Arlington’s parks are now (mostly) open! Enjoy this weekend at Virginia Highlands Park with your social distancing activities like kites, painting, picnics, reading, etc. Monday afternoon 11-4pm there will be two food trucks at 15th & Joyce near the large open fields to help satisfy your appetite for food, fresh air, and nature.
No April Meeting.
Get a recap of March’s meeting and a range of resources related to the current health crisis. Also – construction updates, food drive, complete streets, and GAO aircraft noise study.
Thank you to everyone that came out to the March meeting. The meeting minutes will be posted to the Documents section in the next week or so. In the mean time, here are the presentation materials from the meeting.
Join us for our March meeting, Wednesday, March 11, 7-9pm.
On the agenda are a community-led proposal to beautify the new park at 20th & Ives, and a discussion on Housing. We’ll have an update on our two workshops on housing affordability, followed by County Board member Katie Cristol presenting the county’s “Missing Middle” study.
Other newsletter updates:
Dog park; Pentagon Centre & Met Park construction updates; Residential Permit Parking; New scooter/ebike rules; Crime update; St Patrick’s day, 23rd street festival; Capital improvement budget; Future of the Underground; Airport Noise.
Read the full newsletter for additional details.
Your neighbors in the civic association working group for the new park space at 20th and Ives streets have been hard at work! A basic design and elements are proposed to be discussed at the March 11 AHCA meeting.
Kimco provided the following presentation detailing the construction of “Building C” at the corner of Hayes & 15th streets.
Update March 5: Several pursuits and auto thefts have been made in the last week: SUSPECT FLEES FROM POLICE AFTER ANOTHER CARJACKING IN PENTAGON CITY (FEB 21) Foot Chase Leads to […]
The working group tasked with identifying and presenting possible ways the community could improve the park space at 20th & Ives held their first meeting on Feb 7th.
Join us for our February meeting, Wednesday, February 12, 7-9pm.
On the agenda are Climate and Energy, and what you can do. County Board Member Matt de Ferranti also returns to share his perspectives on the Livability work, and follow up on last November’s traffic discussion.
Other newsletter updates:
Dues Due; PDSP Update / Transportation Study; Met Park Public Space Open House; Public Hearing on Columbia Pike Realignment; 31st Street Parking Area Survey; Open Space Workshop Invitation; Shopping Cart Legislation; Armed Robberies; Glass Recycling; Volunteer with Music Mends; Foxes & Deer; Native Seedlings.
Read the full newsletter for additional details.
Join us for our January meeting, Wednesday, January 8, 7-9pm.
On the agenda are details about the Pentagon Centre construction starting this month, information and donation to Melwood in appreciation of their community events, and a showing of Styrofoam Mom: The Movie, highlighting the state of unsustainable packaging.
Other newsletter updates:
Joint CA meeting & panel on Livability; VHC Immediate Care is open; Crystal House and Met Park HQ2 development plans approved; Historic agreement to expand rail connectivity between VA & DC, and Reusable party supplies.
Read the full newsletter for additional details.
Aurora Highlands Civic Association represents the residents of Pentagon City and surrounding subdivisions of Addison Heights, Aurora Hills, and Virginia Highlands. Aurora Highlands is a residential neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia, 22202 established in 1910.
OUR MEETINGS are held the second Wednesday of the month at the Aurora Hills Community Center at 735 18th Street S Arlington, VA 22202 @ 7:00 p.m.
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