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From YouTube: Board Wrap-Up: Missing Middle Housing
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The Board Members recently reached out to civic associations and other community organizations, offering to come talk to them about housing
A
B
So
housing
Arlington
is
really
one
of
the
most
important
important
initiatives.
We've
been
undertaking
and
I.
Think
as
I
mentioned
earlier
in
this
in
this
segment,
that
housing
is
any
major
city
where
people
want
to
live.
It's
it's
a
huge
issue
and
we've
got
to
figure
out
how
to
make
it
so
that
everybody
can
thrive
here.
So
the
housing
is
an
umbrella
initiative
and
under
that
we
are
focusing
on
what
we
call
the
missing
middle
now.
B
The
missing
middle
is
people
often
think
we
mean
middle-income
people,
which
just
some
extent
we
do,
but
actually
we're
just
talking
about
the
form
of
houses.
So
on
one
end,
you've
got
single
family
homes,
traditional
great
one,
family
per
home,
separated
and
that's
more
of
our.
You
know
our
leafy
suburbs
and
then
on
the
other
and
you've
got
like
your
roselyn's.
Your
crystal
cities,
which
is
the
high-rises
and
people,
lots
and
lots
of
people
in
one
building
in
between.
There
are
buildings
that
have
more
than
one
family,
but
not
tons
and
tons
of
people.
B
B
Frankly,
as
somebody's
lived
in
Farrington
since
1977,
it's
fairling
10th,
it's
a
great
but
then
so
that
to
me
has
been
home
and
I.
Just
haven't
really
focused,
in
fact
that
there's
not
much
of
that
available
elsewhere
in
Arlington
and
we're
going
to
looking
at
all
different
kinds
of
ways
to
offer
that,
because
people
need
different
things
in
their
lives,
sometimes
a
single-family
house
where
sometimes
the
apartment
works.
Sometimes
you
need
something
in
the
middle
and
if
we're
going
to
be
a
healthy,
thriving
community,
we've
got
to
have
the
whole
gamut.
C
Well,
I
think
that's
it's
also
part
of
evolving.
The
number
of
these
units
that
we
have,
which
will
help
preserve
affordability,
really
so
that
people
can
can
buy
something,
but
do
so
in
a
way
that
fits
with
their
professions
either
working
in
DC
or
as
a
teacher
or
firefighter
police
officer.
I.
Think
the
types
of
housing
that
we
can
provide
through
missing
middle
are
really
help
preserve
that
affordability,
that
is
the
ladder
up
the
economic
and
towards
prosperity
and
towards
a
successful
and
thriving
life.
C
B
B
Provides
a
you
know,
an
affordable
rent
for
somebody
and
enough
income
for
the
other
family
to
own
it.
So
there
are
a
lot
of
different
things.
You
can
do.
There's
a
lot
of
concern
and
misunderstand
cuz.
This
is
actually
dealing
with.
Zoning
is
what
we're
looking
at,
because
many
places
in
Arlington
these
kinds
of
units
are
illegal.
B
You
can't
build
them
and
we
really
need
to
look
through
that
and
have
a
major
conversation.
People
are
worried
that
we're
gonna
completely
change
neighborhoods
and
make
them
look
different.
I.
Don't
think
we're
interested
in
doing
that.
There
are
a
lot
of
places
where
you
have
say:
duplexes
even
quadruplex.
Is
they
look
like
single-family
homes?
You
don't
have
to
ruin
the
trees
and
if
we
handle
the
transportation
well
and
the
location?
Well,
you
don't
have
to
have
a
whole
lot
more
cars.
B
So
I
think
there
are
a
lot
of
different
things
that
this
can
do
and
we,
but
we
really
need
to
talk
about
it
with
our
community
and
get
a
lot
of
understand
because
I
picked
up
I'm
sure
you
have
Matt
too
and
talking
to
people
the
emails.
We
get
a
lot
of
concern
that
we're
suddenly
going
to
change
everything
and
we
are
not
interested
in
doing
that.
