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The Thoreau Center adapted seven remaining structures of the Letterman Hospital, which was constructed between 1899 and 1902, into modern day office space for up to 60 nonprofit organizations at one time.
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About 150 years ago, Henry David Thoreau wrote that "in Wildness is the preservation of the World." This thought still resonates today with the different kind of preservation on display at San Francisco's Thoreau Center for Sustainability. Since 1996, the restored 150,000-square-foot complex on the grounds of the Presidio of San Francisco, part of the National Park Service's Golden Gate National Recreation Area, has been home to as many as 60 nonprofit organizations at the same time, all devoted to environmental and social justice issues.
Located in the historic wards of Letterman Hospital, which was constructed between 1899 and 1902 and was the U.S. Army's largest hospital by 1918, the center has served as a model for redevelopment and innovative public-private partnerships. Equally important, the rehabilitation of the site's 12 two- and three-story buildings presented an early prototype for combining preservation and sustainable design principles, transforming historic buildings into economically viable office space for the future. The National Trust for Historic Preservation recognized this accomplishment in 1997 with an Honor Award, while the AIA's Committee on the Environment named it one of its Top Ten Green Projects for 1998.
In rehabilitation the old hospital, open office layouts presented an acoustical challenge, particularly because of the hard plaster surfaces in the historic structures. Also, many occupants wanted traditional, private offices. LMS continues to address this through close attention to acoustic treatments.
Reconstruction was divided into two phases, with the first phase rehabilitating the headquarters and adjacent concrete buildings and the second phase rehabilitating the four wood buildings. The historic registration of the existing facilities played a dominant role in transforming the older structures into new office space. As a historic landmark, all building upgrades had to conform with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, published in 1992. The National Park Service also expected systems and materials to meet its Guiding Principles of Sustainable Design, published in 1993.
As a result, the current design by San Francisco–based Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects (LMS) retains the hospital's original circulation and general plan. Enclosing the original porte cocheres—entry porches originally used for ambulance arrivals—on two of the concrete ward buildings created new tenant space. Concealed mullions were approved to infill these areas. The north corridor connecting all the buildings now serves as the main connector for all the organizations operating within, and a shared café and conference facilities are now the buildings' social center. A photovoltaic array, not so common in 1996, was built into the entryway of the main building and provides about 8kWh of power per day, which is fed back into the grid. These changes also meet another project requirement: Federal standards dictate that architectural features must follow "reversible" design practices without damaging the original structure should a building's use change again in the future. On this note, the original tile covering the buildings' interiors, which posed acoustical problems, was not removed but rather was carefully covered with drywall.
The adaptive reuse of the old Letterman Hospital stands as a model for protecting architectural and cultural resources while creating an enriching space for current tenants. Ultimately, says Marsha Maytum, FAIA, principal of San Francisco–based Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects (LMS), the project team's goal was "to prove it was possible to integrate sustainable design strategies and transform the use of these buildings in a way that did not compromise their historic integrity because they were national landmarks."
With the LEED rating system still in its pilot phase at the time of the center's construction, architects were just beginning to explore the intersection of historic preservation and sustainable design. Maytum offers these key lessons learned through work on the Center:
• Continue to press for the use, and approval, of truly green materials. During predesign phases in 1994, the project's biggest challenge became identifying low-VOC paints and carpet and other eco-friendly materials with suppliers, and then convincing local reviewing agencies to approve materials such as cotton batt insulation as a viable element of the building rehabilitation.
• Seek solutions that merge preservation with sustainaility. The center illustrates the possibilities of adaptive reuse by integrating sustainable design without compromising the attributes of a historic landmark. An overarching goal for the project's two developers, Equity Community Builders and the Tides Foundation, is to sustainably transform existing community resources into spaces that are appropriate for important uses today.
• Balance the need for privacy with open office plans. Maximizing daylighting and cross ventilation implies an open office layout, yet this presented an acoustical challenge, particularly in historic buildings with hard plaster surfaces. Also, many occupants expressed a desire for traditional, private office settings. LMS continues to address this through close attention to acoustic treatments, while ensuring that each program incorporates private and shared private spaces.
• Integrated design processes and tools are still evolving. "The tools available now to predict performance and understand daylighting has been a great development in how we can design sustainably and work as an integrated team in the early design phases and communicate what we're doing with our clients," Maytum says.
Spread over multiple wings, the center features high-efficiency lighting, heating, and cooling systems, as well as formaldehyde-free paints, cotton batt insulation, and sustainably harvested wood paneling. Recycled material includes bathroom tiles made from recycled car and airplane windshields and recycled aluminum storefronts for the interior offices and exterior porte cocheres.
As originally designed, the hospital wards relied on narrow floor plates and abundant access to exterior windows. This layout made the structures ideal candidates for exploiting daylighting and natural ventilation. "One of the great lessons of the Thoreau Center is what these buildings had to offer," recalls Marsha Maytum, FAIA, principal at LMS. "The buildings were designed in a sensible way, so there was fresh air and everybody had access to natural light because they didn't have the ability to artificially ventilate or rely on electricity." Cross-ventilation combined with operable windows and attic roof vents helps circulate air naturally.
The center's first phase, comprising 75,000 square feet, was completed in 1996, while the 75,000-square-foot second phase was completed in 1998. Today, tenants include the World Wildlife Fund and the Tides Foundation, among others. The Tides Foundation, along with Equity Community Builders, led the original redevelopment effort.
Maytum returns to the Thoreau Center periodically to consult on refreshing interior spaces or to ask about the buildings' performance. She recalls how compelling the idea seemed more than 15 years ago. "When it became clear the U.S. Army was going to turn the Presidio over to the National Park Service, the Tides saw this as a great opportunity to take the idea of 'beating swords into ploughshares' and create this new type of community resource," she says. "At the time the Thoreau Center opened, there were only three multitenant nonprofit centers in the country, according to the Tides Foundation. There was such a great interest in what had been achieved, the Tides created a whole nonprofit center network and is now a thriving organization. By 2001, there were eight of these centers, and in 2011 there are now more than 250. This idea of a shared center for like-minded organizations has become a powerful model."
