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B
I
think
we
could
we
can
just
get
started
and
hopefully
we'll
have
one
other
person
show
up
at
some
point.
So
Laura
do
you
wanna
kick
off
the
meeting.
A
Another
thing
well
welcome
to
tonight's
community
community
development
service
and
advisory
committee
meeting
today.
I
think
the
agenda
is
pretty
straightforward.
First,
we
will
pick
address
approval
of
last
month's
meeting
minutes.
A
So
did
folks
have
a
chance
to
get
to
take
a
look
at
those
from
last
month
and
I
think
we
do.
We
have
a
motion
to
approve
them.
A
All
right
thanks,
all
last
month's
meetings
are
approved
and
we
will
move
on
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Caitlin
and
she's,
going
to
do
some
introductions
of
some
folks
that
we
have
on
the
line
that
we're
going
to
hear
from
tonight.
B
Great
thanks,
Laura
yeah,
so
I'll
just
provide
a
little
bit
of
background
too
about
sort
of
why
we
invite
our
friends
from
a
variety
of
different
organizations
that
do
great
work
across
the
county.
So
we,
as
you
know,
we
have
a
competitive,
Grant
application
process
where
we
invite
non-profits
to
respond
and
submit
Grant
applications
for
cdbg
and
csbg
funding.
B
But
we
also
fund
some
organizations
that
are
not
do
not
compete
for
the
funding
and
most
of
those
are
internal
County
programs
that
have
been
funded
through
cdbg
for
a
good
while,
and
so
we
like
to
invite
them
to
come
in
in
the
beginning
of
the
year
after
we've
done
the
grant
applications
to
give
an
overview
of
how
their
programs
are
do
have
performed
over
the
last
year
and
to
give
us
a
little
bit
of
a
preview
feel
about
what
might
be
changing
in
the
next
fiscal
year.
B
So
the
first
presenter
that
we
have
tonight
is
Courtney
Lord
for
from
the
Arlington
employment
center
and
she's,
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
their
Childhood
Development
Associate
program.
So
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Courtney
to
introduce
herself
and
the
program.
D
Awesome
good
evening,
everybody,
as
Caitlin
said
my
name
is
Courtney
and
I
am
the
Workforce
Development
and
a
curriculum
manager
at
the
Arlington
employment
center.
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B
D
Just
realized
I'm,
not
at
my
normal
spot
and
if
I
share
my
screen,
I
won't
be
able
to
see
everybody
and
all
that
yeah.
So,
as
Caitlin
mentioned,
I'll
be
talking
about
how
we
use
these
funds,
we
mostly
use
these
funds
for
one
of
our
programs,
our
childhood
Child
Development
Associate
program,
but
I'll
also
mention
another
funding
has
a
way
that
the
funds
are
used
as
well.
You
can
go
to
the
next
slide
Caitlyn.
Thank
you.
D
So
I'll
start
by
giving
you
an
overview
of
the
programs
so
kind
of
just
background
information
about
how
they
work
and
the
the
requirements
for
the
clients
and
then
from
there.
It
can
give
you
data
up
until
Quarter
Two
of
this
year
and
some
things
that
we've
learned
in
this
fiscal
year
and
what
we
plan
on
doing
for
next
fiscal
year
go
to
the
next
one.
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D
So
this
is
a
professional
development
credential
for
people
who
would
like
to
work
in
early
childhood
education,
the
organization
that
actually
bestows
the
credentials
called
the
council
for
professional
recognition.
What's
really
great
about
having
this
credential,
is
that
it's
nationally
recognized.
So
that
means
it's
portable
wherever
they
go,
the
credential
goes
with
them
and
that's
also
super
helpful
in
our
area.
A
lot
of
people,
you
know
live
in
Northern
Virginia,
but
they
might
work
in
DC
or
Maryland
or
you
know,
vice
versa.
D
One
of
the
good
things
about
earning
this
credential
in
Arlington
County
is
those
who
have
the
CDA.
Credential
can
actually
be
considered
a
lead
teacher
at
licensed
daycare
centers,
and
so
that's
you
know,
beyond
assistant
director
or
a
director,
that's
pretty
much
as
high
as
you
can
go
in
inside
a
child
care
facility.
