LIFE IN THE DMV – The Blog
New Netflix Documentary Series Stars Students from Gallaudet University
New Netflix Documentary Series Stars Students from Gallaudet University Netflix has announced that it will release a documentary series featuring a close-knit group of deaf students coming-of-age at Gallaudet University. “Deaf U” will have eight episodes that are...
Arlington Named “Fittest City” in the U.S. and the Top 5 Zip Codes for DC Real Estate Sales
The results of the annual ACSM American Fitness Index, published by the American College of Sports Medicine and the Anthem Foundation, have been released, and Arlington has topped the list of the 100 fittest localities in the U.S. for the third year in a row. The top...
Amazon Has Passed 1,000 hires in Arlington
Amazon has announced that it has hired more than 1,000 employees in the past year for its Arlington-based headquarters, putting it on schedule to create 25,000 new jobs in the decade. The company has hired systems engineers, data scientists, designers, lawyers,...
Arlington County Has Ranked No. 3 Nationally on a List of Localities “Where Women are Most Successful.”
The new rankings, from the website SmartAsset, analyzed the “percentage of women with a bachelor’s degree, median earnings for women working full-time, percentage of business owners who are women, housing costs as a percentage of women’s earnings and the percentage of...
371 Units, Office and Retail Proposed to Replace the South Capitol Street 7-Eleven
A JBG SMITH-led development team has applied for design review of a 130 foot-tall mixed use space proposed at the northwest corner of South Capitol and M Streets SW. The first phase of the development, on the southern part of the site, would include 226,132 square...
Local Reporters Win Award for Amazon Coverage
Months of wall-to-wall coverage of Amazon’s plans to come to Crystal City and Pentagon City have been recognized by the D.C. Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Airey, Vernon Miles, Kalina Newman, Alex Koma were all named winners of the 2019...
National Park Service to begin negotiations with National Links Trust to lease historic golf courses in Washington, D.C.
The National Park Service (NPS) will begin negotiations with National Links Trust (NLT) to operate three historic golf courses in Washington, D.C., under a long-term lease. “East Potomac, Langston and Rock Creek golf courses provide unique recreational opportunities...
Where Homes are Selling Fastest in DC and Arlington Playgrounds Reopen
In addition to contract ratio, the median days on market metric helps provide a sense of not only where homes are selling the fastest, but also the city's most competitive housing markets. Leading the way so are two neighborhoods with "Park" in their name. American...
Amazon Presents Award to D.C. Teacher
A Washington, D.C., teacher has been named an Amazon Future Engineer Teacher of the Year. The tech company surprised Lynn Garnaat with a $50,000 prize to help her teach students at KIPP DC College Prep High School. The Amazon Future Engineer Teacher of the Year...
DMV Real Estate Market Remains Stable
Rough Economy But Why Aren’t Home Prices Dropping? Anyone hoping that our current economic chaos would be deals in the housing market have thus far been disappointed. In May, the median listing price in the United States was up 1.4 percent year-over-year, according to...
Homebuilders See Rapid Growth and Marriott Wardman Park Hotel may close after storied, 102-year run
Sales of newly built homes jumped far more than expected, up nearly 13% annually, according to the U.S. Census. After slowing dramatically in March, as the coronavirus shut down the economy, they posted the strongest May pace since 2007, a recovery that surprised even...
I Walked All 1,114 Blocks of My ZIP Code Just to Catalog How People Style Their House Numbers
As Published on Slate – Dan Kois Think of your address numbers as your house’s earrings. Your house projects a certain aesthetic to your neighbors, intentionally or unintentionally, a set of visual cues that can be read along lines of class, taste, aspiration, and...
Developers Take Aim at North Old Town and Mortgage Rates Remain Low
After years of inaction, a new applicant is hoping to take a crack at converting the vacant Waterfront Center office building in Old Town at 801 N. Fairfax Street into a residential development. Converting the building to residential did require one Special Use Permit...
Crystal City BID Officially National Landing
It's official: The Crystal City Business Improvement District will now be known as the National Landing Business Improvement District. This comes after the Arlington County Board approved the BID's request for a name change back in April. The name change took effect...
The DC Housing Market is Rebounding
In the wake of COVID-19, home sales fell in every DC-area jurisdiction in April. The number of homes to go under contract dropped even more acutely, falling by the largest amount in a decade. However, the market has been bouncing back. At the beginning of April, a...
367 Units on the Boards for Redevelopment of Ballston Office Building
An Arlington office-site redevelopment is coming back to life. Kettler is filing an application with Arlington County at 4420 N. Fairfax Drive to develop a 24-story mixed-use building. The new building will deliver 367 units and offer 5,200 square feet of retail. Site...
Amazon Seeks DC Permit to Sell Alcohol at ‘Full-Service Grocery Store’
As Amazon develops stores in the Washington D.C. area, it seems that alcohol purchases will be a feature. Amazon has filed an application for a D.C. alcoholic beverage license at its grocery store coming to 14th Street NW. The company is requesting a tasting permit...
If Driving in the District Be Aware of New Changes
While DC closed out May with blanket speed limit reductions across many "local" streets, Mayor Bowser and the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) are now taking another incremental step toward making streets more hospitable for residents to be outside while...
Arlington County to Consider Public-Private Partnership
Developer JBG Smith, the preeminent property owner in Crystal City, has proposed a public-private partnership that would accelerate the construction of a second entrance to the Crystal City Metro station in 1-2 years. The proposal is set to be potentially be voted...
Amazon Donates $3 million to Arlington Housing
Amazon is giving back to the Arlington community with a multi-million donation. The Arlington Community Foundation (ACF) has announced a $3 million gift from Amazon to improve access to affordable housing and support services in the region. The foundation says that...
Arlington Releases Guide for Handling Mental Stress of Social Distancing
Among the ripple effects of COVID-19 is the psychological strain of isolation. While Arlington works to combat the health and economic impacts of the pandemic, the county is also launching initiatives to address the mental impact. “We have a lot going on in terms of...