Over the past two years, a county-board-appointed Working Group of residents has been reviewing and updating the vision and planning for the 4 Mile Run Valley and its associated parks (Allie Freed Park, Shirlington Park, Shirlington Dog Park and Jennie Dean Park). Please join us for a special civic association meeting Monday evening 19 March […]
Arlington County plans to make significant changes to elementary school boundaries in Fall 2018. The changes will take effect Fall 2019, and may move current Douglas Park Henry families out of the new Fleet school. Arlington County will make decisions soon, so the time to make your voice heard is now! Three Things You Can […]
Arlington County Schools (APS) is requesting volunteers from the community to assist in evaluating elementary school walking zones ahead of the 2018-2019 school year. Parents with children in or expected to attend APS elementary schools are encouraged to apply. Schools included in the Douglas Park neighborhood coverage include: Abingdon Barcroft Claremont Drew Model School Patrick […]
Arlington County has released its 2018 street paving plan. Streets in Douglas Park include segments of: S Lincoln St S Lowell St S Nelson St S Norwood St S Oakland St S Stafford St S Thomas St S Wakefield St 12th St S 13th St S 16th St S 16th Rd S Arlington County will […]
This project at 1100 S Highland St was originally approved in 2009. It consists of 12 townhomes containing 32 market-rate apartments and 4 affordable units. A representative from the project has been requested to be on hand at the 20 November civic association meeting. Site Plan. Landscape Rendering 1. Landscape Rendering 2.
We had a productive meeting on 21 September at the Ft Barnard laydown site which resulted in a few tweaks to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with DES and some improvements to the landscape screening plan. The final Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is available here: Ft Barnard Site MOU. The revised landscape plan is available […]
As you may have noticed, over the past two months DES staff has transitioned the use of the Ft Barnard site at near the intersection of South Pollard Street and 19th Street South. This has resulted in a sharp reduction in the use of the site as the site now houses a half-dozen large refuse […]
All Douglas Park residents are invited to the 35th Annual Douglas Park 4th of July Parade and Picnic. The neighborhood will gather in Monroe Park (14th St S at S Monroe St) at 10am on Tuesday the 4th for judging of the best parade floats, costumes, decorated bikes, and the coveted prize of Mr and […]
Over the past year, the Douglas Park community has worked with Arlington County staff to modify the County use of the fenced-off portion of the Ft Barnard site, near the intersection of South Pollard Street and 19th Street South. When implemented, the modifications will result in a sharp reduction in the use of the site […]
At Monday’s general meeting of the civic association, all current officers were re-elected without dissent for another one-year term. No other candidates came forward at the meeting. The current officer list is available here. Re our discussion of the newsletter; the decision was made to reduce printing to 3x per year in association with major […]
