Eric Berkey

Screenshot of a tweet from Volunteer Arlington, which reads “Those looking to offer support in response to the tragic air crash at DCA should monitor @ArlingtonVA & Volunteer Arlington's social media to learn the best ways to provide assistance if it is needed. Please avoid the site to allow first responders to focus on recovery efforts.” Tweet includes a graphic which repeats the same text.

I know many are looking for ways to help and support after last night’s tragedy at DCA. Volunteer Arlington and Arlington County will have more. (I’ll try to xpost)

Please stay tuned as response is ongoing. Our first responders continue their work and we are extremely grateful for their efforts.

Blasting this from @volunteerarlington.bsky.social

Those looking to support in response to the tragic air crash at DCA should monitor Volunteer Arlington's social media to learn the best ways to provide assistance if needed. Avoid the site to allow first responders to focus on recovery efforts.

I'm so just so sad for those who lost their lives last night at DCA and their families. I'm thankful for our DC, Maryland, Virginia, and federal first responders.

C'mon CTRL+SALT+DEL and Taylor Drift, let's get it together!

Psst.....it's snowing out there!

Happy New Year!

NEW: Pair of vacant office buildings to be converted to hotel and apartment building | ARLnow.com Two largely vacant office buildings in Crystal City are set to become a hotel and an apartment building. Property owner JBG Smith announced today that it has filed an application under a new Arlington...

This seems...great! I'm excited to learn more about both the applications and dig into the new expedited site plan review process (for such proposals) that can help build more housing while maintaining community priorities for things like open spaces.

www.arlnow.com/2024/12/30/n...

Housing may cost way too much in Arlington but we live rent free in the minds of our friends to the south!

And getting more aggressive about pedestrian safety!

Governance structure should be an Arlington priority in 2025, expert argues | ARLnow.com Arlington's current system of government has "served us well," but might be in line for an update, one expert believes. John Milliken -- who served on the County Board in the 1980s until he was tapped...

With all due respect, making sure people can live here and stay here (housing affordability and supply) and if they choose, raise kids here (childcare costs and availability) should be Arlington's 2025 priorities.

www.arlnow.com/2024/11/29/g...

Very little, apparently!

Yeah, those tend to get outsized attention. LTTEs don't adequately represent the community in the same way attendance at a government meeting fails as well. But elections do. I think Alexandria knew what it was voting for in Alyia Gaskins.

Love your work here, but also: the hair is spectacular!

The order is quite a mess, IMO. It takes an overly formalistic approach that seems to be wholly inconsistent with existing law. There's nothing progressive about using your privilege to elbow people out of our community.

Arlington, VA (as do other localities) has an affordable housing investment fund (loan funding) that is generally a tertiary funding source. LIHTC financing has made mixed income proposals scarce, although income mixing has helped diversify units so not all are 60% area median income. #ArlingtonVA

How a Washington, DC, Suburb Became the Safest Place in America Across the Potomac from the capital is a county of high-rise apartment buildings and extremely low traffic-fatality and homicide rates.

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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Here's an opportunity coming this Monday, 11/19. You can attend and make a public comment (if you'd like!) on a proposal to build affordable housing near Crystal City. #arlingtonva

www.arlingtonva.us/Government/P...

In Arlington, VA, folks usually ask what the County is doing. We should! But what's our local legislative delegation doing too?!

Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance NVAHA & AHS Unification The Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance (NVAHA) and Alliance for Housing Solutions (AHS) formally announced their merger, effective January 1, 2024. Inform. Collabora...

The best time to start advocating for affordable and attainable housing in your community was yesterday. The next best time is today!

nvaha.org

And our state delegation to prioritizing making housing easier to build (single staircase bills!) over legislation that's clearly intended to just make it harder and more expensive (like Delegate Patrick Hope's historic preservation law that threatens to slow every new housing project).

Yay!!!

Don't worry, they spent 300m on electric buses!

Survey Results: Your outlook on living conditions in D.C. over the next five years Nearly half of respondents expected living conditions to get worse, and that was before the presidential election results.

@51stnews.bsky.social ran a survey asking DC residents: "What one change could make the greatest difference in your life?"

The results: "Across all responses, affordable housing was the biggest concern by a landslide..."

51st.news/dc-living-co...

Commissions and Advisory Groups List of Arlington's advisory groups, committees and commissions, plus meeting dates, vacancies and application forms.

...and we always need new folks who are interested in a more inclusive Arlington to get involved! Having great leaders in our advisory groups has been integral to Arlington's successes. It's a wonderful way to contribute to our democracy.

www.arlingtonva.us/Government/C...

So while I doubt many Arlington folks who are following me don't already know this, joining an advisory group and contributing is a great way to make an impact locally. Like anything in life, you'll get out of what you put in...1/2

Excited for all the new connections with friends old and new!

Yup, about time!

It reads as if it doesn't already cost a great deal to purchase said land to then be incentivized to build an oversized house for one family, hmm...

Consider this your hat tip! Finally walked away; should have done so a long time ago.