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- gaijingirl Jan 27, 2007 11:47 AM
Help! I'm a fan of Trini food (especially doubles), but *really* want to try out Bake and Shark. (I live in the Bronx, so I've got to know it's available, before actually trekking all the way out to--say--Queens.) Anyone know where I can find it?
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Man, I love Bake & Shark, pretty much my favorite Trini food. But I don't recall seeing it in New York yet. It's not even all that common in Trinidad except at the beach.
Haven't been a long time, but Sugarcane on Flatbush used to have it on their brunch menu, served with about four different sauces. It was great, and much fresher than most bake joints around the city. (Then again, it is a breakfast item, and I've only gotten bakes at lunchtime elsewhere, so it's likely that they've been sitting around for a while.)
A couple of years ago, there was a trinidadian restaurant on Ninth Avenue in Manhattan in the lower 40s/upper 30s. Not sure if it's still there.
Otherwise, you could check out Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights, where many Trinis reside.
Beyond that, you'll have to fly down to Maracas Bay where the real stuff can be had.
Thanks, Hellgate and Lambretta! I just did a search on menupages for Brooklyn. (Right now, Sugarcane doesn't appear to have it on the menu - at least the one that's posted. But...another place called Justin's Island Cuisine does...so that looks like a lead to follow...!)
If that's the Justin's in Downtown Brooklyn, they have it on the menu but you may want to call ahead. They've only had codfish and bake whenever I've gone in the AM. That said, Justin's is a nice inexpensive option for Trini and Guayanese food in Downtown Brooklyn.
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A&A has it listed, but I've never seen them actually have it. That said, I go at lunch time, and it's a breakfast thing. I've just given up ordering it - their bakes are a bit overly greasy, anyways. One of my favorite lunch meals is a quick jump on the A train from Downtown Brooklyn to Bedford Nostrand, a potato and channa roti (with pepper and tamarind) and Peardrax from Ali's, and a single doubles from A&A (with pepper of course).
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In agreement about the greasy bake and the saltfish was saltier than many others...but those doubles shine!
I'll continue getting my favorite bakes and aloo pies on Church Avenue from RAM's ROTI (between the Q and Ocean Avenue) and IN BETWEEN, near Coney Island Avenue.
BTW, tried a curry goat buss-up-shut from Nio's this week and was disappointed...small portion and less complex flavor than in past. And to think I took a pass on the curry goat lunch special at Sear's that same afternoon! It actually looked legit.
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are you talking about the lunch counter somewhere in the Sears store? I had read somewhere that it was legit but have never checked it out - where is it in the store.
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The lunchroom, which probably serves employees at a discount, is on the third floor of the main building, next to HR.
They rotate the menu so curry goat may not be an everyday thing. The rice seemed fine but other dishes looked a bit gloppy and I didn't see any roti.
You know - I didn't know that Bake and Shark was a breakfast thing... ! That said, I *have* wanted to hit A&A just on general principles. I'll definitely have to call ahead (like I said, I live in the Bronx, and I'd REALLY hate to make that kind of trek and strike out.) But B&S is on my definite must try list... (Personally, I love Liberty Avenue in Queens more than what I've seen of Nostrand, but I'll go whereever it takes to get the goods.)
re: gaijingirl
before you trek out from queens, i think the A&A on fulton is only open til 3 or 4 in the afternoon. (though ali's is open later) Don't know about the one out on liberty ave in richmond hill, tho.
my guess is you're more likely to find the bake and shark out in richmond hill than in crown heights.
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It's an "open" sandwich.


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What are tentmakers?
Why is self-support called tentmaking?
Doesn't a job leave too little time and
for spiritual ministry?
Is it fair to employers to evangelize at work?
Can't evangelism jeopardize tentmakers
and their
employers in sensitive countries?
What makes fishing evangelism effective?
Is on-the-job evangelism mandatory?
Does tentmaking permit church planting?
What other ministry can tentmakers do?
Why work if you can get donor support?
Did Paul really do much tentmaking?
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Doesn't Paul say he had
"robbed" churches?
Why does Paul spend hours at manual labor
when there
is a world to win?
Why was Paul's model abandoned?
Where are these job opportunities?
What skills, qualifications are needed?
Is it necessary to learn a foreign language?
What about remuneration and benefits?
Aren't contracts too short to have value?
Should you start your own business?
What preparation do tentmakers need?
Is tentmaking better? Or donor support?
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What are tentmakers?
Missions-motivated Christians who support themselves in secular work, yet do full-time,
cross-cultural evangelism on the job and elsewhere. Most Christians who go to work in a
foreign country are not tentmakers since they do little or nothing to win local
people. True tentmakers work steadily to reach the local people.
Why is self-support called
Because the Apostle Paul literally made tents to support his cross-cultural mission.
Today, "tentmaking" is a missiological term for Paul's model of missionary
finance and strategy.
Doesn't a job leave too
little time and energy for spiritual ministry?
The question assumes you serve God only in free time. But tentmakers integrate
work and witness. Their ministry is full-time. Every day they live out the
Gospel and share it every chance they get. Their work provides the platform for natural
contacts. Their integrity, quality work, caring relationships and well chosen comments
about God cause seekers to ask questions without arousing hostility in others.
Is it fair to employers to
evangelize at work?
Employers benefit from godly Christians. Tentmakers' first concern is personal
integrity, quality work and caring relationships. Paul taught converts that we are to
serve our employer as the Lord Himself (Eph. 6:5-8, Col. 3:23-25). What pleases God
usually pleases the boss. A contract with him is a contract with God. Godly tentmakers
work to make the organization and the boss successful. Tentmakers are the kind of employee
that employers want more of.
Tentmakers fish out seekers, by their attractive, wholesome,
non-judgmental conduct and casual, fitting comments about the Lord. Seekers' questions are
more fully answered in free time with Investigative
Bible Studies.
Can't evangelism
jeopardize tentmakers and their employers in sensitive countries?
The danger is reduced by this discreet and non-confrontational
fishing evangelism described above. (Jesus, in
his hostile environment fished out seekers using parables.) Genuine seekers rarely cause
trouble. But tentmakers must trust God to protect them and the employer.
Fishing Evangelism
What makes fishing evangelism effective?
