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 […]
Thanks for all the good feedback on last week’s mythbusting post – I’m glad many of you found it helpful. It’s been one of the most popular of the year! Ahead of Thanksgiving next week, this will be my final post of November. Read on for what I call #boringbutimportant […]
Myth busting 101: this is a week where I’m going to share info worth your time from *outside* our City Council meeting that may surprise you. While we are the ones that cast votes that get the attention, our work is informed by data, recommendations, and expertise from our professional […]
It’s been a week. Nearly 80% of the city is likely distraught over the outcome of the presidential election, and I share your disappointment, grief, and worry about the uncertainty ahead. State and local government is more important than ever! Falls Church remains steadfast in our shared values of being […]
It’s the final weekend before Election Day and Falls Church has already hit 51% turnout as of yesterday – way to go! Today and tomorrow will be the last days of early voting if you plan to vote before next Tuesday. A few call outs for you this week: My […]
We’re 10 days out from the election and tomorrow is the first day of weekend early voting! Have you voted, or do you have a plan? Even though we had a week off, there’s plenty to catch up on. We returned from the annual Virginia Municipal League conference with an […]