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Last week the emergence of three separate crowdfunding campaigns for private security patrols in Oakland's Lower Rockridge and Uplands neighborhoods provoked a lot of debate and criticism. For some people, it was a clear example of crowdfunding crossing a line. Not a line of good taste or judicial process as we've seen before, but the […] more »
As the field of civic crowdfunding emerges and grows, it is spawning many competing visions of what the field is and where its appeal comes from. Lately I've been thinking about questions such as: How much is crowdfunding about community and shared values? How much is it about physical places? How much is it about […] more »
A few years ago when I was working on the Civic Commons project with Code for America and OpenPlans, I did a presentation at Living Cities called "Cities that Work Like the Web" which discussed using open standards and Internet architectures to build a foundation for open innovation. At the time, we were doing a […] more »
I was sad to note on Monday that, with 14 days to go, the New York City Opera had raised less than 10 percent of its ambitious $1 million target on Kickstarter. The "People's Opera" has struggled in recent years. It closed its doors in 2008 for a refurbishment that coincided with the Financial Crisis, […] more »
Spike Lee joins Zach Braff and Rob Ford's Veronica Mars on the list of celebrities to turn to Kickstarter to fund a project. It now seems that no star is too big — or too cool — to crowdfund. But what does the arrival of big names mean for the future of crowdfunding? With big […] more »
How can we use data to improve our lives, our communities, and the world at large? At the recent Microsoft Design Expo, students from eight universities showcased design projects along the theme of "making data useful." To prepare for the Design Expo, students take a semester-long course, in connection with a liaison at Microsoft Research. […] more »
Is there such a thing as Christian hacking? The organizers of Code for the Kingdom, a 48-hour hack day with cash prizes, certainly believe so. Last month, almost 150 people gathered in San Francisco for Code for the Kingdom, a hackathon that gave away $11,000 in prizes to teams developing Christian projects. The event also […] more »
Along with the other free peoples of the Internet, we've been discussing our reactions to PRISM, and whether and how U.S. — and global — citizens might be able to organize against this unprecedented digital spying. There are more questions than answers at the moment, and there's an enormous challenge of confronting a massive entity […] more »
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AMES, Iowa-- Operation: Military Kids has recently added Operation Give a Hug dolls to its resources for children of deployed parents. This action is in response to the recent extension of deployed military.
"This recent deployment extension has had a profound emotional effect on Iowa's military kids. Approximately 1,000 Iowa kids have been impacted by the deployment extension of their parents," said Chris Gleason, the state military liaison for the Iowa State University Extension 4-H Youth Development program. "There is no way these dolls can replace a parent's hug, but it is a little something for these kids to hold on to."
Operation Give a Hug was founded in 2004 to help military children cope with the separation from deployed parents. The program provides children with cloth dolls whose faces have a clear plastic pouch in which to fit a picture of a deployed parent. This provides military children "a way to hug their deployed parents until they can do it for real." Through Iowa's Operation: Military Kids, the dolls are free to military families; 30 already have been sent to children across Iowa.
Operation: Military Kids is a partnership between the U.S. Army's Child and Youth Services and USDA/4-H that works with children of the National Guard and Reserve soldiers.
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Students at seven Henrico County public schools currently wear school uniforms on a voluntary basis, but could mandatory uniform policies be on their way?
Officials at 11 Henrico schools have expressed strong interest in initiating mandatory uniform programs, and the county's School Board last week heard preliminary plans about how such programs eventually could be considered.
Mandatory uniforms could enhance the sense of safety and community at schools and foster better learning environments, according to the principals of the schools interested in the plan.
School system officials intend to create a survey that could be used by any school interested in exploring the possibility of voluntary or mandatory uniform programs. Surveys would be sent to parents and staff members at each such school, and if a strong majority (perhaps 80 percent to 85 percent) at a specific school supported such a plan, the idea could advance for additional consideration, Executive Director of Elementary Education Pam Bell told the board last week.
School officials would seek business partners in the community willing to supplement the cost of uniforms for students who couldn't afford them, Bell said. Officials also would hold staff and community forums to discuss the idea, then brief the School Board, which could choose to vote to approve or reject the idea – or vote to authorize individual school principals to implement mandatory uniform programs at their schools.
Surveys are expected to be distributed this month or next to parents and staff members at the 11 schools that have expressed interest so far, Bell said. The list includes all seven schools where voluntary policies currently exist: among them, Adams, Ashe, Glen Lea, Highland Springs and Laburnum elementaries. If applicable, community forums could be held in January, with possible School Board deliberations in February and a vote in March, Bell said.
A mandatory uniform policy need not be district-wide, and the board has not expressed an interest in establishing a blanket policy. Its consideration of a timeline for considering mandatory policies at certain schools resulted from requests by principals at the 11 schools in question. Many of those schools have already discussed the idea with their PTAs.
School Board attorney Melissa Velazquez told the board during its Oct. 29 meeting month that it could allow principals to make uniforms mandatory at their own schools, provided they followed School Board-authorized protocol to reach their decisions (such as achieving the required positive response levels from surveys).
The School Board also would have to establish consequences for students who fail to wear uniforms at schools at which mandatory programs are approved, Velazquez said.
Though some positives could result from mandatory uniforms, there is a possible flip side as well. Uniforms could prove too expensive for some families and could reduce students' sense of individualism and freedom of expression, Bell said.
