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Updates from Letty –
June 20, 2025
I hope everyone fared ok after this week’s wet weather and can prepare for the coming heat wave. Remember to check on neighbors and note the Community Center has re-opened after the geothermal HVAC upgrade, which is the city’s designated cooling center. A fun fact that I just learned this […]
Updates from Letty –
June 6, 2025
Happy summer (and happy last day of school for fellow FCCPS families)! This week’s post will cover 3 topics: 1/ Proposed townhomes on S. Lee – we had an initial work session this week. As with most land use proposals, there is a fair amount of misinformation so I wanted […]
Updates from Letty –
May 30, 2025
We continue to have packed weeks as we head into summer, so this week’s post will cover a lot. We kicked off the week with Memorial Day, one of our most beloved, meaningful traditions in the city, a midweek visit by Senator Mark Warner, and the HAWK signals that went […]
Updates from Letty –
May 23, 2025
While this weekend is the unofficial start of summer, we will be remembering the Americans who gave their lives in service of our country – I hope you’ll join me at the 11 am Memorial Day ceremony. And I’ll see you at our beloved annual traditions of the fun run, […]
A break from my weekly posts!
My comments from the Coalition for Smarter Growth’s 2025 Livable Communities Leadership Award Event – May 14, 2025 Good evening everyone! First – thank you to the Coalition for Smarter Growth for this incredible honor. And to our federal workers and contractors – who have been impacted, who are worried, or who keep showing up […]
Updates from Letty –
May 9, 2025
City Council helped welcome our new superintendent this week, Terry Dade, who will be joining us in July. Besides sharing backgrounds as fellow Herndon Hornets and UVA Wahoos – I look forward to getting to know Terry. In his opening remarks to the community, I was especially struck by his […]
Updates from Letty –
May 2, 2025
May is a packed month for everyone and this year has been no different, so I’ll keep this short and sweet. We’re in the final weeks of budget season as we continue deliberations. If you missed last week’s post about the budget curveball, I suggest reading last week’s post first […]
Updates from Letty –
April 25, 2025
This week’s update is all about the budget. With a little more than two weeks to go and new curve balls to deal with (lower meals and sales tax revenues that I wrote about last week) – we’ve had weekly meetings going til midnight. Our budget process is a community […]
Updates from Letty –
April 18, 2025
As it is spring break, I’m going to keep this week’s post limited to one topic. After a year of listening, iteration, and deliberation, we unanimously legalized Accessory Dwellings as by-right use in single family neighborhoods. While we’re a few years late to the party (Arlington, Alexandria, and even Fairfax […]
Updates from Letty –
April 11, 2025
After having the 5th Monday off last week, we resumed budget season with a lengthy midnight meeting. Read on for my highlights, including a regional picture of the impacts of the federal changes which is important backdrop for our budget. Our budget discussion this week was focused on capital projects, […]
Updates from Letty –
March 28, 2025
This week’s post is coming to you from the west coast! I’m on a whirlwind 30 hour trip to San Francisco as a member of the fledgling Abundance Network and for this new book you may have heard about. The principles of abundance resonate a lot. It’s how I’ve approached […]
Updates from Letty –
March 21, 2025
Come join me at my office hours today at 12 pm at Clare n Don’s and share your priorities for the city. Budget season for us starts next Monday with the presentation of the FY26 budget by the City Manager and School Board Chair. Join us or tune in – […]