I
mean
this
is
how
we
grow
and
change
but
preserve
what
we
like
best
about
our
lling
time.
What.
C
What
we're
doing
is
evolving
and
taking
Arlington's
values
and
applying
them
to
the
new
challenges
that
we're
facing
now,
and
that
is
what
we
absolutely
have
to
do
and
we're
going
to
keep
that
compassion
and
also
keep
that
sense
of
a
whole
community
and
that
actually
has
ties
into
one
other
thing
that
we
did.
That
is
just
a
wonderful
story
that
I
came
to
a
little
later,
which
is
we
have
taken
steps
on
the
reefs
means
land,
farm
farm
home
house,
and
that's
it's
a
phenomenal
project.
B
Project,
it
was
one
of
the
most
wonderful
moments.
Cuz
frankly,
Riesling
had
been
on
the
dock
when
I
first
came
on
the
board-
and
this
is
this
incredible-
and
we've
tried
different
things.
We
wanted
to
preserve
the
farm
house.
What
we
found
more
and
more
was
that
farm
had
to
preserve
it.
You
couldn't
make
it
excess
there
weren't
ways
that
we
could
make
it
a
county
facility
and
actually
be
good
stewards
of
taxpayer
dollars.
We
just
couldn't
do
it
and
so
trying
to
figure
out.
B
B
So
you
know
it'll
still
be
a
community
resource
and
it's
gonna
continue
to
look
the
same
but
get
an
additional
we're
working
with
Habitat
for
Humanity
they're
partnering
with
L'arche,
and
it
will
be
a
home
for
five
to
seven
folks
that
have
some
disability
mental
disabilities
that
they
they
need
to
be
in
in
a
sort
of
a
group
housing
situation,
and
this
will
be
a
home
for
them,
and
everybody
came
together.
It
was
one
of
the
most
heartwarming
meetings
it
was
just
I
was
just
delighted,
I
mean
there's.
B
Sometimes
it's
really
wonderful
doing
this
job
and
that's
exciting.
So
today
the
way
that
we
did
yesterday
was
we
just
signed
a
letter
of
intent,
okay,
I
kind
of
move
forward,
so
the
project
could
move
forward,
so
it'll
be
coming
back
and
we'll
get
to
talk
about
it
again.
It's
just
heartwarming
it's
perfect
and
it
is
part
in
a
way
of
that
missing
middle
again,
as
you
say
that
it's
part
of
having
it's
so
these
options.
So
everybody
can
live
here
and
in
fact
you
know.
Sometimes
there
people
are
concerned.
B
C
I
also
I
mean
you
mentioned
a
couple
of
different
pieces
of
this,
it's
fiscally
responsible
and
it's
serving
more
people
and
if
you
think
about
the
history
of
the
discussion,
that's
a
key,
that's
a
key
component
and
what,
as
our
Civic
Association
president,
there
will
be
some
some
public
meetings
to
further
discuss
this.
It's
not
all
finished,
but
this
is
a
win,
win,
win
and
Christie.
Who
is
our
Civic
Association
president?
Did
a
great
job
really.
B
A
technical
long,
yet
no
it's
great
and
actually
the
whole
this
and
a
lot
of
things
with
a
missing
mill.
It's
gonna
be
environmentally
responsible
too.
There
are
a
lot
of
people
who
are
afraid
that
we're
just
gonna
kind
of
pave
over
everything
and
we're
not
and
we're
gonna
work
it
through
and
we're
going
to
figure
it
out.
A
All
right
well
on
that
note
that
will
bring
us
to
the
end
of
our
February
board:
wrap-up
Thank,
You,
Libby
and
Matt
for
joining
us
today
and
for
your
insight
and
remember
all
of
our
county
board
meetings
are
open
to
the
public
and
live
streamed
and
archived
on
our
website.
That's
Arlington,
Va
dot,
us
just
search
county
board.
I'm
your
host,
Cara,
O'donnell,
I,
hope
you'll
join
us
again
in
March
for
another
board.
Wrap-Up.