D
D
So
this
is
really
considered
like
a
first
step,
but
even
though
it's
a
first
step,
it's
quite
a
process,
it
does
take
time,
there's
lots
of
little
things
to
do
along
the
way
you
got
to
do
the
things
in
the
right
order,
and
so
the
purpose
of
our
program
is
really
to
help
them.
You
know
through
that
process,
so
right
now
and
I'll
talk
about
this
a
little
bit
more
we're
kind
of
in
a
a
weird
spot,
because
we
switched
vendors
for
our
120
hours
of
education.
D
D
So
in
the
first
phase,
the
clients
are
taking
classes
with
us
and
during
that
time,
we're
really
focusing
on
an
employment
piece
where
we're
helping
them
with
their
resume
their
cover
letters,
helping
them
through
the
interview
process
and
securing
employment
once
that
piece-
and
some
of
this
is
happening
concurrently,
but
once
that's
in
place,
they're
working
towards
their
120
hours
of
Education
they're
working
towards
gaining
the
the
right
amount
of
work
experience
and
then
the
hardest
part
is
the
professional
portfolio.
D
So
it's
reflection
pieces
about
their
place
of
work
and
different
artifacts
from
work
as
well.
So
that
typically
takes
about
nine
months
for
people
to
finish,
then,
after
that
we're
helping
them
through
that
credentialing
process
with
the
council
for
professional
recognition,
and
so
the
the
portfolio
itself
has
over
20
different
pieces
with,
like
eight
different
essays.
It's
quite
extensive,
so
we're
assisting
with
making
sure
that's
all
good
to
go,
helping
them
submit
their
application
to
the
council
for
professional
recognition
and
then
the
credentialing
process
actually
has
two
parts.
D
One
part
is
the
verification
visit
where
someone
comes
and
visits
them
at
their
place
of
work
to
observe
them.
Working
with
the
children
and
then
a
second
part
is
where
they
actually
go
to
a
facility,
a
testing
location,
to
take
their
exam.
Once
all
that's
done,
then
they
gets
get
their
credential.
D
So
that's
the
kind
of
overview
of
how
it
works
and
then
so
to
date
we
launched
this
program
originally
in
January
2020,
so
really
great
timing
in
terms
of
the
pandemic
hit
three
months
later.
Child
care
and
child
care
businesses
were
one
of
the
hardest
hits
Industries,
but
we're
starting
to
really
recover
from
that.
So
to
date,
we've
been
We've
served.
58,
clients
and
15
of
those
clients
have
received
credentials
so
far
from
the
council
for
professional
recognition,
and
as
you
just
heard,
this
is
a
long
program.
D
So
the
other
I
don't
know
I
can't
do
quick,
math
other
45
people
are
still
in
a
different
spot,
so
they're
still
in
the
program
they're
just
not
done
yet
we're
actually
expecting
about
another
13
people
to
earn
their
credentials
before
the
end
of
this
fiscal
year.
So
we're
excited
about
that.
D
D
D
D
Then
you
can
go
on
to
the
next
one
Caitlyn
in
terms
of
big
things
we
learned
this
year.
Employment
has
been
a
big
one,
so
they
can't
move
forward
in
our
program
or
get
the
credential
unless
they're
employed.
So
the
goal
is
really
to
get
them
employed
early.
A
D
The
program
and
quickly-
and
so
we
do
this
in
two
different
ways-
one
we're
helping
the
client
but
then
two
we're
also
establishing
relationships
with
the
local
employers
so
on
the
client
side,
where
obviously
the
employment
center,
so
we're
able
to
help
with
that
career
counseling
in
terms
of
you
know,
resume
job
interview,
preparation
and
things
like
that,
but
on
the
employer
side,
we've
really
done
a
lot
of
work
this
past
year
with
establishing
relationships
with
them
to
understand
their
hiring
needs
their
upcoming
hiring
needs
and
establishing
processes
for
doing
direct
referrals
from
people
in
our
program
to
to
places
of
you
know,
licensed
child
care
centers
in
our
area.
D
So
it's
really
not
unusual
for
me
to
open
up
my
email
and
have
directors
of
Child
Care
Centers,
asking
or
telling
me
their
hiring
needs
and
me
referring
people
over.
So
that's
been
pretty
successful
this
year
and
then
the
Partnerships
that
we've
been
developing.
