Arlington County Government, VA Around Arlington, 22 Sep 2017

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From YouTube: Around Arlington: Budget Roundtables

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Arlington TV's regular roundup of news and notes from Around Arlington. In this edition:
0:23 We're holding a series of roundtable discussions on the upcoming budget
1:10 There's a bigger gymnastics facility at Barcroft
4:41 Real estate and personal property taxes are due Oct 5
4:06 Emergency Prep
1:43 Street Beat segment on some changes to Wilson Blvd near Dominion Hills.

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You may have noticed a lot of change along Wilson Boulevard between glebe Road and North Patrick Henry Drive over the past few years. We'll tell you more about what to expect in the area later in our program, but first Arlington County is looking for feedback on the 2019 fiscal year budget, which will be presented to the county board in February 2018.

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Please RSVP online to join members of the county's executive leadership team for a community discussion on the budget process and the challenges that Arlington is facing, we'll be holding the roundtables throughout October, but space is limited, so you must sign up to attend. Please sign up for only one session so that everyone will have a chance to share their views on budget priorities, to learn more about the budget process and to RSVP for a roundtable near you go to budget Arlington, Va, dot, us and click on the tab for fiscal year.

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2019 budget information to meet popular demand. Arlington County has expanded the Barcroft sports and fitness centers gymnastics studio to double the space. That means room for more classes and more gymnasts. We recently hosted a ribbon-cutting and open house, and the Barcroft Center is now open to all.

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In addition to the gymnastic facilities, it includes a wellness studio, a boxing training, gym classes and acres of outdoor fields and parkland stop by and check it out daily at 4200 South, four Mile Run Drive keeping our streets safe for everybody who uses them is a crucial part of the work that Arlington's Department of Environmental Services performs. We recently spoke with Jessica Baxter about some new improvements on Wilson Boulevard that are making it safer and easier for pedestrian, bikers and drivers to share our streets. Take it away, Jessica.

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Arlington county is committed to expanding travel options for the all those who live, work and play here. As part of that commitment, our design engineers are constantly looking for ways to improve safety along our streets to better accommodate drivers, bicyclists pedestrians and transit users. You may have noticed this on Wilson Boulevard between North glebe, Road and North Patrick, Henry, Drive and here to tell us more about it is Dan neighbors design, team supervisor, hi Dan, hi.

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Jessica can.

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You tell us more about the project, absolutely.

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I'm excited to share that we've completed some short-term improvements along Wilson Boulevard. These include roadway configurations that will help make the roadways safer for everybody using the road. He.

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Chose specifically what you guys did, what benefits sure.

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We're at the intersection of Livingston and Wilson Boulevard, where you can see that we put down some paint and some ballers that helped predator define the space used by pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists right here. You can see that we've made the crossing distance shorter and we've narrowed the roadway so that people turning onto neighborhood streets will do so in a slower speed and.

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What was the community process like well.

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We've been working with the community since 2014 to identify the needs of the community and work together to address those needs. So this is the result of several years of working with the community, which hopefully has some really good results. That's.

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Great news, thank you for all your hard work dan, and there are many projects just like this- that you can be a part of just search. The county website engage Arlington thanks for tuning in to Street, beat we'll see you next time.

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Thanks Dan and Jessica, we have more street beats on the way this fall, as the DES team is hard at work, improving things all over the county to keep up on street projects all around Arlington and to sign up for updates via email check out our website at projects, Arlington Va dot, us September is National Preparedness month and we were reminded of the importance of being prepared by hurricane Harvey in Texas, followed by hurricane era in Florida.

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Fortunately, Virginia was spared this time around, but we all know that it's critical to be prepared for the unexpected one way to be prepared is to make sure you are informed sign up for official emergency messages from Arlington alert at Arlington, alert, org and review the preparedness tips on our website at emergency, Darlington VA, us real estate and vehicle personal property taxes are due on October 5th.

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You can mail your payment or pay in person at 2100, Clarendon, Boulevard, suite 201 or pay online at cap, Arlington Va us by creating a cap account or simply making a quick payment check. Our website at taxes, Arlington Va us for the payment schedule and a list of frequently asked questions about paying your property taxes. Well, that's it for this edition.

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