Arlington County Government, VA Board Wrap-Up, 24 May 2019

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From YouTube: County Board Wrap-Up: New Town Square

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The Board approved a $4.85 million construction contract for the long-planned town square in the heart of the Green Valley (previously called Nauck) neighborhood -- an important step toward realizing the community’s vision.

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Another exciting project going on with the Town Square Park in noch, now Green Valley. We.

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Don't know what the actual Town Square Park will officially.

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Be called at the end of the.

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Day but regardless some contracts were awarded for that, so that is moving forward. Indeed,.

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Oh, this is near and dear to my heart, because.

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Town Square in the neighborhood, formerly known as la now, Green Valley was really conceived in the early 2000s sometime around 2002, and it was part of a revitalization plan for for Green Valley that was passed in 2004.

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So this has long been a desire for the community to take twenty-fourth, Road and 24th street in South Burlington Road, there's a wonderful space that really fits as a town square for a neighborhood and to make that a public gathering place that honored the community's history honored african-american history, but also served as a wonderful way to gather and passively recreative Lee recreative.

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So that was the dream. That was the vision, and here we are, and with the five million dollar construction contract that we just awarded. It's going to be constructed very very soon beginning this summer- and you know this is it's. The community is helped design this. We had an award-winning Landscape, Architect and artists who who designed the installation. So this will very much be a community centered and community design gathering space. What.

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What are some of the things the community can look forward to I mean it's such a tight-knit community anyway. This is really exciting to have this kind of Town Square, where.

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Kind of a central gathering place what are some what's the highlights real well.

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There's gonna be a nice place for a sort of outdoor outdoor concerts and events. So there's gonna be a nice stage. Yeah.

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Harmony, that's that.

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Great term a nice public plaza that provides a lot of different ways for people to sit, whether to enjoy performances or just to enjoy nature and the park. There is a public art component called Frede which very much honors the historic struggles of african-americans and some of the notable accomplishments and achievements that african-americans have made toward building this community. So that will be something that's a learning and teaching and the visual tool for the community.

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And then, of course, you know, we take advantage of the built environment in Arlington, so nearby nearby streams will be honored with some of the vegetation and the overall design. So this is a really cool thing. We're.

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Really exciting to see this come to fruition and grow after a lot of discussion back and forth.