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Alexander (pictured, at right, while Unity of Bon Air church member Harry Simmons interviews him) has written about what he considers to be his journey through the afterlife.
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Umm....my 6000+ is on some truck on it's way to my grubby little hands....
Great upgrade and for the money you're going to see very nice performance boost.
See AMD Performance Benchmark
If I had socket AM2 I would not think a second about such upgrade.
Now since I also have Freezone I'm very much interested how good it will cool this CPU.
I don't know which 5200+ you have right now, the 65W or 89W model? Anyway the 6000 is rated at 125W thermal power and that's a big increase.
CooliT System recommends the Freezone for CPUs with total heat output of up to 175W.
Now if not overclocked you're more than safe there.
If you overclock you probably will get close to the 175W max and depending on the increase voltage you might even hit the wall.
If you go over the max 175W the Freezone TEC can handle, the Freezone will work like very low rated water cooling or air cooling. Meaning it wont be able to cool the overclock and will overheat a lot or most likely go in save reboot, depending on the mobo.
You need to watch this since the 6000+ is rated by AMD to run at 55-63C max temp.
AMD definitely needs to bring this CPU out with 65nm technology. I already pointed out in my origional post what AnanTech said about it in the review.
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I switched to Camrese after taking Depo for 13 years. First period didn't come, next one should be in 4 weeks. We'll see. So far so good. No spotting, no cramping, no acne (but I've never had acne), I have had weight loss and increased sex drive though.
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I have been taking Camrese for over a year now. I really enjoy only having my period 4 times a year. Saves a lot on buying tampons. The only symptoms I have had had are spotting for the first couple months and a couple weeks before my period is about to start. My sex drive has been lowered as a result of Camrese, but other than that I would recommend it.
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I've been on Camrese for about 6 months, so I feel that's enough time to figure out if it's a good fit for me. I was on regular monthly birth control for many years, then off the pill for about a year and a half. When I decided to go back on the pill, I asked my doctor about the 3-months cycle pill like Seasonique, and she suggested Camrese. I was hesitant to take a generic because wh ... Show Full Comment
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It was going well the first 2 pack. Started the 3rd one and I felt bloated, pain in my lower belly and back. Im stopping the pill right now, I had 2 more weeks to go but I don't see what else can cause those symptoms plus a 10 lbs weight gain. I'm a personal trainer so I can tell u, my diet and training regiment are on point. I'm very disappointed. I like the fact to have 4 period a ye ... Show Full Comment
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School bus drivers have every right to think of themselves as essential to the education process.
That's exactly what was so wrong about the wildcat strike that 80 drivers staged Friday, leaving about 12,000 pupils in Indianapolis Public Schools to fend for themselves and plunging families, many of them without cars, into panic.
Meetings over the weekend appeared to get the buses rolling again; but the incident did the troubled district no favors as another school term begins. Let's hope, at least, that a hard lesson can be salvaged from it.
The urge to protest was understandable. Unless an alternative can be worked out, the drivers stand to lose between several hundred dollars and several thousand apiece because of a recent change in state law regarding unemployment benefits. They typically earn less than $20,000.
But the issue could have been raised without abandoning the responsibility that makes an employee worthy of his or her hire. Both their employer and their union have made that point.
As if it were not enough that the drivers set a bad example for students, they compounded the deed by failing to do their homework.
Their proper target was not IPS. They work for an outside contractor, Durham School Services, and are under repayment orders from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, which cites a 2011 law denying unemployment benefits to employees who are idled on regular schedules, such as summer breaks.
Durham has petitioned the state on behalf of the drivers, arguing that their down periods are layoffs that should qualify for benefits and pointing out that the company has paid more than $250,000 in unemployment insurance for that purpose.
Agreeing is the union that represents the drivers. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is taking up their cause, but it joined Durham in exhorting the drivers to get back to work.
In the end, adult heads prevailed. But young people will have lots to think about the next time they are assured in an education debate that they are the priority.


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In brief: Stanford holds off Sorenstam
Stanford holds off Sorenstam
Annika Sorenstam nearly holed her third shot on the par-5 18th, then lipped out a 9-foot birdie try to give Angela Stanford a one-stroke victory Sunday in the inaugural Lorena Ochoa Invitational at Guadalajara, Mexico.
Sorenstam, making her second-to-last start before she leaves the LPGA Tour, holed out from a bunker for birdie on the par-3 16th to get to 12 under — a stroke behind Stanford — but settled for pars on the final two holes. On the 18th, her wedge shot rolled just by the side of the cup as it spun back down the green.
"I certainly had a chance today, but Angela played very well," Sorenstam said. "As you know, she really didn't make too many mistakes and made a few birdies there both on 10 and what was it, 11. I was tracing her all day, but I never gave up, kept on fighting and I had a chance to force a playoff. ... Obviously, I was disappointed with that, but overall I thought it was a great tournament and I really tried."
Singh wins by one stroke: India's Jeev Milkha Singh closed with a 2-under 69 to win the $5 million Singapore Open by one stroke ahead of Ernie Els and Padraig Harrington.
Singh, who was five shots off the pace after the third round was completed earlier Sunday, finished at 7-under 277. Els shot 71 and Harrington closed with a 70.
Robinson out at Syracuse
Syracuse coach Greg Robinson was fired with the Orange nearing the end of a fourth straight dismal season under his leadership.
