Arlington County, Virginia Among the Smartest Places in the World

We are so smart!  Arlington County Virginia that is.
Arlington County has been named one of 21 “Smart Communities” by the Intelligent Community Forum, a think tank that studies the economic and social development of the 21st Century community.
Wow!  Arlington County Virginia was selected to qualify for being a Smart21 community, from about 400 jurisdictions across [...]

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Investment $$ in the Arlington VA ‘hoods

Arlington County has announced some plans to continue improving these terrific neighborhoods of ours.  Cherrydale, Leeway, Ft. Meyer, Aurora Highlands, Barcroft, Columbia Heights, Dominion Hills, Arlington Ridge, and Old Dominion are all scheduled to benefit from sidewalks, streetlights, trees, play areas, and/or road narrowing — at a total investment cost of $3.3 million.  See here [...]

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You CAN go home again

And I can take you there.
It just may not look the same as it used to.
The other day I spent some quality time showing a new friend of mine the place where she lived the first 4 years of her life.  Notice I said place. It’s not the same home, this being Arlington and all.  [...]

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Tysons Corner Gets its Share of the Stimulus Pie

Metro to Dulles!  According to the Washington Post, the federal government made it’s formal commitment to a long-planned extension of Metro to Dulles International Airport.  This allows the region, finally, to focus on this reality: a public transit line serving Washington’s busiest airport and Virginia’s most prosperous — and congested — jobs corridor. 
The expansion of [...]

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Crossing the river from Maryland?

If you’re considering a move to Northern Virginia from Maryland, there are a few things you’ve got to think about ahead of time:

Transportation infrastructure.  Streets here in NoVa are crowded and impossible to navigate.  Just as those Maryland roads are a total conundrum to Northern Virginians, though perhaps less crowded.

Passions run very strong on the [...]

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Because we need some good news

During these stressful economic times as promoted in the national media, it’s good to remember that Arlington Virginia was recently named the top Wealth Center in the nation.

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Ripley’s Believe it or Not

Just received an email with this headline:
Washington DC Metro Area Is Most Promising Real Estate Market in the World
Apparently, Roger Arnold — a macro economist who does consulting for government agencies such as HUD as well as think tanks, hedge funds and sovereign nation funds — gave his analysis of current economic news and conditions [...]

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Perfect Penrose

Arlington County Board Approves Public Square for Columbia Pike
The Arlington County Board just approved the master plan for Penrose Square, the first and largest of three new squares planned for Columbia Pike’s Town Center that are key to the County’s efforts to transform the Pike.
The 33,000 sq. ft. square will be located on the north [...]

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Pretty big news in Arlington

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