The County has awarded the CCCA a mini-grant of $500 for our joint CCCA proposal with the Sustainable Scoop (SS) and the Friends of Urban Agriculture (FOUA): Urban Agriculture Family Day at Highlands Urban Garden (HUG). This project fits well with the County’s new initiative with FOUA, supported by Board…
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Breaking Bad News: JBG Closes All Retail in the Underground
The Crystal City Underground has been a foundation of Crystal City since the city was built by Charles E. Smith Company in the 1960s. The Underground was innovative when created in 1976 and remains near and dear to the heart of residents. Thus, the announcement on April 30, 2024, that…
Bad News: We’re losing the Crystal City Library
Instead of providing a 10-year lease for a temporary library at 1901 S Bell, JBG has agreed to a County request for $5.8 million over several years to fund a library somewhere else in Crystal City. This is an example of the flawed community benefit process as we’ve long expected this benefit…
Candidates Night at Amazon’s HQ2 April 17, 2024
Confused about whom to vote for in June and November for the County Board? Livability22202, which consists of the three civic associations in 22202 zip code (Arlington Ridge, Aurora Highlands, Crystal City), has organized a Meet the County Board Candidates Night April 17 from 7-9 pm. The event is hosted…
Livability22202 letter on the Monumental Arena
On February 23, the combined 22202 civic associations of Livability22202–Arlington Ridge, Aurora Highlands, and Crystal City–sent a joint letter of concern to our legislators Virginia Senator Adam Ebbin and Representative Adele McClure. “At this time we ask that you, as our elected officials, represent our concerns and advocate for ourneeds….
September Newsletter and September 14 Meeting
Message from CCCA’s President On September 14th (Wednesday) at 7pm we will have our next CCCA meeting. We will have an update from JBGS on all of their construction projects, a presentation by the County transportation staff on alternatives for Metro. We will have one more presentation that has not been…
CCCA August 2022 Newsletter
Click here to download Message from CCCA’s President Livability22202 is looking at the problem of crime in the area. We are meeting with the police and are looking for volunteers to work on the issue. If you are interested, please email me at: [email protected]. Last month we did a survey…
VDOT Multimodal Project for Route 1
Update as of July 14, 2022 VDOT held a virtual public information meeting #2 June 21. Watch the meeting video here. Comments were requested by Friday, July 15. Livability22202 and the People Before Cars Coalition submitted a letter of joint comments on July 7, focusing on areas of agreement. This was a follow-up to the joint…
Happy Fourth of July!
July Newsletter is Out – click here to download July 4 Announcement of Road Closures and places to View the Fireworks: See inside the Newsletter for details Message from CCCA’s President We have a survey about Park Names! Three parks around the new Amazon HQ2 need names. In the map…
Livability 22202 Working Group on Route 1Meeting June 15, 2022
The CCCA sponsored a meeting of Livability22202 and the 3 civic associations on June 15 to prepare residents for the upcoming VDOT Public Information meeting on June 21. It was a good overview of why VDOT is conducting a feasibility study on bringing Route 1 down to grade, what we…