Hello, Yupette,
I wanted to know what the long range plans are for Arlington. So I asked a woman who's on the Economic Development Division's staff. She confirmed that "Arlington is going to be the next Tysons. It's going to be done neighborhood by neighborhood over the next ten years. They're going to pack as much density into this county as possible. Arlington is going to be like Tysons is today. Next big thing is urbanizing residential neighborhoods between the state highway corridors."
So if people are concerned about the planning for Crystal City they should be. Because that's the future planning for the entire County.
Thanks for your blog.
Mary
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Already happening. People are driving for miles with their children to use community tot lots and playgrounds because the REITs don't want to build any.
Economic Development, Planning, and other County Staff routinely troll in the for-profit blogs promoting their own 'planning' for our neighborhoods. Most of them don't live in Arlington.
ArlNow is by far the worst of the for-profit blogs.
Send an e-mail to our non-resident County Manager asking her if she's authorized employees in various departments to troll the local blogs, countymanager at arlingtonva dot us.
Planning staff and economic development staff who don't live in the County troll ArlNow and post comments about how badly blighted a neighborhood is and how the featured redevelopment site plan will be a huge improvement. Latest neighborhood to receive the troll treatment is Bluemont.
That really sucks because Robert Atkins blasts the County Board at almost every County Board meeting for neglecting Bluemont.
County Board does not care at all about Arlington, except as a mega-development opportunity for out-of-state REITs.
ArlNow is completely corrupt - shills for County Government in return for insider information.
I do not agree. Our Beloved Reitsfuhrer needs gentle guidance at this point in his career when he is about to hand over power entirely to the Reits.
Ein Reit...Ein Fuhrer...Ein Zimmerman
Reits do the 'planning'.
Sun Gazette also shills for the County Board. There are no problems at the wastewater treatment plant....There are no problems at the wastewater treatment plant.
Do a feature the Fairfax County crowd who are responsible for the mess....
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