Yearly Archives: 2014

Arlington Board, Manager Work to Include Employee Merit Step Increases in FY 2015 Budget

These are difficult economic times. In finalizing the FY 2015 Budget, the County Board is working hard to balance a number of goals, including giving some relief to homeowners who have seen their assessments rise, limiting the growth of the County budget, funding school growth and maintaining our core services and existing infrastructure

Arlington County Board Reduces Real Estate Tax Rate in FY 2015 Budget Mark-up

The Arlington County Board today directed the County Manager to reduce the real estate tax rate by one cent in the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget. The Board's action came during the mark-up for the budget, which the Board is set to adopt during its April 22 meeting.

Casagrande ‘Sleeps Out’ in Trenton to Raise Awareness, Funds for Covenant House

Monmouth County Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande will participate in a legislative ”sleep out” tonight on the grounds outside the State House in Trenton to raise awareness and funds in support of New Jersey’s homeless runaway and trafficked youth who are served by Covenant House

Arlington County Board Approves $16.5 Million Loan to Preserve Affordable Housing on Columbia Pike

The Arlington County Board today approved a $16.5 million Affordable Housing Investment Fund (AHIF) loan to help AHC Inc., a nonprofit affordable housing developer, purchase Serrano Apartments at 5535 Columbia Pike.

Moran Proposes COLA Reform for Members of Congress

Representative Jim Moran, Northern Virginia Democrat, Ranking Member on the House Appropriations Interior Subcommittee and senior member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, today introduced an amendment to the Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2015 that would restructure annual cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress as a housing stipend to reflect the challenges of maintaining a second home in the 5th most expensive real estate market in the country

Arlington County Board Approves Plan, Financing for Buckingham Neighborhood Mixed-Income Housing Complex

The Arlington County Board today approved a plan to build a five-story mixed-income apartment building in the Buckingham neighborhood that will include 98 committed affordable units, most of them family-size. The Board also approved a $7.82 million Affordable Housing Investment Fund (AHIF) loan to help the non-profit Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (APAH) finance the development

Arlington Property Values Grow 5.8%

Arlington’s 2014 real estate assessments showed solid growth of 5.8 percent overall, fueled primarily by strength in the residential market, as well as new construction of commercial properties

Volunteers Needed for Jan. 29 “Point-in-Time” Count

As the sun sets on Wednesday, Jan. 29, teams of surveyors will be hitting the streets, parks and wooded areas in Arlington to count the homeless. The effort is part of the annual Point-in-Time Count, now in its 14

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Arlington County Board Approves Redevelopment of Former Bob Peck Site

Ballston project incorporates office buildings, affordable housing, ground-floor retail, townhouses ARLINGTON, Va.– The Arlington County Board today approved a mixed-use project for the last unplanned...

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Merchants Tire Chesapeake VA

The Boulder Group Arranges Sale of Single Tenant Net Leased Merchant’s...

The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant net leased Merchant’s Tire property located at 215 Hillcrest Parkway in Chesapeake, Virginia for $3,150,000