D
This
has
helped
us
both
recruit
students
and
then
also
support
our
clients
after
they
get
the
credential
and
so
on
the
recruiting
side.
We've
really
strengthened
again
those
relationships
with
employers
so
that
they're
able
to
also
refer
their
floater
teachers,
their
assistant
teachers
through
our
program
as
well,
and
then
that
also
helps
us
with
the
the
students
that
are
in
our
program,
because
once
they
do
get
credentialed,
they
can
be
consideredly
teachers
and
we're
really
the
first
to
know
about
those
open
positions.
D
Another
partnership
we've
cultivated
this
year
is
with
Northern
Virginia
Community
College
I
mentioned
earlier
that
by
getting
this
credential,
you
can
earn
credit
towards
your
associate's
degree.
So
we
have
their
head
of
early
childhood
education
department.
Come
talk
to
our
students
two
times
a
year
about
how
they
take
this
credential
go
on
to
Nova.
Do
the
application
process
all
the
scholarships
that
are
available
for
people
in
early
childhood,
education
and
so
on,
and
then
in
terms
of
Outreach.
This
is
something
that
we
started
last
year
and
we
continue
to
build
on
this
year.
D
In
the
past,
it
was
kind
of
always
a
scramble
to
get
clients
registered
and
get
them
started
and
in
the
program.
So
what
we
did
instead
is
we,
we
kind
of
created
a
seamless,
ongoing
registration
process
where
people
can
just
go
to
our
website.
There's
an
informational
video
that
they
can
watch
at
any
time
if
they're
interested,
they
fill
out
a
really
basic
form.
D
It
notifies
us
that
they're
interested
and
we
kind
of
have
a
rolling
wait
list,
so
we're
we're
always
recruiting
students
where
we
always
have
people
to
fill
the
courses,
and
that
was
really
effective.
This
year
in
when
we
registered
back
in
November,
it
was
the
highest
number
of
students
we
ever
registered
at
one
time.
So
we
went
from
registering
10
to
12
students.
D
Every
time
we
opened
it
up
to
registering
20.,
so
quite
quite
a
jump
and
then
something
that
I
mentioned
a
little
bit
earlier
is
our
schedule
and
material
change.
So
we
did
switch
vendors
for
the
120
hours
of
education
and
the
reason
for
doing
so.
Is
we
really
wanted
this
to
be
more
self-paced
for
our
Learners?
D
We
were
finding
that
once
they
gained
employment,
kind
of
keeping
up
and
attending
the
synchronous
classes
started
to
be
a
challenge,
especially
if
someone
was
going
from
unemployed
to
taking
classes
and
then
all
of
a
sudden
being
employed,
full-time
and
trying
to
balance
classes.
Plus
you
know
regular
life
stuff
and
so
that
vendor
is
really
allowing
us
to
empower
the
students
to
take
classes
at
a
self-paced
basis
and
we're
we're
testing
it
out
with
our
20.
That's
just
registered
and
so
I'm
sure
I'll
report
back
next
year
with
how
how
that's
been
going.
D
D
These
are
virtual
offerings.
We
do
them
three
times
a
week.
Currently
we
have
over
15
different
topics
related
to
job
search.
So
everything
from
you
know
traditional
resumes,
cover
letters
to
newer
topics
like
using
and
leveraging
Linkedin
and
networking
to
to
secure
employment
and
then
in
terms
of
who
we've
served
this
year
and
that
you
can
go
to
the
next
slide
Caitlyn.
D
This
is
actually
a
lot
because
last
fiscal
year
we
had
200
people
in
total
for
a
whole
year,
so
we're
really
on
track
to
double
our
attendance
this
year
and
the
satisfaction
rate
remains
High.
Honestly,
the
trickiest
part
with
this
is
a
verifying
kind
of
Grant
eligibility.
D
So
we
do
make
it
optional
for
people
to
share
their
demographic
information
and
so
far
we've
seen
eight
people
fall
under
the
the
grant
eligibility
of
those
186
I'm
sure,
there's
more
out
there
they're
just
not
completing
completing
that
demographic
information,
but
of
those
eight
13
did
gain
better
employee
limit
within
three
months
of
joining
a
webinar
series
and
we
actually
had
one
attendee
who
became
a
consultant
at
an
advertising
agency.