Robinson, who will coach the final two games of this season, is 9-36 overall and 3-25 in the Big East. He had another year left on a contract that pays $1.1 million per season.
Floyd, Smith out for Notre Dame: Wide receiver Michael Floyd and linebacker Brian Smith, both key players for Notre Dame this season, will miss the final two regular-season games against Syracuse and No. 6 USC because of knee injuries.
Coach Charlie Weis said both strained their knees in Notre Dame's 27-21 victory against Navy on Saturday. Both should be ready to play if the Irish (6-4) play in a bowl, Weis said.
Gary Hall Jr. officially retires
Ten-time Olympic medalist Gary Hall Jr. has officially retired from and turned his attention to a new challenge: helping those with diabetes lead long, productive lives.
Hall, who suffers from the disease, was expected to leave the sport after just missing out on making his fourth Olympic team this summer. He made it official in conjunction with World Diabetes Day, which was recognized on Friday.
Hall, who was diagnosed with diabetes in 1999, will devote himself to his foundation that works with those who have the disease.
Bal sets world record in Berlin: American Randall Bal set a world record in the 50-meter backstroke, finishing in 20.87 seconds, one of three world records to fall on the last day of a short-course swimming World Cup meet at Berlin.
Paul Biedermann of Germany broke Ian Thorpe's eight-year-old record in the 200 freestyle by finishing in 1:40.83, eclipsing the previous mark of 1:41.10.
Marieke Guehrer of Australia set the third record, clocking 24.99 in the women's 50 butterfly.
Hoff changes coaches: Katie Hoff has changed coaches after a disappointing Olympics in which the six-time world champion failed to win a gold medal in a half-dozen events.
Hoff is working with Michael Phelps' coach, Bob Bowman, who has returned to her North Baltimore Aquatic Club after four years at the University of Michigan. Hoff worked with Paul Yetter since before she qualified for the 2004 Olympics as a 15-year-old.
Armstrong to meet officials
Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong plans to meet with Tour officials before deciding to compete in the 2009 race.
The Gazzetta dello Sport in Milan, Italy, reported that Johan Bruyneel, Armstrong's team director at Astana, said the pair had asked for a meeting.
"The decision will be made down the road, after having talked with the organizers. We have asked for a meeting," Bruyneel told the Italian newspaper.
Armstrong announced his comeback from a three-year retirement in September and joined the Astana team.
Curlin to be retired
The majority owner of reigning Horse of the Year Curlin says the colt will retire to a farm in Kentucky in 2009.
Jess Jackson, who owns an 80 percent stake in the horse, said in a statement that he'll consider offers from farms in Kentucky where Curlin could stand at stud.
Until his future home is selected, Jackson said Curlin will remain in training for a possible race later this year.
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One of the world's most respected boat builders for cruising sailors and Sweden's largest sailing boat builder, Hallberg Rassy, has warned that further job cuts are likely in the future. Having made a similar warning to 25 workers only in May this year, the new cuts are sign that the economic malaise in Europe is cutting deep, even to the best of firms.
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Only in 2010 Hallberg Rassy won European Yacht of the Year 2010 in the luxury cruiser category for its Hallberg-Rassy 372. The company is best known for its centre cockpit boats, but the majority of their boats produced are aft cockpit boats, and this was the largest ever built.
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Now a major musical film from Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper ("The King's Speech"), starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway, and also featuring Amanda Seyfreid, Helena Bonham-Carter and Sacha Baron-Cohen, Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables" is one of the great works of western literature. Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, when, owing to a case of mistaken identity, another man is arrested in his place; and by the relentless investigations of the dogged Inspector Javert (Russell Crowe). It is not simply for himself that Valjean must stay free, however, for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter of Fantine (Anne Hathaway), driven to prostitution by poverty. Victor Hugo (1802-85) wrote volumes of criticism, Romantic costume dramas, satirical verse and political journalism but is best remembered for his novels, especially "Notre-Dame de Paris" (1831), also known as "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" and "Les Miserables" (1862) which was adapted into one of the most successful musicals of all time. "All human life is here". (Cameron). Mackintosh, producer of the musical "Les Miserables". "One of the half-dozen greatest novels of the world". (Upton Sinclair). "A great writer - inventive, witty, sly, innovatory". (A. S. Byatt, author of "Possession").
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Victor Hugo (1802-85) was the most forceful, prolific and versatile of French nineteenth-century writers. He wrote Romantic costume dramas, many volumes of lyrical and satirical verse, political and other journalism, criticism and several novels, the best known of which are Les Miserables (1862) and the youthful Notre-Dame de Paris (1831). A royalist and conservative as a young man, Hugo later became a committed social democrat and during the Second Empire of Napoleon III was exiled from France, living in the Channel Islands. He returned to Paris in 1870 and remained a great public figure until his death: his body lay in state under the Arc de Triomphe before being buried in the Pantheon.
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VaporFi, a store selling e-cigarettes and other vaporizers, is planning to open its doors on Columbia Pike on Friday.
The store will sell vaporizers and e-liquids, which come in various flavors including traditional tobacco flavors and more exotic flavors like watermelon mojito or peppermint bark. Customers can also create their own flavors at a "juice bar," said Scott Parker, a managing partner in the business.
The new store is located at 3219 Columbia Pike, across from the Audi dealership. It's a locally-owned franchise of VaporFi, a Miami-based retail chain and manufacturer.
