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Published August 18, 2022 at 3:45PM

The newly renovated Washington-Liberty High School annex (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

The $38 million transformation of the Washington-Liberty annex is nearly complete.

Over the last three years, the nearly six-decade-old Arlington Education Center has undergone a complete overhaul to turn it into classrooms and school space for the burgeoning student body. This is the most significant renovation in the history of the building, which was completed in 1969 and previously used as the Arlington Public Schools headquarters. (The APS administrative offices are now located at Sequoia Plaza.)

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Rosslyn-based startup puts interior design at homeowners’ fingertips

By Brandi Bottalico

Published August 1, 2022 at 12:45PM

Ketan Doiphode, founder of Deazly (courtesy of Deazly)

Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow, Startup Monday is a weekly column that profiles Arlington-based startups, founders, and other local technology news. Monday Properties is proudly featuring 1515 Wilson Blvd in Rosslyn.

A Rosslyn-based online interior design startup is celebrating one year and more than 100 projects.

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County Board to consider renovation contract for ‘courtroom of the future’

By Mavis Chan

Published July 14, 2022 at 1:30PM

The exterior of the Arlington County Justice Center, where county courts are located (via Google Maps)

A contract that’s part of a $1.9 million project to renovate “the courtroom of the future” is set to go before the Arlington County Board.

The Board plans to vote on Saturday (July 16) on an $890,000 construction contract to upgrade Arlington General District Court Courtroom 10B with technology updates and layout improvements. If approved, the contract will go to Michigan-based construction company Sorensen Gross.

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A few days left to pitch a new name for the Ballston Beaver Pond

By Mavis Chan

Published May 26, 2022 at 9:30AM

A digger stands near the Ballston Beaver Pond (staff photo by Mavis Chan)

Ballston Beaver Pond is in need of a new name because, well, there are no more beavers.

An online survey to rename Ballston Beaver Pond is set to close on Wednesday, June 1, as renovations at the pond are on hold due to a delay in material delivery.

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Another $140,000 is needed for Gunston Bubble project due to ‘unsuitable soil conditions’

By Matt Blitz

Published April 19, 2022 at 12:45PM

Gunston Bubble, deflated (staff photo by Matt Blitz)

The Arlington County Board is likely to vote this weekend on providing another $140,000 to fix the Gunston sports “bubble” due to issues related to the soil beneath the structure.

Renovations started last year on the Gunston Bubble, the covered, all-season county synthetic athletic field at Gunston Park behind the middle school of the same name. The two-decade-old bubble had reached “the end of its useful lifespan,” reads a county report, and needed to “be constantly monitored and inflated.”

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The $15 million Jennie Dean Park renovation is almost complete

By Matt Blitz

Published April 18, 2022 at 11:30AM

Jennie Dean Park in 2022 (staff photo by Matt Blitz)

The $15.5 million renovation of Jennie Dean Park in Green Valley is nearly complete, poised to open to the public in the middle of next month.

A lengthy design and construction process has resulted in a major reworking of the seven-decade-old park, located along Four Mile Run, across from Shirlington.

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APS says ‘neigh’ to large animals ahead of Career Center expansion

By Jo DeVoe

Published March 16, 2022 at 3:45PM | Updated March 16, 2022 at 4:06PM

Some of the animals that used to be a part of the Career Center's animal science program (via @APS_AnimalSci)

When “Rocket” — the last goat at the Arlington Career Center — died in August, the large animal component of the school’s Animal Sciences program effectively died with it.

Historically, the school has kept a menagerie of animals for students interested in pursuing careers in animal care and veterinary science, including a miniature horse, goats, cats, dogs, turtles and birds. Today, the program serves about 120 students.

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Fire department staffing increase leads county to renovate fire stations

By Jo DeVoe

Published February 15, 2022 at 2:45PM | Updated February 15, 2022 at 3:01PM

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(Updated at 3 p.m.) A half-dozen Arlington fire stations will be upgraded to accommodate more firefighters.

The renovations will give firefighters and EMTs at Fire Stations 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 9 more space and amenities to use while they’re at the station.

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County to award $2.8 million contract for Alcova Heights Park renovations

By Jo DeVoe

Published February 11, 2022 at 9:30AM

Alcova Heights Park on S. George Mason Drive (via Arlington County)

Alcova Heights Park is going to get a face lift.

The county is gearing up to award a $2.8 million contract to upgrade a number of facilities in the heavily used 13-acre park on S. George Mason Drive, a few blocks north of Columbia Pike.

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published February 10, 2022 at 7:30AM

Soccer practice at Long Bridge Park (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

New Organ Debuts Tomorrow — “The new organ [at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Virginia Square] cost $1.2 million… Opus 28 arrived in Arlington on Oct. 3, 2021. For three weeks, Pasi put together the 500,000 parts that constitute it. He spent the next two months ‘voicing’ the organ: doing the painstaking adjustments necessary to make everything sound just right.” [Washington Post]

Reminder: Pizza Boxes Can Be Composted — From Arlington’s Dept. of Environmental Services: “There’s No ‘I’ in Food Scraps: Arlington viewers of ‘The Big Game’ can give 110% and go all in in the green curbside cart: pizza crusts and boxes, wing bones and greasy napkins. You won’t be denied.” [Twitter]

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Long-awaited renovations to Ballston Beaver Pond begin

By Jo DeVoe

Published December 2, 2021 at 3:30PM

The Ballston Beaver Pond is now closed for construction (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Work began yesterday (Wednesday) on the long-delayed Ballston Beaver Pond remediation project — but no busy beavers will be involved.

The $4.2 million, 18-month project approved by the County Board this summer will retrofit the pond, originally built in 1980 to collect stormwater runoff from I-66. Today, sediment in the pond prevents detention, and it instead has become home to abundant wildlife, including beavers, according to a county report.