D
So
pretty
cool
stuff
but,
like
I,
said,
I,
think
the
the
number
of
people
that
we're
seeing
meeting
that
Grant
eligibility
requirements
is
obviously
lower
than
we'd
like
but,
like
I
said,
I
feel
like
more
people.
Do
it's
just
a
matter
of
not
self-disclosing
in
our
registration
process
and
then
in
terms
of
lesson
learned
from
this
past
fiscal
year,
we've
been
doing
a
lot
better
at
checking
in
on
people's
employment
status.
D
Post
Workshop
in
the
past
it
was
a
little
tricky
because
there
was
just
a
lot
of
people
a
lot
of
moving
pieces,
but
we
started
implementing
processes
where
we
follow
through
through
email
and
phone
calls
for
three
months
after
they
attend
their
first
session.
D
I
also
have
an
additional
staff.
Member
now
who
helps
me
on
the
admin
side
of
that.
So
that's
super
helpful
and
then,
just
in
general,
we
see
that
the
more
things
that
people
attend
so
the
more
webinars
or
workshops
that
people
attend
the
more
likely
they
are
to
have
positive
employment
outcomes.
D
And
so
you
know
my
main
goal
when
they
they
get
to
a
webinar
at
the
end
is
to
really
just
encourage
them
to
take
the
next
step,
whether
that's
to
attend
another
webinar
or
go
to
our
one-on-one
sessions,
watch
one
of
our
on-demand
videos
or
transition
into
intensive
case
management,
so
we're
just
always
encouraging
them
to
do
more
and
then,
last
but
not
least,
our
plans
for
fiscal
year
24..
D
We
do
hope
to
continue
serving
people
in
that
CDA
program
right
now,
I
put
in
a
30
people
enrolling
but,
like
I
said
with
that
new
vendor,
we're
able
I
think
we'll
see
more
than
that.
But
right
now
the
goal
is
30..
D
We
are
also
hoping
to
reduce
the
amount
of
time
that
it
takes
people
to
finish
the
the
program
just
again,
because
it's
more
self-paced
so
we're
hoping
to
see
20
complete.
You
know
the
whole
the
whole
process
and
then
the
remaining
10
wouldn't
complete
until
the
following
fiscal
year,
but
trying
to
keep
that
employment
rate
high
the
credential
rate
high,
all
the
rates
High
and
then
for
our
workshops.
We
want
to
see
a
hundred
people.
D
Hopefully
we
get
to
see
more
than
our
grant
eligible
and
then
we're
looking
at
always
making
sure
that
when
we're
placing
or
assisting
with
that
employment
piece
that
it's
at
the
living
wage
number
and
then
that
is
my
contact
information
Caitlyn.
You
can
feel
free
to
send
this
PDF
out
to
people
and
then,
if
anyone
has
any
questions,
they
can
also
email
or
call.
A
Yeah
just
a
quick
question:
where
are
you
located?
It's
dark
where
I
am.
D
Well,
this
is
a
virtual
background,
so
it's
still
dark
here
too,
but
the
employment
center
is
inside
the
2100
building
in
the
Sequoia
Plaza
I
wish
it
would
look
right.
E
D
Yeah
so
one
of
the
ones
that's
been
on
our
back
burner
for
a
while,
it's
still
in
the
education
realm,
but
a
lot
of
people
that
we
turn
away
from
the
program
are
actually
interested
in
instructional,
Aid
positions
or
substitute
teaching
positions,
and
so
we
have
been
looking
at
creating
something
the
requirement
to
get.
One
of
those
positions
is
passing
the
among
other
things,
but
passing
the
parapro
assessment.
So
that's
been
something
we've
been
looking
at
because
out
of
everybody
I
turn
away.
D
That's
like
the
number
one
demand
is,
is
instructional
AIDS
or
substitute
teaching,
specifically
at
Arlington
Public
Schools.
So
that's
one
we've
been
looking
into,
but
beyond
that
no
and.
E
D
So
internally
we
do
matching
Greg
would
be
the
better
person
to
ask
about
that.
He
asks
for
receipts
and
I
submit
them,
but
we
do
some
internal
matching.
B
So
I'm,
assuming
that
means,
like
general
fund
money
through
the
budget
yeah.
Okay,
yes,.
