Dear Friends, Our February agenda had several items of interest and Covid issues continue to evolve. Residential Permit Parking (RPP)  The difficult issue of Residential Permit Parking (RPP) finally came for a vote after years of study and engagement. While County streets are public, many people want to be assured they can park on their street and close to their house (if not right in front of it), especially if they have no private driveway. The RPP was put in place decades ago when residents of the Crystal City Area were finding their streets clogged with commuters’ parked cars. It was … [Read more...]

Dear Friends, Many of you have likely seen this press release, but in case you have not I want to call your attention to it for two reasons:  First, the very good news is that we have completed first vaccinations of most of those 75 and older in Arlington and are now beginning to vaccinate those 65 and older. While I’ve not yet gotten my notice, several people I know  in the 65+ category have been invited to sign up for their vaccination. The invitations are going out in roughly the order in which they were received. You can read about it in the press … [Read more...]

Dear Friends, While many of us are still waiting for word of our first vaccination being scheduled (including yours truly), this was a much better week for our vaccination program, and I thought perhaps my readers might like to hear some of the feedback and information I have from this week. As you know, our staff were working hard over the past week to reschedule the appointments that had been cancelled by Virginia Hospital Center (VHC) for those 75 and over. From Friday a week ago through this Tuesday, 63 of our staff made 3,191 calls and scheduled 2,336 appointments. This was a … [Read more...]

Dear Friends,    I know many of you have received, or heard about, emails from Virginia Hospital Center (VHC) cancelling appointments for Covid vaccinations. We were just briefed on the situation by our staff at the end of today’s County Board meeting. Once the meeting is posted, you may want to watch the discussion, which began at about 12:50 pm today. VHC will no longer receive vaccines from the state. VHC will give second doses of vaccine to those who already have had their first shot, but they are cancelling all other appointments. Arlington County will now receive … [Read more...]

Dear Friends,    Following Governor Northam’s announcement yesterday afternoon, we updated the County’s COVID Vaccine page with information about phases 1b and 1c. We have also created a new registration page with Information on the priority groups and links to the registration forms: https://www.arlingtonva.us/covid-19/vaccines/registration/ so you can easily pre-register for your vaccination (if you are in Groups 1b or 1c). I expect more information to be coming over the  next days and again remind people that we will be holding a public Covid … [Read more...]

Dear Friends, I’m sure we are all watching with distress the events downtown at the U.S. Capitol. In cooperation with the Governor, we are putting in place a curfew for Arlington from 6pm this evening to 6am tomorrow. Alexandria has the same curfew. The press release below itemizes the details. Please note that there are important exceptions to the curfew for people going to and from work, in transit to home, seeking medical help, etc. We want as many people as possible to be home and safe to ease the work of our public safety personnel tonight.  Thank you and stay … [Read more...]