"We're very happy to be in South Arlington, with a great location right on Columbia Pike, an area with tons of traffic," said Parker. "At the same time, we're also currently shopping locations in North Arlington as well. We hope to open 15 stores in the next 12 months all over Northern Virginia."
There are three existing VaporFi locations locally, in Alexandria, Georgetown and Potomac Mills, said Parker, who's also a partner in two notable Arlington businesses: A-Town Bar and Grill and Don Tito.
The new store will be open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Target Eyes Rosslyn — A vacant storefront at 1500 Wilson Blvd in Rosslyn may become home to the D.C. region's first TargetExpress, a smaller, grocery-oriented version of the big box retailer's stores. So far, Target has not confirmed the news. The storefront has previously hosted Rosslyn BID-sponsored pop-up market events. [Washington Business Journal]
Key Bridge Rehab Planned — The D.C. Department of Transportation is planning to begin a two-year rehabilitation project on the Key Bridge this spring. Most of the work will focus on the bridge's substructure so traffic impacts will be limited. Other planned work includes new LED streetlights, stronger barriers between the road and the sidewalk, and a new paint job for the bridge's fence. [Georgetown Dish]
Sub $2 Gas in Arlington — The average price of a gallon of regular grade gasoline in Virginia fell to $1.99 over the weekend, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic. That's the lowest statewide average price since May 2009. So far in Arlington, only one gas station is reported to have $1.99 gas: the Arlington Auto Service station at 5200 Columbia Pike. [VirginiaGasPrices]
AYD to Hold SOTU Watch Party — Arlington Young Democrats will be holding a watch party for tonight's State of the Union address. The party starts at 7:30 p.m. at Mad Rose Tavern in Clarendon (3100 Clarendon Blvd). President Obama's address is scheduled to start at 9:00 p.m. For those looking for an ostensibly non-partisan watch party, Busboys and Poets in Shirlington (4251 S. Campbell Ave) is holding a "community watch event" starting at 8:00 p.m. [Arlington Young Democrats]
Blind Woman's Luggage Returned Thanks to TV Station — WJLA's "7 On Your Side" segment helped a blind Arlington resident retrieve her lost luggage at Reagan National Airport. The bag, reportedly containing all of Jessica Kyriazis' winter clothes, was lost for several days by American Airlines due to circumstances arising from "bad weather." [WJLA]
Taylor Gourmet Now Open at DCA — A Taylor Gourmet is now open at Reagan National Airport. It's the latest in a line of trendy local restaurants that are opening at the airport this year, including Cava Grill, &pizza, Bracket Room, Lebanese Taverna Grill, Kapnos Taverna, and El Centro D.F. [Washington City Paper]
Flickr pool photo by Brian Allen
Four vacant retail spaces — three in Rosslyn and one in Courthouse — could be converted into medical or office space following action by the Arlington County Board this weekend.
The Board has four items in Saturday's consent agenda dealing with the conversion of space mandated to be retail, based on building's site plans, to office or medical uses. One of those items is for a dentist's office already in operation in Courthouse Plaza under a temporary site plan amendment.
The other three agenda items are for:
- Two vacant retail spaces, totaling 3,696 square feet, at 1800 N. Kent Street. One space (pictured above) was a private school space that has been vacant for six years. The other had been occupied by dry cleaners, but has been vacant for 10 years, according to the staff report.
- A 2,830-square-foot vacant space on the ground floor of 2001 15th Street N., in the Odyssey Condominiums. The space fronts Clarendon Blvd, but it has been vacant for five years, other than serving as a temporary leasing office for the now-opened apartments across the street, the staff report states. Since the leasing office has relocated, the owner reports difficulty finding a tenant for the space.
- A 1,520-square-foot space at 1600 Wilson Blvd, the former site of the Sir Speedy Printing Center, which has been vacant since July. The space, according to the staff report, "has a history of retail vacancy and poses some location challenges for retail attraction."
County staff identified no issues for any of these sites, suggesting a "medical/physical therapy office, will help activate the street and pose no adverse impacts to the neighborhood," in all of the reports.
The county seems to be taking a softer line on mandated ground floor retail spaces, in recognition that some storefronts are just not viable for traditional retail. For instance, 1800 N. Kent Street is well hidden from Rosslyn's main N. Lynn Street drag, resulting in a relative paucity of the foot traffic that could bring customers to a small business.
County staff, in recommending approval of the motions, used the draft Arlington Retail Action Plan as guidance in its decisions.
The draft action plan, which would replace and expand upon the 2001 Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor Retail Plan, includes a map that specifies which type of retail can go where. According to the county's planning staff, all four locations on Saturday's agenda are considered appropriate for medical or office use under the draft retail map.
Arlington is considering adopting a plan to incorporate design guidelines, best practices and incentives to increase retail activity throughout the county.
The Arlington County Board will discuss a proposed update to the 2001 Retail Action Plan, which covered the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor. The update expands the plan's footprint to the Crystal City and Columbia Pike corridors, includes recommendations to improve the county's retail environment and asks the Board to change regulation to allow for retail growth.
"This is a big deal and this has taken a long time to work through," County Manager Barbara Donnellan told the Board. "This is a report that will guide us for many years to come on how we're going to move forward. Retail will succeed where it can thrive."
The Virginia Department of Taxation reported more than $2 billion in retail and food and beverage sales in Arlington last year, but the opportunity is there for much more local retail spending, the plan states.
