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🚨 You want to know
The massive matter of dialog at the moment has been simply north of Alexandria, the place neighboring Arlington is split by arguments over a “Lacking Center” housing plan.
Arlington County has proposed zoning modifications that may permit the development of multifamily buildings with as much as six or eight dwellings on heaps presently zoned for single-family housing—together with duplexes and three-unit townhouses.
A gathering on Monday on the subject packed the County Board headquarters with almost 200 individuals delivering hours of public testimony—a lot so the County needed to shorten talking instances. These conversations continued yesterday and are scheduled to proceed at the moment.
The change is meant to assist enhance the housing provide in Arlington County, but it surely has been decried by some locals who say it’ll overcrowd Arlington’s suburban neighborhoods that have been constructed with single-family housing in thoughts. A number of the County Board conversations across the matter have gotten heated over the previous couple of days.
Issues are getting ugly proper now @ArlCountyBoardthe place Chair Christian Dorsey goes backwards and forwards with a person within the viewers at our most up-to-date lacking center public remark.
“I do know tensions are excessive and everybody’s excited however we will all be grown-ups,” he says.
— Teo Armus (@teoarmus) January 25, 2023
Alexandria is not any stranger to contentious zoning discussions, however thus far metropolis coverage discussions have rigorously navigated across the subject of single-family housing. Whereas Alexandria has been going by way of its personal undertaking aimed toward rewriting zoning legal guidelines and boosting reasonably priced housing, nothing like Arlington’s “Lacking Center” housing reform has been proposed within the metropolis.
Some advocates have spoken at metropolis conferences in favor of eliminating single-family zoning as a classification, however Alexandria management has shied away from the difficulty in favor of extra modest will increase to density in single-family neighborhoods like loosening restrictions on accent dwelling items and coding residential dwelling in industrial areas.
“I feel everybody will get caught up in several terminology,” mentioned Mayor Justin Wilson mentioned at a gathering final yr. “When individuals say they wish to get rid of single-family zoning, they assume we’re coming to take your single-family properties. I reside in a single-family house, I am not planning on giving it up: I like my house. However what we’re doing and can proceed to do is search for tweaks for all zoning within the metropolis to fulfill a few of that housing demand.”
📈 Tuesday’s most learn
The next are the most-read ALXnow articles for Jan 24, 2023.
- JUST IN: Suspect on run in taking pictures ‘incorrectly’ launched from jail after arrest (2626 views)
- UPDATED: Alexandria BIPOC-focused grant program delayed by lawsuit from native engineering agency (1482 views)
- Alexandria Metropolis Excessive Faculty college students arrange stroll out protesting cancellation of lunchtime actions (1611 views)
- APD investigates pictures fired within the West Finish (1162 views)
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🐦 Tweets of notes
It was a full, however productive day. Nice to see so many NoVa of us getting the phrase out in Richmond. https://t.co/XfEK9dtwBP
— NVTC (@NoVaTransit) January 24, 2023
Walked out throughout pleasure, again in time for third interval. Thanks all for displaying up, and thanks to everybody who organized! (particularly @james_libresco) pic.twitter.com/14UMjBI2G1
— Yahney-Marie Sangaré (@yahneymarie) January 24, 2023
It is o-fish-ial. Lake Prepare dinner is not only a nice fishing gap – it is a stormwater administration powerhouse. It is retrofitted to enhance water high quality by filtering out pollution that may in any other case drain into native waterways. Thanks @VirginiaDWR for restocking the trout final week! pic.twitter.com/xrSm71w4mm
— Alexandria Transportation & Environmental Providers (@AlexandriaVATES) January 24, 2023
I’ve seen so many reveals at Birchmere, a beloved staple of our Alexandria group for a few years. Very sorry to listen to this information, I ship my finest to Gary Oelze’s household and pals from him. https://t.co/Z0Tbjg4cEV
— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) January 24, 2023
Issues are getting ugly proper now @ArlCountyBoardthe place Chair Christian Dorsey goes backwards and forwards with a person within the viewers at our most up-to-date lacking center public remark.
“I do know tensions are excessive and everybody’s excited however we will all be grown-ups,” he says.
— Teo Armus (@teoarmus) January 25, 2023
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