It is non-intrusive, and seekers can pace the conversations--ask questions when
ready for more. Their questions reveal what Gospel facts they lack or misunderstand, their
felt needs, their fears and obstacles to faith. Both Paul and Peter speak of evangelism as
answering questions (1 Peter 3:14-16, Col. 4:5,6), but few people ask unless they
see the Gospel lived out. The job is no optional inconvenience, but the God-given
context for evangelism.
Is on-the-job evangelism
To spend daily time with non-believers implies spiritual responsibility. Silence is
never an option. Our secular work itself glorifies God, but is no substitute for sharing
the Good News. To avoid witness at work (to minimize risk), in order to evangelize
elsewhere, will backfire. Lifestyle evangelism cannot be switched on and off.
Does tentmaking permit church
It is ideal! Evangelism leads to home Bible studies, which lead to house
churches. Stan started two in Brazil while working as a plant pathologist.
Many are doing this in restricted areas where only tentmakers can go.
Sometimes they find secret
believers won through satellite TV and radio!
What other ministry can tentmakers do?
Dan taught in an Arab university and did a Bible translation for five million
Muslims! Ruth taught school and started university fellowships in South America. A
physicist, an accountant and others helped. Ken taught high school science and preached
every third Sunday in Kenya. Doug did grad studies and taught seminary in India.
Lit teacher Nel wrote Christian radio scripts in Liberia. ESL instructor Greg
started a Christian bookstore and a publishing venture in the MidEast. Rose
did teacher education in Brazil and trained Sunday school teachers. Violinist Nan
played in Portugal's national symphony orchestra and trained church musicians.
Sociologist Marcia taught Christian journalism in Asia. Tentmakers have started Christian
schools, orphanages--even hospitals.
Why work if you can get donor support?
Some practical reasons: 1) Personnel. We will never have enough regular
missionaries--an average couple needs 2 1/2 to 3 years to raise support! 2) Cost.
Mission budgets must grow with rising living costs, but tentmakers can work at little or
no expense to the church. 3) Closed countries. About 8O% of all people live under
governments that restrict missionaries, but seek vocational expertise. 4) Open
countries. Many people are best reached by professional and trade associates who
understand their milieu, their mentality and jargon. (Japan is only one percent
evangelized and Western Europe is as needy as the
former Soviet Union.) 5) The growing global job
market is God's provision for world evangelization!
But more important than practical reasons are Paul's biblical
reasons for tentmaking. See Why Did Paul Make
But did Paul really do much
Yes. 1 Cor. 9 make this crystal clear. First Paul argues for church and donor support,
and establishes his right to have it, as an apostle. But then he says three times
that he has never made any use of it. His team has always supported
itself--and not mere token employment. They often worked two shifts and lacked adequate
food and clothing. We know this was a career-long pattern because this statement comes
near the end of his third missionary journey.
But doesn't
Paul say he had "robbed" churches?
"Robbed" is an exaggeration to shame the Corinthians. Years later,
when the Philippians send money to Paul in prison, he says only they had ever given to
him--and that, only once or twice. (Phil. 4:14-16) His detractors charge that
he regularly receives money on the sly. But he denies it. He even pays for hospitality!
He owes no favors, and was beholden to no factions.
Why does Paul spend hours at
manual labor when there is a world to win?
He knows his hours in the workplace will speed up his mission. Paul's three
main biblical reasons are in 1 Cor. 9 and 2 Thess. 3. 1) The job gives Paul and his
message credibility. That he preaches the Gospel tirelessly, under severe
persecution, and for no financial gain, convinces even enemies that he is sincere
and his message is true. 2) The job aids Paul's identification with the working
classes who make up the bulk of the Roman Empire. Only they can take the Gospel to their
own non-Greek speaking villages in the hinterlands. Consequently, whole regions were
quickly won! 3) The job permits Paul's modeling for converts: discipleship; godly
living in an immoral, idolatrous society; a biblical work ethic, essential for
strong families and churches; and unpaid lay evangelism, for exponential church
Every convert must spread the Gospel without pay!
Tentmaking is a non-negotiable principle in Paul's strategy "as a skilled master
builder." Even pastors work in the pioneer stage, until unpaid lay ministry is
established as the dominant pattern. Initially, Paul's churches never saw a paid,
professional, religious worker. Unpaid lay evangelism is the norm in the early
church. This is how Paul could say that he had preached the gospel throughout the
Greek-speaking eastern half of the Mediterranean so he no longer has any room in these
regions. He planted self-propagating, self-multiplying churches which were penetrating the
whole region with the gospel.
Why was Paul's model abandoned?
It was the main model through most of history, according to Yale historian K. S.
Latourette. The Gospel was spread mainly by merchants, soldiers, captives and refugees.
Even later, when Europe colonized the other continents in the 17OO and 18OO's, all the
early missionaries were tentmakers, including William Carey, "the father of modern
missions." They opened the way for our church and donor supported agencies, and these
last 2OO years of amazing expansion of the Church around the world!
But in the post-colonial period many new nations closed doors and in
today's post-post-colonial period, anti-missionary laws already
threaten newly opened doors into former Soviet Union world. But most countries want development help. Since the
fall of Communism, virtually all are working toward free market economies, creating a
global job market unprecedented in history! (English is its
language!) western export of "services"
(especially, technical expertise), is now several times
the trade
in manufactured goods!
Where are these job opportunities?
No country is off-limits. Many jobs are in the least evangelized 1O-4O window--North
Africa, southern Europe, Middle East and Asia to the Pacific. Add sub-Sahara
Africa, Latin America, Oceania. Most jobs are in urban settings - some are
in rural or tribal areas. See
and the Global Job Market.
What skills, qualifications are needed?
Every country protects jobs for its own people but imports foreigners
with needed expertise. While degrees and experience are
sometimes essential, the need
for all kinds of trades/skills are increasing. Not all jobs require degrees
from universities, teaching English for example, often requires only a
certificate from a respected ESL school. About forty kinds of employers hire--U.N., governments, firms,
voluntary agencies, cultural institutions, etc. The biggest vocational areas are education
(all levels), health care, computers, science and technology, business and finance,
agriculture and many other industries. Openings can sometimes be found in the
social sciences, fine arts, athletics--even scuba diving! Other tentmaker options are study
abroad (under-graduate to post-doctoral), modestly paid internships, jobs for retirees
and vacation service.