"The estimated demand for retail and food and beverage is in excess of $4.7 billion dollars," the report states, citing data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Surveys. "With a demand greater than sales, Arlington is considered to have a leakage of retail opportunity — customers must travel outside of Arlington to purchase many goods and services — in most broad retail categories."
Among the key recommendations are developing design guidelines to make "retail look like retail," developing a specific retail map to guide which kinds of retail businesses should go where — encouraging clustering of specific types of retail to draw in more customers — and encouraging public art and accessibility.
Stores should be encouraged to design their exteriors creatively, the plan says, and to "design storefronts for three miles an hour (pedestrian speed) rather than 35 miles per hour (vehicular speed)." That's a bit of a departure from years past, when retail signage rules were more stringent in Arlington, discouraging retailers from standing out too much. For interior design, the plan advocates for higher ceilings on the ground floor of buildings and to " to allow for maximum flexibility and use of the space."
The draft plan also recommends softening regulations on food trucks and other mobile vendors. It says "vending zones" are under consideration in Rosslyn, Courthouse and Ballston, which would allow food trucks to park for more than two hours at a time.
"With social media and serial followers, vending can help pull customers into different areas," the plan says. "Establishing vending zones, to allow trucks to vend for longer than two hours or for alternative hours, can help prime an area that is not quite ready for retail or can attract people to other uses — parks, cultural venues or other businesses."
Grocery stores are seen as a key component of Arlington's retail plan, as they serve as anchors for retail districts. The plan generally lauds the Arlington County Board for its flexibility in approving grocery stores, including most recently the store planned at 1401 Wilson Blvd, whenever the property is redeveloped. However, it says the term "grocery store" should be more clearly defined for administrative purposes. "The policy should clearly articulate how and when incentives or mechanisms to support the construction of a grocery store are applied," according to the plan.
Many of the actions the plan suggests include amending the county's Zoning Ordinance and special exception policies to factor in broader retail goals. It's those changes that gave some of the County Board members pause and led them to schedule a work session in January, before the plan is up for a vote in February.
Arlington's retail sales dropped at the end of 2013 while other indicators of a strong economy — like housing prices and unemployment — improved over the same time period.
In the fourth quarter of 2013, Arlington reported about $813 million in taxable retail sales in its March economic indicators study today. Over the same period in 2013, Arlington had about $786 million, a drop of 3.3 percent. The change can't be attributed to the unusually snowy winter, either: nearly all of the snow this winter fell in the first quarter of 2014, after these numbers were recorded.
While the retail industry — which includes everything from restaurants to grocery stores to stands in the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City — lost $27 million in sales year-over-year, Arlington's workforce grew 1.4 percent while its unemployment rate dropped from 3.9 percent in January 2013 to 3.3 percent in January.
In addition, housing prices were up across the board this February compared to last year, with a 2.2 percent bump in single family detached house prices, 3.7 percent for single family attached (like townhouses and duplexes) and a 4.7 percent jump in condominium prices, from $410,339 to $430,115.
Local retail broker John Asadoorian, of Asadoorian Retail Solutions, said the numbers don't raise any alarm just yet.
"It's hard to really discern what the drop means," Asadoorian told ARLnow.com. "The only thing I could say is there hasn't been that much new retail space delivered in Arlington, which means there hasn't been a whole influx of new tenants, which means the mix in Arlington is stable. If it's stable, is it still competitive with other jurisdictions that may be growing?"
Asadoorian referred to Tysons Corner and Georgetown as two areas whose growing retail options could be poaching customers from Arlington's shops. However, several buildings under construction in Ballston and Rosslyn figure to bump the retail number back up in the coming years, he said.
While those buildings may help the retail market, they may not do wonders for the office vacancy rate in Arlington, which ballooned to 19.9 percent over the past year, a 3.7 percent jump over 2012. A significant chunk of that is from the 35-story 1812 N. Moore Street building in Rosslyn which is still looking for its first tenants.
The office vacancy rate in Rosslyn grew 8.4 percent year-over-year and sits at 25.2 percent, now the highest area in the county. Crystal City, still smarting from BRAC closures, is the second-most vacant neighborhood at 24.7 percent. Only the Clarendon-Courthouse corridor gained more office tenants than it lost last year, with its vacancy rate falling from 11.2 to 9.0 percent.
The Arlington retail market is well-positioned for the next decade or so, say several retail and real estate experts.
Those in and around the retail industry say the recent trends toward mixed-use, urbanized development and the growth of "milennials" among consumers in the post-recession years add up nicely for Arlington.
Bruce Leonard, a managing principal at Streetsense, a real estate, retail and marketing firm, gave a lecture at George Mason University's Arlington campus last month called "the changing face of retail." He contended that the retail market is catching up to the real estate market in seeking urban, walkable centers.
Downtown areas were the dominant retail markets at the turn of the century, he said, until "construction of the interstates it moved away from the cities."
"Now, ironically, we're coming back to more urban- and downtown-focused retail," Leonard said. "So for the [Rosslyn-Ballston] corridor, that's really a good thing because it's really urban. It's relevant to the consumer in that it has the ability to provide an immersive and engaging environment… which is what [the consumers] are looking for."
Kevin Shooshan, who oversees the leasing for The Shooshan Company in Ballston, said that's why Arlington will still have an advantage over Tysons Corner when the Silver Line opens.