A
Yeah
I'll
ask
a
question
as
well,
so
you
mentioned
that
the
majority
of
folks
are
then
getting
placed
in
employment
within
Arlington,
and
you
mentioned
child
kill
centers
does
that
include
like
in-home
the
local
centers,
as
well
as
like
national
teams
that
have
an
Arlington
location?
That
includes,
like
the
whole
gamut
of
child
care,
yeah.
D
So
the
focus
of
the
program
is
Child
Care
Centers,
so
that
would
be
both
the
national
chains,
like
Bright
Horizons
KinderCare
things
like
that,
but
then
there's
also
like
local
chains,
so
like
the
Children's,
International,
School
or
little
ambassadors,
so
they
have
multiple
locations
in
Arlington
but
they're
specific
to
Arlington
the
other
place
we
were
looking
to
expand
this
program
is
a
family
child
care
centers.
D
The
only
tricky
part
with
that
is
again
because
the
the
credential
requires
you
to
have
the
work
experience
is
that
you
already
have
to
be
a
fully
kind
of
licensed
operating
family
child
care
center,
which
is
a
whole
other
set
of
you
know
a
whole
other
set
of
things
to
do,
and
so
that's
something
else.
D
We've
been
looking
at
to
to
expand
as
well,
because
Beyond
those
who
want
to
be
instructional
AIDS
in
Arlington
public
school,
that's
the
second
request
is
well
I
want
to
open
up
my
own
child
care
facility
and
that's
not
my
department,
that's
a
different
department
and
it
is
possible,
but
it
gets
a
little
tricky
in
terms
of
timeline,
so
usually
for
those
folks.
We
refer
them
over
to
Child
and
Family
Services
for
the
the.
B
Great
well,
thank
you
so
much
for
joining
us,
Stephanie
I
appreciate
it
and
I
will
let
you
know
if
anything
else
comes
up,
sounds
good.
Thank
you!
Yeah
no
problem
and
I
I'm,
just
gonna
move
on
to
our
next
presenter
Laura.
If
that's
okay,
so
our
next
presenter
is
Jorge
Laura
and
he
is
the
program.
B
The
housing
outreach
program
coordinator
for
the
Arlington
County
housing
division
he's
been
to
many
sidsec
meetings
in
the
past
to
talk
about
the
outreach
program
and
all
the
great
work
he
does
at
various
committed,
affordable
housing
properties
across
the
county,
so
I'm
gonna
turn
it
over
to
him
to
share
a
little
bit
about
what
he's
been
up
to
and
what
he
plant
he's
planning
on
being
up
to
in
in
the
next
fiscal
year.
So
do
you
want
me
to
share
your
PowerPoint,
or
did
you
want
to
share
your
screen?
B
B
C
Evening
everybody
thank
you
for
it's
glad
to
be
here
again.
It
seems
like
yesterday
and
happy
February
the
month
of
the
love
or
whatever
you're
going
to
call
it.
Let
me
let
me
share
my
screen.
Please
allow
me
to
do
that.
It's
going
to
take
a
I'm
going
to
blur
my
camera,
so
I
can
can
I
check
okay,
cool
all
right.
Let
me
go
here
and
I'm
glad
you're
gonna
see
yourself
in
there
and
then
I'll
go
here
and
it's
everybody.
Looking
at
my
PowerPoint.
B
C
C
C
C
That's
fine,
okay,
fine,
okay,
go
ahead!
Please
do
it
and
yes,
most
of
the
when
we
do
the
workshops
on
OT
and
we
do
it
in
zoom
and
it
works
fantastic
I.
C
Don't
know
why
I
have
to
do
these
things
in
teams
is
a
little
bit
tricky,
but
anyway
my
name
is
Jorge
Laura
I'm,
the
housing
average
program
coordinator
for
the
hot
designated
areas
in
Arlington,
County
and,
as
I
said
before,
we
have
a
spanned
to
wherever
we
have
a
committed,
affordable
units
and
we
have
marks
Apartments.
C
C
Great
so
again,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
share
with
you
a
quick
overview
of
my
program
for
FY
22,
which
is
was
finished
according
with
these
in
June
30th
2022
last
year.
What
is
going
on
right
now
in
FY
23
is
the
current
year
and
I'll.