Is it necessary to learn a foreign
Many jobs are done in English, but learning the host country language helps your
cultural adjustment, wins the respect of local people and lets you share the Gospel
sensitively. Some employers pay for lessons. Learning the
language in country is an excellent way to build friendships with nationals.
What about remuneration and
Salaries range from modest to high. Most jobs pay round trip travel for the family,
paid vacations, health insurance, sometimes schooling and housing. However, some countries
are so poor that tentmakers must raise supplemental donor support.
Aren't contracts too short to
have value?
Contracts are often renewed. Some tentmakers do much in 2-3 years. All can witness and
acquire some language and culture. It is short-termers who make life-time
commitments, as God provides jobs. Realistically, tentmakers often have to move on
before reaching their goals. But we can trust God to bring others. In fact, we can work to
recruit other tentmakers to come and continue and even expand the work. Running a business
can provide long-term access if a person has gifts for it.
Should you start your own
Chemical engineer Bob started a cafe, a job agency and miniature golf in the Gulf! But
you need capital, experience, the language and culture. You will also want to choose a
business that gives ongoing contact with the people. Running a business is harder
than working for one. However, business as mission is a
fast growing strategy for reaching the nations while also considering the
whole person.
What preparation do tentmakers need?
They need Bible knowledge and Bible study and discussion skills. These
are building blocks for church planting. Campus fellowships provide
excellent in-service training in secular universities, which are microcosms
of multicultural, hostile world-mission fields.
leadership training is widely available and will be helpful in starting
studies on the basics of the Christian faith. A
new and exciting version of this excellent program is
"Alpha in the Workplace",
designed to fit into a lunch hour and run in the workplace.
Is tentmaking better? Or donor
Neither. It depends on the situation and how God leads you!
Both have advantages and disadvantages. Both are needed overseas. The church is
weakened without strong tentmakers to model unpaid lay evangelism and godly work patterns.
Consider both options, and combinations of them.
God cares about
where and how you serve him!
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II Congress, Manila - July 1989
To encourage Christian lay people to seize opportunities for cross-cultural
positions to extend God's Kingdom.
To recognize the key position of church congregations in mobilizing and
equipping the laity for world evangelization.
To identify and enlist people for cross-cultural witness among unreached
people groups.
To produce training materials and programs for tentmakers in the Scriptures,
inter-personal relationships and time management.
To involve home churches in assisting in placement and orientation to face
culture shock successfully.
To nurture tentmakers trough faithful pastoral care to include prayer,
backing, good communication and visits.
To assist in re-entry culture shock, and to use tentmakers efficiently in
challenging and recruiting others.
the place of your tent,
and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out;
hold not back; lengthen your chords and strengthen your stakes.
For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left,
and your descendants will possess the nations"


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Update at 12:40 p.m. — Fisette has announced that the streetcar project is being canceled.
Arlington County Board Chair Jay Fisette will make a "significant announcement" regarding the Arlington streetcar program today, according to a media alert from the county.
Fisette will hold a press conference at county government headquarters in Courthouse at noon, we're told. There's no word yet as to what will be announced.
The press conference will be broadcast on the county website and on Comcast channels 25 and 74 and Verizon FiOS channels 39 and 40.
No one, not even the closest of followers, expected Arlington County Board member John Vihstadt to win re-election on Tuesday by as big a margin as he did.
Vihstadt, an independent, became the first non-Democrat elected to the County Board since 1983. But the eye-opener was how he did it: by winning 39 out of 52 Arlington precincts, even though every one of those precincts chose Sen. Mark Warner (D). Vihstadt took almost 56 percent of the vote and received almost 7,500 votes more than Democratic challenger Alan Howze, out of 62,663 votes cast.
In his regular post-election report to the Arlington County Democratic Committee on Wednesday night, former Arlington County Treasurer Frank O'Leary struck a somber tone and said he was surprised by low turnout.
"I woke up this morning and I didn't feel so good," he said. "We had a turnout of about 48 percent. That stinks, particularly when you're expecting a turnout as high as 61 percent. What the heck is going on? Very disappointing… I had talked about the County Board race that if turnout gets down to 60,000, if Vihstadt had 30,000 he was going to win.
"He did it," O'Leary continued. "It didn't seem possible, it didn't seem likely, but it happened. The end result, if we look in terms of comparisons: first our candidate won 13 precincts, Mr. Vihstadt won 40. That's really unheard of. I can't even think of the last time that occurred. Last time I can think of anything like this was 1979."
The numbers blew Vihstadt's campaign manager Eric Brescia away, he told ARLnow.com in a phone interview yesterday (Thursday).
"We were not expecting it to be like this," he said. "When it came in, it was just euphoric. You always have doubts; it's very rare in modern politics that you get this many people to split their ticket. Somehow this got pulled off. I didn't fall asleep that night just because of the adrenaline."
Brescia said the streetcar was on many voters' minds, but voters had other concerns, too. Vihstadt is adamantly against the streetcar, while Howze supports it.
"The streetcar was the biggest one issue, and we definitely made it a big part of our materials," the campaign manager said. "It definitely wasn't the only thing going on. A lot of people have generic frustrations with the county, responsiveness issues, spending issues, feeling like they're not being listened to."
County Board Chair Jay Fisette — who, along with Board members Walter Tejada and Mary Hynes, still make up a pro-streetcar voting majority on the Board – said Vihstadt's messaging related to the streetcar caught voters' attention. Fisette suggested voters chose Vihstadt because they were misinformed about the streetcar.
"I think there has been a lot of focus in the last year on that issue," Fisette said after the ADCDC meeting. "This community has such a history of being thoughtful and policy-oriented … Here on this issue, what has been created and what we see at the moment is a lack of even agreement on some fundamental core facts about the issue.
"It's almost like climate change," Fisette continued. "Is it based on science that it's true, or is it not?" (more…)
Arlington Central Library (1015 N. Quincy Street) is now lending gardening tools to Arlington residents, and all they need is a library card.
This morning, the library held a "vine cutting" to open the toolshed on its east plaza, next to its community garden. The shed, built from cedar for free by Case Design, will be open for lending from March through November on Wednesdays, 5:00-7:00 p.m., Fridays 3:00-5:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to noon. Borrowers must be residents of Arlington County and at least 18 years old.
