The owners of the former Blanca’s Restaurant at the corner of Columbia Pike and S Walter Reed Dr have recently applied for an outdoor café seating use permit in hopes of attracting a new restaurant tenant to the property. The application will be heard by the County Board at their regular December meeting. Details on […]
Prepare to meet your doom! The 3d Annual Douglas Park Trail of Terror is coming up Saturday evening 25 October 2014 from 7–8.30p. Entrance adjacent to 1620 S Quincy St. Please bring a canned goods donation to benefit AFAC. Check out more on the event’s Facebook page!
An open house will be conducted by the Thomas Jefferson Working Group (TJWG) on Saturday 18 October at Thomas Jefferson Middle School, 125 S Old Glebe Rd.
Douglas Park residents will have two opportunities in October to weigh in and learn more about Arlington Public Schools (APS) plans for Randolph Elementary School. Background: As many of you are aware, the School Board is seeking to place additional elementary schools seats in South Arlington. Early this summer, the grounds of Thomas Jefferson Middle […]
Washington Gas has announced the next phase of its line replacement schedule. Work will be occurring in the following neighborhood locations this summer: Columbia Pike at S Glebe Rd Portions of Westmont Gardens 3700 block of 12th St S 13th St S at S Monroe St 14th St S at S Glebe Rd 1700 block […]
The next meeting of the Douglas Park Civic Association will be held Tuesday 17 June 2014 at 7.30p in the downstairs meeting room of Firehouse 9, 19th Street South at South Walter Reed Drive. On the agenda: An update on the 2014 Virginia General Assembly session. Forty-Ninth District Delegate Alfonso Lopez will be on hand […]
From Gregory W. Potts, WMATA Virginia Government Relations Officer: Metrobus is working to improve bus service for its customers. One way to make buses run more on-time and reliably is by combining bus stops that are very close together. When buses spend more time moving and less time stopping, everyone enjoys a faster, more reliable […]
The 3d Annual Corso de Santa Cruz—Bolivia Parade will take place on Saturday 7 June 2014 on Four Mile Run Dr. The parade organizes on S Shirlington Rd and marches west on S Four Mile Run Dr to S Walter Reed Dr. The parade preparation begins at 11a with a noon kickoff. The parade ends […]
In lieu of our normal April meeting, the Douglas Park Civic Association and co-sponsors Arlington Heights Civic Association, Columbia Heights West Civic Association and Barcroft School and Civic League, will conduct a School Board Candidates’ Forum on Tuesday evening, 22 April 2014 at 7.30 pm in room 527A/B of the Arlington Mill Community Center, 909 South […]
The Arlington Department of Environmental Services (DES) has announced a major upgrade to the Ft Barnard Water Main in Douglas Park. Work is expected to begin in May and last through the end of 2014. Streets impacted include: S Quincy St from Columbia Pike to 18th St S 18th St S from S Quincy St […]
