With the arrival of longer days, warmer temps, kids settling into school, and more vaccine progress – this week offered real signs of hope and normalcy. I hope you felt it too. The first few weeks of the month are packed with meetings for me, so this week’s post will […]
Another week of exciting news for affordable housing: I’m thrilled to share that the City has won a grant for $3.75M as part of Amazon’s commitment in bringing HQ2 to the area. This third piece of good news in a month is great momentum for one of our top priorities. […]
For the first time in 11 months, we had a tech glitch that prevented us from holding our City Council meeting this week. (Tech issues aside, this article argues that virtual meetings may be the best thing that’s happened to local government!) Luckily it was a work session, with no […]
Typically, this time of year offers a little bit of a lull in city business, right before the annual budget process in March-April. Not this year. After our vote on affordable housing this week, we’ll be quickly pivoting to several big items. Items of interest for you: update on the […]
We are almost a year into this new pandemic world, and if you’re like me, still figuring out how to manage the rollercoaster of news and emotions. One minute we have grim COVID-19 death milestones, then we have vaccines, then worries of new variants to dash our hopes. For fellow […]
Two big topics this week: vaccines and the Broad and Washington project. I am fielding a lot of questions about vaccines; I share your frustration and have been trying to seek answers too. We had a representative from the Fairfax Health Department in our meeting this week, and there are […]
After this week’s historic moments and collective sigh of relief, I know there is still some anxiety around, especially over the prospects of vaccinations to finally end COVID-19. Thanks for all the good questions about vaccines from my post last week. We are continuing to advocate for our residents, and […]
After a dark start to 2021, this week’s post will be more uplifting. I’ll share the latest good news on vaccines, an event that is a bright spot for me every year, and regular City Council business. First, vaccines: I’ve been fielding a lot of questions. I know we’re all […]
Happy new year, friends – While I’ve been privately metering my expectations for 2021, I had hoped my first post of the year would start on a more positive note. Before getting to city business – which there is much to share (the latest on COVID, vaccinations, changes to the West Falls […]