"We want people to dig in and get their hands dirty," Arlington Central Library Manager Margaret Brown said.
Brown was joined by Arlington County Board Chair Jay Fisette and Board member Libby Garvey at the toolshed's unveiling. Brown said the library was inspired to develop the toolshed and its neighboring vegetable garden — with produce going to the Arlington Food Assistance Center — through Fisette's sustainability initiative when he was Board chair in 2010. The plan and location for the shed was developed by the Urban Agriculture Task Force last year.
"I really think the library has done a great job of taking some of the big picture ideas the county has," Fisette said, "and to find ways creatively… to further goals of the county and the [Urban Agriculture] Task Force."
Fisette donated a shovel he was given from the groundbreaking of Virginia Hospital Center's new wing in 2001. The other tools, available for borrowing immediately, are:
- Bow rakes
- Bow saw
- Bulb planters
- Dandelion puller
- Four-tined soil turner
- Flat blade shovel
- Garden hose
- Hand rakes
- Hedge clippers
- Hoes
- Hook and ladder
- Loppers
- Long-handled shovel
- Pick axes
- Pitchforks
- Post hole digger
- Seed spreader
- Trowel
- Walk smoother
- Wheelbarrow
County Board members weighed in on the ongoing Uber and Lyft controversy during Saturday's monthly meeting, largely expressing support for the taxi drivers and companies.
None of the County Board members expressed an explicit desire to ban Uber, citing its popularity, but Board Chair Jay Fisette, Vice Chair Mary Hynes and Board member Walter Tejada each expressed sympathy for the county's taxi drivers — who have organized protests of Uber and Lyft — who are losing business to the ridesharing services.
"As a Board, as individuals, there is a recognition that some of these new services have stolen some people's hearts or gotten their business because of the technology they provide and some of the customer service they provide," Fisette said. "We are very respectful of the drivers… that do need to make a living in this community and do a fine job of it, and then we need to figure out as a state and as a community what authority we have and how we might effect and take advantage of that authority as that unfolds."
Uber's UberX service and Lyft allow smartphone users to book rides with non-professional drivers. The drivers drive their own cars and Uber and Lyft don't have licenses to operate as taxi or car service companies. The lack of regulatory oversight led the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a cease and desist order against the companies, but both Uber and Lyft have continued to operate in the state.
Most recently, eight Northern Virginia taxi companies — including Arlington Blue Top Cabs — have filed a lawsuit requesting an injunction against the two companies, requesting a judge order them to stop operations in the state before the DMV and Attorney General Mark Herring make a ruling on their requests for operating authority.
"I thought the cease and desist order from the state was very appropriate," Tejada said. "Who knows what other issues are going on that we don't know about because these [companies] are not regulated. I want to make sure the cab drivers, who are working very hard in this area, get the respect they have earned. These are hard-working individuals, and some of these companies charge them an arm and a leg to operate a cab. I hope that everyone will indeed play by the rules."
Only John Vihstadt, the lone non-Democrat on the County Board, sang a different tune in responding to the issue, remarking about the popularity of services while pointing out he's a loyal Arlington Red Top Cab customer.
"I think we need to keep in mind that the marketplace is responding to a need and responding to a demand," Vihstadt said. "Competition is a good thing and we should not stifle innovation… At the same time, I think we need to consider the current regulatory scheme that we have for our established cab companies to allow them to be more competitive and able to better respond to the needs of the marketplace."
Hynes pointed out that while Uber and Lyft have grabbed a sizable portion of the market share, they leave out customers who don't have access to smartphones.
"The state has to explore how you make sure this service is available to all the people who might need it and that nobody is dealt out of the process by their age, disability or income," she said. "It's not just about the young people who use Uber and Lyft, but it's really how it functions as a piece of our transportation system overall."
Pub crawl organizers should have to obtain a permit for each crawl and reimburse the county for the cost of extra police on the street.
That's what Arlington County Manager Barbara Donnellan is expected to recommend to the County Board at its meeting later this month. Donnellan will recommend that pub crawls be classified as "special events," subject to the county's special events policy, according to county officials.
Arlington's special events policy was last updated in 2012. The policy is designed to ensure that adequate resources are available for special events while allowing the county to recover its support costs.
Classifying pub crawls as a special event is seen as a compromise, somewhere in between the crawl participants who would like the events to continue unabated and residents who see the crawls as a nuisance and would like them curtailed. The events will continue, but in a more regulated environment, provided organizers can afford the extra costs.
"Organizers would have to get a special events permit and would be required to cover the costs of additional police, fire and trash services — above core services — generated by their event," Arlington County spokeswoman Mary Curtius told ARLnow.com. "At this point, the Manager's recommendation does not include any minimum or maximum allowed numbers of pub crawls — the applications will be reviewed as they come in and approved based on the availability of resources."
Donnellan's recommendation is coming less than a month after an attendee at the All American Bar Crawl (photos from the event, above) allegedly stripped naked and led police on a car chase that ended in a crash in Clarendon. In an email to a concerned constituent, County Board Chair Jay Fisette addressed the incident.
"I want you to know that we have no tolerance for this kind of behavior. At the same time I want to stress that this incident was highly unusual," Fisette wrote. "Our top priority is safety. The Board has concerns about the impacts of pub crawls and in April asked the Manager to research options to address these impacts."
Fisette went on to say that pub crawls can be regulated, but not banned.
Clarendon is one of our most vibrant and lively areas. We support the businesses there, and we welcome visitors who patronize our many great restaurants, shops and pubs. We want to keep it a great place to live, visit, dine, work and shop. It's important to know that, under Virginia law, we can't ban pub crawls. We can, however, regulate pub crawls to ensure that they are safe for all and effectively managed. Part of that regulation must include ways that the County can recover some of the costs associated with the stepped-up enforcement activities during the events, and trash and litter cleanup after the events. In the meantime, as part of the FY15 budget, the Board approved one-time funding ($42,000) for overtime costs in the Police department while a longer term strategy is developed to address the increasing frequency and cost associated with pub crawl events.
In addition to the June incident, a bar crawl attendee made the news in March when she allegedly showed up naked at the Arlington Magistrate's Office and demanded that she be allowed to visit her husband, who was arrested earlier that day during a St. Patrick's Day-themed pub crawl.