C
Let
you
know
what
we
planning
to
do
for
the
Hawaii
24
CD
49
in
FY
22,
the
housing
outreach
program
successfully
provided
housing,
education,
information
and
referral
services
to
household
we've,
seen
those
designated
areas
in
Arlington,
County
and
some
of
those
highlights.
Are
we
facilitated
about
38
38
educational
seminars
attended
by
373
residents?
C
We
coordinated
with
the
center
for
assistance
to
family?
That's
a
new
non-profit
that
I
was
able
to
invite
to
work
with
me
with
my
program
and
do
these
events.
They
live
in
Arlington
information
Fair
as
you're
looking
here,
I
believe
when
I
came
last
year
and
in
front
of
you,
I
mentioned
that
in
October
of
2021.
We
did
that
event
with
10
workshops,
and
we
also
after
that
in
April
of
2022
we're
able
to
do
with
them
the
living
Arlington
information
fair
at
that.
C
We
also
have
a
fur
house
in
a
special
ceremony
celebrating
fair
housing
month
and
which
we
got
some
dignitaries
from
Richmond
and
from
the
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development.
It
was
very
nice
attending.
You
can
see
the
picture
here
and
we
also
have
done
tenant
education
workshops
and
we
had
especially
one
virtual
Workshop
that
we
did
it
with
the
Department
of
Human
Services.
C
We
have
over
40
participants
on
that
and
the
name
of
that
event
and
that
webinar
was
rental,
affordable,
housing,
hunting,
101
and
probably
we're
going
to
repeat
that
next
time
we
also
did
planet
and
managed
to
do
two
neighborhood
cleanups
on
FY
22
for
Green
Valley,
neighborhood
and
Arlington
Mill.
We
were
able
to
remove
actual
Environmental
Services
I,
coordinated
them
with
data
participated,
but
we
removed
24
tons
of
trash
and
metal
between
those
two
events
that
was
the
most
in
recent
years.
C
I'm
telling
you
those
neighborhoods
are
showing
new
way,
especially
in
their
backyards,
are
clean.
The
the
neighborhood
looks
better
thanks
to
to
this
program,
and-
and
we
take
the
opportunity,
when
we
do
these
clean
house,
to
talk
to
the
homeowners
about
different
areas
of
maintaining
their
housing
and
that's
a
good
thing.
Over
500
residents
participated
in
FY
22.
C
We
also
refer
it
around
359
clients
to
appropriate
County
agencies
and
non-profit
programs
that
included
about
24
Outreach
hours
to
community
centers
I
find
out
that
when
afac
give
the
food
away,
it's
a
good
time
to
come
and
mingle
with
the
people.
Talk
about
the
end
with
the
tenants
with
your
housing
service
provider,
they
find
out
what
is
going
on.
C
Usually
the
community
centers
that
I
go
is
the
Gates
of
Boston,
most
known
as
Charles
wrinkle
Center
and
the
other
one
is
Arlington
Mill
Community
Center
from
time
to
time,
I
used
to
go
to
with
Whitfield
Community
Center
and
some
other
community
centers
Like
a
Lady
Queen
of
Peace.
We
also
provide
technical
assistance
to
about
101
people.
C
These
include
visiting
24
Apartments
every
month,
I
take
the
time
to
stop
by
two
apartment
complexes
and
talk
to
managers
about
integrated,
Pest,
Management
control
about
fair
housing,
Mall
issues,
so
whatever
they
want
to
talk,
is
it's
nice
having
fun?
Because
when
I
go
to
these
apartments,
some
people
manage.
They
know
me
look
like
before
they
were
Assistance
or
whatever
they
say
Jorge.
How
are
you
and
I?
Don't
remember,
but
anyway,
I
say
hey.
How
are
you,
and
so
they
give
me
the
time
to
talk
to
them
about
all
of
this
situation?
C
Also-
and
you
see
here
in
front
of
you
all
that
engagement
when
I
call
other
engagements
at
the
end
of
the
month,
every
month,
I
still
drive
by
the
designated
areas
like
green,
ballet
and
Columbia
Heights
West.
Now
it's
called
Arlington
Mill,
looking
for
any
situations
like
all
these
signs
that
goes
into
the
post,
like
we
read
the
tarot
cars
and
whatever.
C
C
So
that
brings
us
to
FY
23,
that's
the
current
year,
where
we're
going
right.