"I think specifically in the Courthouse-Clarendon-Ballston area, it's more that it's a walkable area, even more than Tysons," he told ARLnow.com yesterday. "In Ballston, in Courthouse, in Clarendon, you can go on a leisurely four-block, five-block walk, passing ground floor retail with every step, with options to grab a paper, grab coffee, meeting with someone. It's not just a walk down a Metro access corridor. I do see that as a huge asset."
As the D.C. area apartment rental market continues to surge, that retail market can be key for attracting tenants. Most of the new buildings have fitness centers, pools, computer lounges and other amenities, but the shops in the neighborhood are every bit as much of the pitch to a tenant these days.
"Retail, in these markets, is really becoming an amenity," Leonard said. "We're seeing the conversation is 'what kind of retail will I get that will match the demands of my tenant?' Co-tenancy is going both horizontal and vertical, and that's a really new trend."
Billy Buck, the vice president of Buck & Associates, said the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor sells itself.
"In a 10-minute conversation, it's mentioned in the first minute or two by the client before we have to bring it up," Buck said. "It's not something you have to sell. The client or the purchaser or the tenant, they get to us because they've already realized that all those things are super important to their use."
Lastly, the top trend Leonard said the retail market will see, both locally and nationall, is continued downsizing of big retailers. With online shopping and a shift in consumer behavior, chains that had giant, big box stores are looking for spaces sometimes half the size as before.
Most national retailers have square-footage requirements for any space they are looking for, Buck said, but that never prevents them from squeezing themselves in Arlington.
"These retailers are smart enough to realize that it may not fit their corporate mold, they know better than to skip Arlington," he said. "You're not going to just pass on Arlington in general, it's just a bad business decision."
Retail sales are an important component of Arlington County's economy.
The top 8 retail centers in Arlington, including the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City and Ballston Common Mall, alone house 644 stores. Arlington retailers recorded a total of $3.27 billion worth of taxable sales in 2012.
The holidays are obviously a crucial time for retailers, providing on outsized portion of annual sales and profit. But with retail sales growth sluggish compared to the growth in online sales, and with the large regional malls in Tysons Corner and outlet stores elsewhere continuing to lure shoppers, the holidays could be a struggle for some local stores.
As such, we were wondering, dollar-wise, what percentage of holiday present purchases made this year by Arlington residents were actually made in Arlington stores.
Ground Floor Retail Exemption Granted — At its meeting yesterday (May 21), the County Board granted an exemption to the policy of requiring ground floor retail space, for the office building at 3701 N. Fairfax Drive. The building formerly housed the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which had received a retail exemption due to security concerns. The Board granted the exemption this time due to the space's lack of access and visibility from the street. [Sun Gazette]
AIRE Goal Exceeded — Arlington County has exceeded its 2007 Arlington Initiative to Rethink Energy (AIRE) goal of a 10 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from government operations by 2012. The county has reduced its emissions by 11.7 percent since 2000. "This is an important milestone in Arlington's efforts to build a more sustainable future for all our residents and businesses," said Arlington County Board Chairman Walter Tejada. "The County has made great strides in improving the energy efficiency of our buildings and of our fleet and services, and we will continue to look for ways to reduce emissions and reduce spending on energy." [Arlington County]
Sales Tax Holiday Begins Saturday — Virginia's annual Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday begins on Saturday, May 25, and runs through Friday, May 31. The tax holiday allows residents to prepare for hurricane season, which begins on June 1, by eliminating sales tax on purchases of emergency supplies. Items such as batteries, generators, bottled water, duct tape, cell phone chargers and radios are included. [Virginia Emergency Management]
Parents of Gymnasts Want New Facilities — Despite a tight county budget, parents of Arlington gymnasts are calling on the County Board to fund new gymnastics facilities. Heather Cocozza, a representative of the Arlington Tigers competitive boys gymnastics team, claims that a new gymnastics facility can actually make a profit for the county. [Arlington Mercury]
APS Ranks Among Top High Schools — Arlington's public high schools have ranked in the top 2 percent of all high schools in the country, according to the Washington Post's "Challenge Index." In the Washington region, H-B Woodlawn ranked #4, Washington-Lee #10, Yorktown #14 and Wakefield #62. [Arlington Public Schools]
Vacant Retail Space May Become Conference Facility — A vacant 13,000 square foot retail space on the ground floor of the new 800 N. Glebe Road office building in Ballston would become a conference facility, under a proposal that's under consideration by the Arlington County Board. The nearby Bluemont Civic Association has expressed concerns about the change. [Sun Gazette]
More Yarn in Rossyn — The Guerrilla Stitch Brigade has struck again and provided colorful, whimsical decorations for the Cupid's Garden sculpture in Rosslyn. [Ode Street Tribune]
Va. Tech Shooting Anniversary — Today is the 6th anniversary of the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre. A moment of silence will be observed across the state at 9:43 a.m. [Twitter, Wikipedia]
Mystery Surrounds Eden Center Shooting — Questions still surround the murder and suicide that occurred at the Eden Center in Falls Church on Saturday night. The victim, meanwhile, has been identified as 51-year-old Tai Phan, of Annandale, who at the time of the shooting was on his way to a gig as a bass player at a restaurant. [Washington Post]
Board May Drop Retail Requirement for Condo Complex — The Arlington County Board is poised to reverse a requirement it set 9 years ago for the Woodbury Park condo complex to reserve interior space for a convenience store. The store would have been located inside the 364-unit complex, with no outside signage and no easy access for non-residents. Nobody has stepped up to rent the space, so county staff is recommending the Board drop the retail requirement and allow Woodbury Park to build a condo unit in its place. [Sun Gazette]
Library, Bayou Hold Instagram Photo Contests — Arlington Public Library and Bayou Bakery restaurant (1515 N. Courthouse Road) are both holding photo contests aimed at smartphone users. Entrants to both contests are encouraged to enhance — and, in the case of Bayou, submit — their photos via Instagram, the photo sharing and special effect service recently acquired by Facebook. The library's contest is entitled the "Steve Jobs Memorial Juried Cell Phone Photo Show," while the Bayou contest is called "Bayou by You." [Arlington Public Library, Bayou Bakery]
Flickr pool photo by Ddimick
A building under construction in Rosslyn could earn the first LEED Platinum certification in Arlington.