Both bar crawls were organized by Courthouse-based Project D.C. Events. According to the company, the two events attracted a combined 8,500-9,000 registered attendees.
"It's two incidents out of thousands of people," said Project D.C. Events co-owner Alex Lopez, who also pointed out that neither happened inside a bar. Lopez and fellow co-owner Mike Bramson said they work closely with Arlington County Police and with participating bars to ensure there's plenty of security on hand.
Neither could explain why bar crawls in Arlington have resulted in high-profile incidents and controversy while D.C.-based crawls seem to go off without a hitch.
"We've taken the same steps in D.C. as we do in Arlington," Bramson said.
"You don't hear about bar crawls in D.C. because nothing happens at them," said Lopez. "If you say, 'oh everything was peaceful in the last bar crawl,' well, no one is going to read that."
Bramson and Lopez said they and other bar crawl organizers shouldn't be on the hook for the cost of extra police staffing because the events are already generating thousands in extra tax revenue.
Arlington officials are trying to walk a tightrope on the topic of Uber, which is pitting two constituencies against each other: tech-savvy, often younger voters vs. hard-working immigrants who have the support of labor activists.
On one hand, the Arlington County Board is sensitive to the plight of cab drivers, who are trying to fend off ride sharing services like Uber while complying with county and state regulations. On the other hand, many Arlington residents seem to like Uber, which is operating outside the law in Virginia.
County Board Chair Jay Fisette addressed the issue Tuesday, at his State of the County address. His audience: members of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce. Chamber members tend to skew older than the 20-something crowd one might envision when discussing a popular smartphone app, yet when asked who had used Uber, some 50-60 percent of the room raised their hands. Fisette himself had a hand raised — "I used Uber for the first time in New York City recently," he revealed.
Arlington caught flack from Uber fans when the police department announced it would ticket Uber drivers, given the cease and desist order issued by the Virginia Dept. of Motor Vehicles earlier this month. Fisette, however, downplayed the actual impact.
"Our police aren't going to look for the problem, but if they run into it they're obliged to ticket these folks," he said.
Fisette said services that provide rides to consumers are regulated for a reason.
"We have the taxi industry, a regulated industry, created for consumer protection," he said. "When it wasn't regulated, quality went down and risk for customers went up."
Fisette suggested that Uber should compete on a level playing field by complying with the law, but acknowledged that the consumers the state is trying to protect generally seems to like the service.
"I think it's fair to say they're seen to provide some outstanding customer service and ease of use," Fisette said. "It's convenient, and that customer friendliness and innovation has helped them create a market. Anytime you have a demand, you're doing something right."
In the end, Fisette said Arlington would participate in a state study into the Uber issue, but didn't say what kind of perspective the county would bring to the table.
"As a locality, we don't really have a point of view except that we have to enforce the law," he said.
(Updated at 2:55 p.m.) Arlington County Board Chair Jay Fisette says the streetcar is a "strategic investment" that will drive economic development. But he acknowledges that it has an image problem.
Delivering his State of the County address to members of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, Fisette said "the workhorse modern streetcar" gets a bad rap from critics who say it would be waylaid frequently by vehicle accidents and other possible obstructions on the tracks.
Fisette pointed to an image that has popped up on blogs and in Powerpoint presentations given by critics. The image, above, shows the aftermath of a minor vehicle accident in Toronto that caused at least a half dozen streetcars to back up behind a damaged car on the tracks.
"It's an image emblazoned in people's minds that has distorted the debate a bit," Fisette told the crowd.
In reality, Fisette said, such accidents will happen "very infrequently." When it does, obstructions will be cleared from the tracks as expediently as possible. "There is a protocol in place for dealing with that quickly," Fisette said.
Plus, Fisette argued, it's not exactly uncommon for accidents to cause delays for vehicle traffic.
"Backups happen daily on the Beltway due to broken down cars and accidents," he said.
(Those who oppose the streetcar also point out that streetcars themselves are sometimes involved in serious accidents with vehicles and pedestrians.)
Critics, like Board members Libby Garvey and John Vihstadt, say an enhanced bus system would offer many of the benefits of streetcar without the high cost and inflexibility of fixed rail. They have at times pointed to a "streetcar-like bus" in use in Las Vegas (pictured, right) as an alternative.
Fisette said fixed rail is, at least partially, the point. People — himself included — are more likely to ride a train with a fixed route than get on a bus.
"I fundamentally disagree" that buses are better than streetcar, Fisette said. "Streetcar is much more comfortable, much more accessible… multiple doors, better for wheelchairs, much smoother ride. I myself know that when I go to another city, do I jump on buses? No. Really, would I get on a rail system that's fixed and tells you where you're going? Yes."
Fisette's most oft-repeated argument for the streetcar was its higher ridership capacity. He said that prior to the Board's streetcar approval, during a long planning process that asked Columbia Pike residents what they wanted, the community signaled that it did not want Metro and the density that would come with it, but did want more amenities.
In order to continue to revitalize Columbia Pike — and thus build more housing and retail — Fisette said there needs to be more capacity for transit than buses can provide. Already, the Pike is Virginia's busiest bus corridor, with 600 bus trips daily carrying more than 17,000 passengers. With the Pike and Crystal City expected to account for 65 percent of the county's population growth and 44 percent of its job growth over the next 30 years, Fisette said the streetcar is the right system to get people to where they need to go.
"No possible bus system can handle that ridership growth," he said.
On the issue of how to pay for the streetcar – which carries a total price tag of more than half a billion dollars — Fisette said 93 percent of streetcar funding will come from "federal, state and regional money," including a 12.5 cent commercial real estate tax designated for transit. He said he opposes using homeowner tax dollars for streetcar
At the same time, Fisette said he's looking for a possible way to move forward without federal funds, since federal funding would come with strings attached, would increase costs and would slow the project down.
(Updated at 3:45 p.m.) Arlington will not award a contract for construction of the Long Bridge Park Aquatics, Health and Fitness Facility, delaying the project for at least a year, the county announced this afternoon.
The decision to cancel the bids for the facility follows an effort by County Manager Barbara Donnellan and her staff to work with construction companies to "value engineer" the project and lower costs. The bids initially came in well above the level necessary to keep the aquatics center within its original $79 million projected cost. Even with cheaper furnishings and other cut corners, however, we're told the revised cost estimate "got close but not close enough."
