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 […]
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 – […]
It’s been another busy week with a marathon 4 hour work session, our final one on Accessory Dwellings, ahead of our scheduled vote in April. As pedestrian improvements are the top requests I field, did you know we have a missing links sidewalk program and a sidewalk repair program? Finally, […]
Happy Women’s History Month! A few years ago, I advocated for free menstrual products at our library public bathrooms (thank you for making it happen, Team MRSPL!) and I’d love to see this expanded at all our public facilities. As we reflect on this month and all the women in […]
As we wrap up a tumultuous February, there’s a lot to share. I have been hearing from many of you with concern and care for our federal workforce, which makes up 16% of our community. Northern Virginia is home to 178K civilian federal employees, not including contractors and fed-adjacent workers. […]
In recognition of Valentine’s Day, this week’s post is themed around #LocalLove. We officially celebrated Creative Cauldron in their new permanent home yesterday and saw the beginning of the transformation at the Stratford. As we all look to rest and recover this long weekend, this post will have a lot […]
It’s been an exciting morning already – we welcomed the long-awaited grand opening of Whole Foods in Falls Church at the Broad and Washington project, which is grocery store #5 in the Little City (and yes, two more on the way). We certainly have an option for everyone! As the […]
Happy Friday to the end of a long, difficult week. Our hearts are with the families and friends grieving the victims of the tragic accident at DCA. We are deeply grateful to the emergency responders assisting in the crisis – so many across the region are coming together to support […]
This week, I’ll share a few updates on capital projects around town – the construction for a new greener, geothermal HVAC at the Community Center is now underway and the actions we took this week for the Maple & Annandale roundabout project. Capital projects often get a lot of questions […]
Happy new year! I hope your 2025 is off to a great start. We’re back from our recess (kind of) – with the snowstorm this week, we canceled our first City Council work session of the year and rolled the items into our meeting next week. A big thanks to […]
City Council wrapped up our formal meetings this week and begins our winter recess until our January 6 work session. This will be my last post of the year, so will be full of good information to carry you into 2025. I’ll cover our adopted budget guidance, economic development news, […]
I hope your December is off to a good start – somehow we’re down to just 3 weeks left in the year! We’re wrapping up city business at our final meeting next Monday night, where we will issue “budget guidance” for the upcoming fiscal year. I’ll share the initial local […]