International developer and construction company Skanska is working on the five story building at 1776 Wilson Blvd, which will contain both retail and office space.
To earn LEED certification, a developer must earn credits in six categories called Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy & Atmosphere, Materials & Resources, Indoor Environmental Quality, and Innovation in Design & Regionalization. The rating system has a total of 110 points, and 80 are necessary to receive platinum certification.
Some of the green features included in the new building are ultra-efficient plumbing fixtures that offer a 40 percent reduction in the typical amount of water used, and water efficient landscaping that doesn't require a regular irrigation system. Solar panels will be part of the effort to reduce the building's annual energy costs by 24 percent, and high performance glass will prevent heat gain in the building.
There will also be a green roof terrace on the fourth floor. The garage will feature preferred parking for fuel efficient vehicles, and will be outfitted with power outlets to accommodate electric cars.
The building is scheduled to be mostly completed by August, and the hope is that tenants can move in this fall. Already, the building is 50 percent pre-leased.
A plan to revamp part of Virginia Square has been approved by the Arlington County Board. The development is planned for the site that houses the old Arlington Funeral Home (3901 Fairfax Dr) building.
BDC Crimson LLC is the developer for the nine story mixed-use commercial building, which will include offices, ground floor retail and a 12,985 square foot black box theater. The theater will cost $3.7 million to build, and will be leased to the County for 30 years, at $1 per year. It will hold 150 people.
"This project brings us closer to realizing the community-crafted sector plan's vision of Virginia Square as a center for arts, culture and education," said Arlington County Board Chair Mary Hynes. "The public plaza will enliven Virginia Square, and the Black Box Theater will add a significant cultural destination to this part of the Metro corridor."
The County will collaborate with groups like the Arlington Commission for the Arts to devise a business plan for operating the theater. They'll look at cost, use and operational alternatives for review by the County Manager in the preparation of future budgets.
The new plan also includes a 12,325 square foot public plaza along North Quincy Street. The County will hold a workshop so stakeholders and the public can give input on some components of the final plaza design, such as pattern and asphalt color.
The office building will have 250 parking spaces that will be available to the public on nights and weekends. Six additional spaces will be provided for retail customers and 17 for the theater. The developer will provide free four hour parking to theater patrons.
BDC Crimson LLC will seek LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, and will contribute $1 million to the County's Affordable Housing Investment Fund, plus $1 million to nearby Quincy Park or other open space improvements and park amenities. These contributions let the developer have nearly 70,000 square feet of additional space for the project.
This plan has been in the works in various forms since 2004, with some major revisions in 2007. Previously, the facility was designed to include residences and a new funeral home. The County Board voted unanimously to approve the current plan.
Earlier this year, all signs pointed to The Papery (2871 Clarendon Blvd) going out of business. The high-end Clarendon stationery store was perpetually low on stock, the entire inventory was 50 percent off, the landlord had the Papery's space listed for lease and the store's website was no longer functional.
Well, what a difference a couple of months make. The store was recently restocked and, as of this morning, its website is back up.
"We're a family-owned business and for awhile we had a very, very rough period," admitted Shana, a store manager. But the family has now recommitted to the store — the last of what were once five D.C.-area Papery stores.
"They all pulled together their resources and they're going to make this store work," Shana said. "We've been part of this community for a long time, and we intend to stay here."
The Papery's offerings include custom stationery, custom wedding invitations, business cards, baby announcements, greeting cards, paper goods and gifts.
In due time, the big hole in the ground next to Ballston Common Mall will be filled with development and the view from the soon-to-open Rustico will be even less rustic.
Founders Square, located across Wilson Boulevard from the Liberty Center development (also owned by the Shooshan Company), will consist of two high-rise office buildings, one high-rise residential building, a large hotel, and a smaller building reserved for retailers.
Among the Founders Square office towers, one will be a secure building with a single tenant: the Defense Advanced Research Projects agency, which is relocating from Virginia Square. DARPA signed its lease more than a year ago. The other office building is still leasing.
The hotel, meanwhile, is expected to be a Residence Inn, at least according to architectural sketches. It was originally intended to be a residential building, but its use has since been switched to a hotel by the developer. The change still needs to be approved by the county.
The county's site plan review committee will discuss the hotel proposal at a meeting tonight in Rooms 109/111 at Courthouse Plaza (2100 Courthouse Road). The county board is expected to take up the site plan amendment necessary for the hotel's approval in December.
Developers argue that the Ballston area is in need of more hotels.