With $42.5 million in bond funding and a $15 million developer contribution already in place, that puts the County Board in a position in which it must approve additional taxpayer funds, scale back the design of the facility, or seek private funding. For now, the county will seek private funds.
County Board Chair Jay Fisette said the aquatic's center design resulted from an extensive community outreach process that took into account its location near the Potomac River, within view of I-395 and major D.C. monuments.
"This facility resulted from [a community needs assessment] and then took several years to design," he said. "I still think that to fulfill that plan is the right way to go. But I understand that staying within the previous budget is also appropriate."
Fisette said the county will now seek funding from a private entity. Possibilities include a corporate sponsorship and naming rights, working with a for-profit operator, or partnering with a university or other institution.
Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Ballston is one such facility built by the county but operated by a rent-paying, for-profit entity. The fields at Long Bridge Park and Barcroft Baseball Field #6 are partially paid for under partnerships with Marymount University and George Washington University, respectively.
A corporate sponsor may be interested in the naming rights to the facility, especially given its high-visibility location. Fisette said he'd be open to having the facility known as the Under Armor or the Nike Aquatics, Health and Fitness Facility, among other potential sponsors.
"The goal is to identify any balance of funding beyond those already approved by the voters," Fisette said. "This is an unusual and exceptional opportunity for someone who would like to have that visibility."
What might make the opportunity more exceptional, according to county officials, is D.C's bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. Later this month, the United States Olympic Committee is expected to narrow down the list of U.S. cities being considered as an Olympic host. Should D.C. be on that list, it could give a boost to the effort to attract sponsorships, given that the new aquatics center is likely to be one of the facilities used for the games.
"We are under the impression that as they move forward with their bid, that this site is included in their plans," according to Fisette.
The county will "aggressively pursue private funding support" over the next 6-8 months, Fisette said. Donnellan plans to report back to the County Board in mid-2015, prior to any additional bonds being sold. Should attempts to find private funds prove unsuccessful, the next steps for the facility are "yet to be determined."
The county press release on the announcement, after the jump.
Arlington County Board member Libby Garvey, an outspoken opponent of the planned Columbia Pike streetcar system, called for a truce yesterday on the language surrounding the bus alternative.
Garvey made a presentation during yesterday's County Board meeting, challenging the return on investment (ROI) study a consultant performed on contract with the county and presented last month.
Garvey said the study makes faulty comparisons, disputed the $3.1 billion ROI claim, said that calling the streetcar a "seamless ride" is nonsensical since a bus would do the same, and claimed it ignored contrary analysis, among other assertions.
After Garvey's presentation, County Board Chair Jay Fisette challenged streetcar opponents' claims that bus rapid transit (BRT) would be a preferable solution since dedicated bus lines, widely considered a requirement of a BRT system, are not possible on Columbia Pike. In response, Garvey offered an olive branch of sorts on the language the two sides of the streetcar debate uses.
"On BRT, I'll make a deal with you," Garvey said. "We don't ever talk about BRT here again, we just say 'streetcar-like bus.' That's all we need to say. A streetcar-like bus will do much better on Columbia Pike than a streetcar. Let's just forget about it. It's just a canard, it's silly to talk the way we have on what's BRT and what's not. That just gets away [from the point], and I share your frustration."
Fisette quickly agreed to Garvey's terms, replying "all right, let's call a truce on that one."
The bus system that is feasible on the Pike was referred to by the ROI consultants as "enhanced bus service," which wouldn't use a dedicated lane but would have many features of a streetcar, like greater ridership capacity, a sleeker appearance and off-board fare collection.
Garvey's challenge to the consultant has been echoed by other streetcar critics, who say the study was biased from the start, and its methodology — comparing two streetcar systems and two enhanced bus systems in cities around the country — was lacking. Fisette said the consultants, HR&A Advisors, will be making presentations to several county commissions, and backed them on their claims.
"I'm not saying [the study's detractors] don't have some good points or couldn't use clarifications to better understand how the consultants went about their work," he said, "but I take issue with discrediting the work of these consultants overall."
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"Live and learn." That was the end of County Board Chairman Jay Fisette's apology for attributing Walter Tejada's tardiness to the Vihstadt swearing-in ceremony last Friday to "running on Latino time."
Fisette was apparently shocked that people would find such a stereotype offered up in a public forum by an elected official as insensitive, offensive or insulting?
It would be one thing if Fisette wasn't a Democrat. Democrats have spent the past five years telling the American people that those opposing policies from President Obama were doing so because they were racially motivated. The day before Fisette inserted foot in mouth, U.S. Rep. Charlie Rangel was doing just that.
Imagine for a moment that John Vihstadt had uttered the same words during his remarks on Friday. The Arlington County Democrats would most certainly have fired off a pointed press release – possibly even calling for Vihstadt to resign. Twitter, Facebook and the ARLnow.com comments section would have exploded with activity.
Does anyone really think Jay Fisette is racist or that he was in any way intentionally trying to offend? No. But, to essentially throw up your hands and say "live and learn" was a disappointing response from someone who should have known better.
Since there seems to be no risk in stating the obvious this week, here are three other lessons to learn from recent events:
Alan Howze's campaign was built around a central theme of "I am a Democrat, and my opponent is a Republican." That strategy may have gotten Mr. Howze across the finish line in year's past. This year, it was destined for failure. The voters who most care about local issues saw right through it.
The election last week also clearly demonstrated that these same voters do not want the trolley to be built, and probably at a higher percentage than the Vihstadt vote. Some die hard Democrats voted for Howze despite not being fans of the project. The County Board may ultimately move forward. However, there are two Board members who are in cycle in another low turnout election in the fall of 2015 who may regret it.
Finally, rumors are swirling that higher than anticipated revenues have Board Members considering a tax rate cut — a move that is long overdue (Ed. note: This column was submitted before the County Board approved a one-cent tax rate cut). However, a one, two or even three-cent rate cut is not a tax cut. It is simply a smaller than anticipated tax increase for most, if not all, Arlingtonians. If your assessment went up by 10 percent or more this year, you may not even call a three-cent rate cut a good start. But, it would beat the alternative.
