable and healthy housing affordability is a long-term process requiring gradual change over a 10-15+ year period.
Demand-Side Solutions Won’t Work
Demand-side solutions, such as lower interest rates or easier financing, artificially inflate home values, as seen during the COVID-era housing boom and early 2000s. They are not a good long-term solution to affordability because they push values even higher (along with your property taxes) and affordability gets worse when rates/lending normalize and no longer provide artificially low monthly payments.
Supply-Side Solutions Are Not Immediate
Most policy discussions focus on supply-side solutions: building more/faster and denser housing (e.g. Arlington’s Missing Middle/Expanded Housing Option), incentivizing more existing home sales, or disincentivizing concentrated ownership by companies and individuals. Econ 101 tells us that more supply = lower prices = affordable housing (winner winner!).
This is the only path to stable, long-term housing affordability…BUT, at current interest rates, prices must drop 30-35% in the United States to become affordable, at current income levels. A 30-35% drop in home values would devastate the economy, so a supply-side solution won’t (shouldn’t) provide immediate affordability. (more…)
An Arlington man and his girlfriend were killed in a shooting in Loudoun County yesterday.
Diego Alexander Woollett, 22, was one of two people shot and killed in the area of Huntington Square in Sterling early Thursday morning, police said.
A driver has been cited after striking a teen cyclist in a crosswalk near a high school this morning.
The crash happened just after 8 a.m. at the intersection of 13th Street N. and N. Quincy Street, adjacent to Washington-Liberty High School. An officer working in the area saw the crash and immediately radioed for medics to respond.
Join the Rosslyn BID and Arlington Arts at the 34th Rosslyn Jazz Fest 2026 featuring live jazz, food trucks, local vendors, and family-friendly activities in the heart of Rosslyn! This year’s lineup is bringing a diverse mix of performers and bands redefining the jazz music genre including Plena Libre, Sally Baby’s Silver Dollars, Parlor Greens, and Dogo du Togo & the Alagaa Beat Band.
An Arlington fentanyl dealer whose pills reportedly caused a client to fatally overdose was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday (Wednesday).
Shan Mehmood, 21, pleaded guilty earlier this year to conspiracy to distribute 40 or more grams of fentanyl, distribution of fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
Call for ANC Incident Investigation — “One of Fairfax County’s congressional representatives wants a public accounting of reported clash between presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign and staff at Arlington National Cemetery. This morning (Wednesday), Rep. Gerry Connolly called for the cemetery to ‘publicly release all that transpired’ during the former president and current Republican presidential nominee’s visit on Monday.” [FFXnow]
Pentagon City Store Robbed — “The suspect entered the business, allegedly collected merchandise and exited without payment. Loss prevention personnel confronted the suspect outside the business and while attempting to detain her, the suspect struck the loss prevention personnel. A struggle ensued during which the responding officer arrived and attempted to detain the suspect during which she was noncompliant and attempted to flee the scene. The suspect was subsequently taken into custody.” [ACPD]
Milestone for Arlington Startup — “OxiWear Inc. has earned Food and Drug Administration clearance to sell its wearable oxygen monitor as a medical device, potentially creating a massive market opportunity. Shavini Fernando, founder and CEO of the 5-year-old Arlington startup, has been fighting to get the device to chronic disease patients for years. She developed it to monitor her own severe pulmonary hypertension.” [Washington Business Journal]
New All-You-Can-Eat Brunch — “Corso, the women-owned restaurant and gourmet Italian market in Shirlington, is debuting a brand new $29 All-You-Can-Mangia Italian brunch this weekend. Diners can feast on Italian-inspired dishes and enjoy $5 cocktail options for up two hours.” [Patch]
Record Temperatures Wednesday — “Capping a historically hot summer, the D.C. area witnessed a record-setting blast of late-August heat Wednesday… The District officially reached 101 degrees late in the afternoon, breaking the previous Aug. 28 record high of 99 degrees from 1948. The high of 101 ties for the District’s second-highest temperature this late in the season.” [Capital Weather Gang]
It’s Thursday — Expect a mostly sunny day with a high near 88 and a 60% chance of afternoon showers and possible thunderstorms, accompanied by east winds at 6-9 mph. Rainfall amounts may range from a tenth to a quarter of an inch, with higher amounts possible during thunderstorms. Thursday night will be cloudy with a low around 69 and a 60% chance of showers and thunderstorms, particularly before 2am. East winds will continue at 7-9 mph, with rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch. [NWS]
Good Wednesday evening, Arlington. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.
The following articles were published earlier today — Aug 28, 2024.
Here is what’s going on Thursday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
Expect a mostly sunny day with a high near 88 and a 60% chance of afternoon showers and possible thunderstorms, accompanied by east winds at 6-9 mph. Rainfall amounts may range from a tenth to a quarter of an inch, with higher amounts possible during thunderstorms. Thursday night will be cloudy with a low around 69 and a 60% chance of showers and thunderstorms, particularly before 2am. East winds will continue at 7-9 mph, with rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch. See more from Weather.gov.
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Arlington County police are investigating a pair of armed robberies at the Pentagon City mall.
The first robbery happened around 3:45 p.m. in the mall’s parking garage. Initial reports suggest that the man was armed with a short barrel rifle and robbed the victim of a watch.
Arlington merchants generated over $50 million in DoorDash sales in 2023 as local businesses continue to adapt to changing consumer expectations.
Hundreds of restaurants in Arlington currently turn to the third-party service to deliver food to customers’ homes, a spokesperson told ARLnow. In a marketplace that increasingly privileges convenience, DoorDash and other third-party apps have helped Arlington restaurants diversity their revenue and combat mounting costs, said Erinn Tucker-Oluwole, co-founder of DMV Black Restaurant Week.