Now
we
are
half
a
little
bit
half
over
what
is
the
fiscal
year
and
in
October
of
this
last
year
we
were
able
to
do
the
living
Arlington
information
Fair.
As
you
can
see
here,
we
call
it
a
housing
fair
and
we
have
10
workshops
so
today,
when
I'm
calling
one
one
at
the
beginning
of
the
year,
that's
when
I
finished
doing
this
PowerPoint
and
I
forget
about
it.
But
here
we
are.
C
We
did
about
20
education
seminars
at
that
point,
40
now
reached
hours
to
community
centers.
We
talked
to
about
nine
managers
of
different
apartments
and,
like
I
said
before
we
coordinated
with
the
center
for
assistance
to
families
the
living
Arlington
information
Fair
that
was
attended
by
the
workshops
attended
by
113
residents
and
over
200
people
came
to
that
event
and
in
the
next
six
months
we're
gonna
be
doing
10
to
15
I
forget
to
move
that
virtual
is
not
going
to
be
virtual.
C
It's
going
to
be
in
person,
education
seminars
and
12
Outreach
hours
to
community
centers,
I
I'm
gonna
be
looking
for
to
going
again
to
Green
Valley
I
used
to
go
to
the
community
center
run
by
Macedonia
non-profit,
but
now
is
bridges
of
Independence
and
I'll.
Try
to
stop
by
and
do
seminars
again,
like
I
used
to
do
before
other
events
that
we
participate
and
we
are
already
going
to
be
doing
it's
a
Green
Valley
day
we're
going
to
be
doing
our
reach.
C
That's
going
to
be
on
February
25th
at
the
Drew
Community
Center
we're
gonna,
be
at
the
Virginia
hospital
employment,
Reserve
State
we're
going
to
be
on
the
14
and
on
the
21st
of
this
month,
bringing
information
about
rentals
about
home
ownership,
about
Mall
issues,
pest
control
and
all
of
that
then
we're
going
to
be
in
Langston
Boulevard
Air
day.
This
is
going
to
be
the
first
time
that
we're
going
to
be
doing
that
it's
going
to
be
between
Langston
Boulevard
and
Old
Dominion
Drive.
C
C
Usually
I
choose
them
when
I
heard
that
some
of
them
are
having
problems.
Those
are
the
parliaments
that
I
choose
to
go
and
we
are
coordinating
right
now.
The
next
living
Arlington
information
Fair
it's
going
to
be
in
April
and
the
I
believe
we're
gonna,
have
also
celebrating
fair
housing
month
and
also
in
May
and
June
we're
going
to
be
doing
the
neighborhood
cleanups
for
Green,
Valley
and
Arlington
Mill
next
slide.
Please
scaling.
C
So
yes,
on
this
also
fiscal
year,
FY
23
under
other
things
that
we
do
like
I,
said
I
drive
by
the
designated
areas,
and
this
is
an
example,
as
you
can
see
here,
this
is
a
small
Shopping
Center
in
Columbia,
Pike
I
saw
that
this
graffiti
was
painted
on
top
of
the
the
the
the
commercial
Seer
and
actual
way
to
solve.
C
That
problem
is
notify
the
police
and
then
or
sometimes
another
department,
but
but
ideas
I
go
inside
talk
to
the
management
and
usually
they
notify
the
property
management
of
the
community
center
by
a
week
without
notifying
nobody
who
is
already
clean.
So
sometimes
it
takes
time
also
the
same
thing
with
apartment
complexes
when
I
drive
by
if
I
see
trash
like
you
see
here,
I
go
and
talk
to
the
manager,
black
quick.
What's
going
on,
you
know
especially
I
understand
when
it's
Monday,
but
if
this
happened
on
Tuesday
or
Wednesday,
then
there
is
a
problem.
C
The
other
thing
is
that
my
program
received
an
Excellence
of
partnership
award
by
the
non-profit
working
with
us
right
now,
the
center
for
assistance
with
families.
It
was
nice
and
receive
it
not
only
by
me,
but
the
people
that
work
in
this
Outreach
efforts
that
we
do
to
help
the
community
I
also
do
help
implement
the
fair
housing
Outreach,
but
doing
at
least
two
workshops
related
to
fair
housing.