Mark Kelly is a former Arlington GOP Chairman and two-time Republican candidate for Arlington County Board.
(Updated at 11:30 a.m.) Arlington County Board Chair Jay Fisette used the podium at a Columbia Pike business luncheon yesterday to respond to critics of the Columbia Pike streetcar and the county's recently completed return on investment study for Pike transit.
The study, conducted by an independent consultant and funded by the county, suggested that the Columbia Pike streetcar would generate about $3 billion more for the corridor's economy than enhanced bus service. Critics of the streetcar say a Bus Rapid Transit system would be a preferred, cheaper alternative, but Fisette reiterated yesterday that BRT is not an option for the Pike.
"Bus Rapid Transit, by definition, needs at least part of its route to have a dedicated lane," Fisette told members of the Columbia Pike business community for the annual Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization Business and Development Luncheon. "I'd love to have a dedicated bus lane. I wish we had room, but it's not possible."
Streetcar opponents have asked why the county spent money on a return on investment study when a similar study was conducted last year, but Fisette said this study accounted for the Columbia Pike Neighborhoods Area Plan and compared streetcar to enhanced bus service, two components the previous study did not include.
"Sure, attack the messenger, pick [the study apart]," Fisette said, "but use the facts please."
Fisette described the community process used to develop the plan for the streetcar, and said the county projects that, in the not-too-distant future, 65 percent of Arlington's population growth and 44 percent of its job growth will be concentrated along the streetcar lines on Columbia Pike and in the Route 1 corridor from Pentagon City to Crystal City and Potomac Yard.
Takis Karantonis, the executive director of CPRO and one of the streetcar's biggest advocates, gave a brief talk to the dozens of business and community leaders in attendance while wearing a pin on his lapel for Streetcar Now. He said a $310 million investment by the county in streetcar is a fair number compared to the money the private sector has invested in the Pike.
"Each of these new buildings cost around $90 to $100 million," Karantonis said. "Each one. Private money is holding up its end of the deal."
Several Arlington County officials will be on hand next week to unveil a high-tech "bikeometer," on the Custis Trail in Rosslyn.
The bikeometer will be on the trail near the intersection of Lee Highway and N. Lynn Street — known as the "Intersection of Doom" — with electronic displays counting "passing bicyclists in real time and cumulative daily, monthly and year-to-date counts," according to an Arlington County press release.
The bikeometer is the first of its kind on the East Coast and sixth in the nation, according to BikeArlington. The data will be used in future planning for cyclists in the area in addition to providing "a highly visible, engaging and fun view of the volume of bike usage on the Custis Trail in Arlington."
Arlington County Board Chair Jay Fisette will be on hand, along with League of American Bicyclists President Andy Clarke, on Tuesday, April 1 at 10:00 a.m. to unveil the bikeometer.
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(Updated at 2:25 p.m.) A groundbreaking was held Thursday for Verde Pointe, the new residential and retail development on the former Bergmann's Dry Cleaning site.
The ceremony was held at the site, at Lee Highway and N. Veitch Street, and featured Arlington County Board Chair Jay Fisette and representatives from the developer and other companies involved in the $80 million project.
Verde Pointe, which was approved by the County Board in December 2012, will feature 177 apartments in a 10-story building, 23 townhomes, a 14,000 square foot Mom's Organic Market and other retail spaces.
Construction is expected to wrap up in the spring or summer of 2015, according to a spokeswoman. The full press release about the groundbreaking, after the jump.
(Updated at 10:00 a.m.) Shortly after being caught on video driving the wrong way down Military Road — a story first reported on ARLnow.com — an Arlington County snow plow driver ran a stop sign and caused a multi-vehicle accident, according to police.
The accident happened at 9:18 a.m. on Monday. The 51-year-old plow driver was heading southbound on S. Monroe Street when he ran a stop sign at 18th Street S. and struck an eastbound Toyota Highlander on the driver's side rear panel, according to Arlington County Police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck. The Highlander then struck two parked cars.
"There were no reported injuries as a result of the accident," Sternbeck told ARLnow.com. The driver was cited by officers for disregarding a stop sign.
The accident happened less than two hours after local filmmaker Jason Berry said he was nearly run off the road by the plow, which was driving the wrong way down hilly, twisting Military Road. At Tuesday's Arlington County Board meeting, Board Chair Jay Fisette encouraged County Manager Barbara Donnellan to take disciplinary action.
"I think all of us saw that video and thought, 'oh my God," Fisette said. "That was horrible. It's inconceivable to me that there's a justification for driving a [snow plow] down the wrong side of the road. It was quite amazing to watch the video. We are just fortunate that nothing terrible… came of that particular driving experience."
Donnellan reported that the driver was working a midnight-to-noon shift and called the incident "unfortunate," "dangerous" and a "near miss situation."
"This is completely unacceptable behavior for snow plowing. it is a violation of our Arlington county driver policy and training," Donnellan said. "As soon as the county learned of the unacceptable behavior we identified the responsible driver and immediately removed him from duty."
"The investigation is underway," Donnellan continued. "We're taking appropriate action with this employee. A full range of disciplinary actions is always on the table for serious safety violations. Our safety policy strives for zero incidents."
Donnellan noted that the county also received calls thanking snow removal crews for their tireless work during this snowy winter.
"It's easy to focus on one driver, on one day, but we also have many, many drivers who are safe, courteous and do great work too," Donnellan said. "My many thanks goes out to staff who works incredibly hard during these weather events to keep our community safe and to keep our streets, trails and sidewalks clear."
Arlington County Board Chair Jay Fisette will be a speaker this Thursday at the showing of a film that examines the impact that plastic bags and other plastic products have on the environment.
The film, called "Bag It: Is Your Life Too Plastic?" will be presented at Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse (2903 Columbia Pike) this Thursday at 7:00 p.m. The event is hosted by Tap In Arlington, a grassroots organization campaigning against single-use plastic water bottles.
Fisette launched a "personal crusade" against plastic bottles last year, is a supporter of Tap In and debated a bottled water industry executive in January. Fisette will speak alongside the film's director and star, Jeb Berrier.
In promotional material, the film is described as "touching and often flat-out-funny" and Berrier is said to be an "everyman… who is admittedly not a tree hugger."
Tickets for the event are $10 at the door, or $5 for students and seniors.


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