All told, Founders Square will consist of 1.1 million square feet of office, residential, hotel and retail space. The development could be ready for occupancy as soon as 2012.
It used to be a sleepy street full of warehouses and warehouse stores. Now the three blocks of Fern Street between 12th and 15th Streets are starting to come to life thanks to high-end apartments and a growing roster of ground-level retailers.
The block's main attractions at this point are the Costco on the north side of the street and the Gramercy and Millennium at Metropolitan Park luxury apartment buildings on the south side. The relatively recent addition of a Dunkin' Donuts has helped the block attract some more lunch and breakfast foot traffic — adding to the brave souls who patronize an old greasy spoon called Nell's Carry Out, which resides in a trailer across from the old DHL warehouse.
Slowly but surely, though, more retail is arriving. A dry cleaner and a bank moved into retail bays at the Gramercy around the same time as Dunkin' Donuts. A UPS Store is under construction down the block. And the U.S. Post Office that's currently on Eads Street will eventually be moving to the ground floor of the Millennium.
There's plenty more space to fill. One retail bay of special interest is a specially-designated restaurant space in the Millennium. The building's leasing agent has been entertaining nibbles from some restaurateurs. We hear that Lost Dog Cafe has expressed interest, as has an Italian restaurant, identity unknown.
A half block off Fern Street is a privately-constructed park with lots of potential. The neatly-landscaped open space — courtesy of Kettler, the developer behind the Gramercy and the Millennium — is big enough to be much more than the defacto dog toilet that it currently serves as. In June, Kettler used it for a party that included "live music, local vendors, a tricycle race, food, drink and a variety of fun activities." Next summer, management tells us, it will host a series of outdoor concerts.


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Only once in this decade has the Marcellus girls volleyball team not rammed its way to the Section III Class B championship.
And the memory of that defeat drove the Mustangs in a big way Thursday night, when it took out Cazenovia in three games to move to 10-0 on the season.
A year ago, Marcellus saw its six-year reign as sectional champions end when the Lakers pulled out an epic five-game victory over the Mustangs, a match where both sides played at a high level and the difference between them was miniscule.
Ever since, the Mustangs had worked to return to the top, and a 9-0 start helped, but in two December tournaments where Cazenovia was present, it could only manage a split with the Lakers. This added some doubt as to whether Marcellus was truly back in its customary position.
Those doubts dissipated, though, when Cazenovia paid a visit, as the host Mustangs took barely an hour to perform its sweep.
That opening game proved to be pivotal. After roaring to a 12-5 advantage, Marcellus watched the Lakers take over in the middle stages, going on an 8-0 run at one point to build a 21-16 lead.
Once the Mustangs got the serve back, though, it turned things around. Rachael Eddy recorded back-to-back aces, and Lauren Fletcher's blocks helped keep the 8-0 run going. By a score of 25-23, Marcellus got the edge -- and would keep it.
The second game turned into a 25-9 romp. In the third game, there were eight ties before Marcellus gained the serve and, with Fletcher pounding away, it put together another run of eight unanswered points, leading to a 25-17 victory and the sweep.
Fletcher was the dominant figure in this match, as she piled up 10 kills, eight blocks and two aces to keep Cazenovia on the defensive. Kailyn Winoski had four kills, four aces and two blocks, with Kelly McInerney stepping up to earn seven kills. Jenn Daley had 20 assists.
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Then, on December 12, two days before his return to Iraq, McCain wrote Bush a three-page letter proposing a new strategy: a troop surge. He argued that training Iraqi troops was of secondary importance and that the utmost concern should not be strains on the army but rather the morale-shattering prospect of a defeated U.S. military. He emphasized that while there were no guarantees, a surge offered Bush his only real chance to avoid a defeat in the Middle East. McCain sent the letter off to the White House and then—thereby ignoring the smirky advice he would later give Barack Obama ("First you assess the facts on the ground, then you present a new strategy")—flew to Baghdad. A surge, of course, was not exactly a new idea for McCain: It wasn't as though he'd evaluated the situation on the ground in December 2006 and decided that more U.S. troops were precisely what Iraq needed. He'd been embracing a more-troops-equals-victory sentiment since the very start of the war—a certitude always at odds with his commander in chief's we're-on-the-right-track determination. But throughout the waning days of 2006, President Bush had begun to reappraise the mess in Iraq. The Joint Chiefs of Staff and General Casey had all opposed a surge, believing that at this point only Iraqis could chart their own destiny. Bush himself was inclined to side with his generals—"His initial feeling was, 'Let's pull back till things die down,' " according to one senior administration official. But when other big players in the White House, such as Dick Cheney and Iraq adviser Meghan O'Sullivan, encouraged Bush to view the surge as his only opportunity to achieve actual victory, it became clear which way the president would go.
McCain's December 12 letter had made the rounds, but he did not visit with the president during the latter's period of meditation—not even to be debriefed on his December trip. The White House was not looking to McCain for strategic counsel. They already had their surge architects in Fred Kagan and retired general Jack Keane—and besides, they'd always known where McCain stood, since as the senior administration official puts it, "Every time we brought him in, he was a Johnny One Note—more troops, more troops." But Bush's team did view McCain as a key political ally on the Hill. His leadership in holding a nervous Republican caucus together was deemed crucial, as was his endorsement of the number of surge brigades (five) Bush ultimately decided to send.