Arlington County Board's Annual Christmas in July Meeting will be held on July 14th with the carry-over Meeting on July 17th.
Biggest for-profit County Board Gift Recipients this year are Ballston Quarter (formerly Ballston Common) Mall Owner and Operator Forest City, and Crystal City Owner and Operator JBG/Smith (also the Landlord for the County Office Building). Placed on the County Board's Consent Agenda, of course.
Usual Christmas in July spending on the Consent Agenda for extravagant parks, recreation, and sports facility makeovers, grants to wealthy arts organizations, AHIF loans for more extravagant subsidized moderate-income housing (e.g., Berkeley Apartments).
Biggest non-profit Gift Recipients are various County and other bureaucracies (e.g.,WMATA) who will spend $2.8 billion over the next decade via the County's Capital Improvement Plan and funds from bond referenda (this year's referenda will allocate $243 million).
This year the County Board MAY throw a few crumbs to ordinary Arlington residents in the form of tax relief for Seniors and not having to bother affixing personal property tax stickers to vehicle windows anymore.
Too much more on the gift list to write about here, so go to arlingtonva.us -> County Board -> Meetings and Agendas and check it all out.
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