C
I
I
promote
that
by
also
taking
the
Flyers
and
when
I
go
and
talk
to
apartment
complexes
or
community
centers
or
whoever
I
I
tell
them
about
for
housing
and
update
brochures
related
to
it's
like
this
is
a
homeowner
brochure
about
maintenance,
but
we
have
a
about
a
bed
bugs
or
roaches
or
committed
affordable
units
where
they
are
so
now
is
the
time
that
I
almost
finished
updating
those
for
these
not
only
FY
23
but
the
whole
2023
next
slide.
Please
Kailyn.
C
So
that
brings
us
to
fy24
that's
going
to
be
coming
on
July
1st
2023
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
that
live
one
and
life.
Two
now
we
have.
What
we
have
to
sign
is
live
one
in
October,
it's
gonna
be
for
first-time
home
buyers
and
tenants.
C
So
we
try
to
do
eviction
prevention
and
more
into
for
tenants,
and
life,
too,
is
more
for
homeowners
and
and
home
buyers,
and
at
this
life
too,
we
do
like
we
used
to
do
the
home,
show
and
Expo
I,
don't
know
if
some
used
to
come
to
that
it
was
a
big
event.
I
cannot
find
a
non-profit
that
work
with
me
to
do
that.
It
was
a
huge
event.
C
The
nonprofit
that
I'm
working
with
they're
trying
to
do
it
this
life
and
trust
me
it's
not
easy
to
convince
and
to
do,
but
they
are
taking
the
effort
and
also
we're
going
to
be
doing
tenant,
landlord
workshops,
homeowner
workshops,
we're
gonna,
stop
by
the
community
center
centers.
Let
me
give
you
an
example
that
why
is
important
to
come
to
the
community
centers
and
and
talk
to
the
people
there.
C
Last
Monday
I
was
at
Arlington
Mill
and
after
talking
to
people
tenants
there
and
the
manager
and
different
people
I
find
out
that
one
of
the
things
that
people
are
looking
for
right
now
is
employment.
I
I
thought
that
Arlington
County
has
a
2.7
and
employment
rate,
but
no
people
say
no.
We
need
jobs,
we
need
to
I
said
there
is
jobs
and
all
that
we
need
so
that
that
I'm
gonna
investigate
more
than
that.
The
other
ones
some
seniors
were
telling
me.
We
need
to
know
more
about
senior
rental
housing.
C
Where
can
we
go?
Where
can
we
go
when
we,
when
I
move,
so
that
moves
me
into
creating
workshops
that
we're
gonna
be
bringing
to
to
this
residence?
We're
gonna
do
the
neighborhood
cleanups
too,
that
is
going
to
be
on
a
white,
24
housing
forums.
We
used
to
do
that.
Partnering
with
the
Department
of
Human
Services,
probably
they're,
going
to
come
back
and
neighborhood
events
now
they're
popping
up
everywhere,
so
they
are
going
to
be
welcome
and
the
next
slide.
Please
scaling.
C
So
everybody
is
invited
to
they
live
in
Arlington
information.
Fair,
it's
going
to
be
April
29th
at
Walter
Reed
community
center.
This
time
it's
going
to
be
information
about
home,
buying
Home
Improvement,
we're
going
to
use
that
community
center
that
is
close
to
Green
Valley,
so
a
lot
of
houses
duplexes
over
there
next
to
Douglas
park
next
to
Columbia,
Heights,
neighborhood
and
Penrose
we're
going
to
invite
all
of
these
residents
to
come
to
this
community
center.
We
have
I,
have
10
wonderful
workshops,
so
that's
it
I'm
ready
for
any
questions.
C
B
Well,
not
hearing
anything.
Thank
you
so
much
for
for
joining
us
tonight.
Jorge
this
I
know
you.
You
do
great
work
and
really
keep
you
know.
The
the
community
keep
keep
your
eyes
on
the
community.
So
I
really
do
appreciate
that.
B
If
there
are
any
other
questions
from
Members
I'll
make
sure
to
to
send
that
those
to
you
and
we
can
get
the
follow-up
answers
to
oh
looks
like
Tim
does
have
a
question.
C
Well,
I
used
to
do
the
the
homecho
and
Expo
with
cypro
Columbia
Pike
revitalization
Organization
for
many
years.
I
did
it
with
most
of
these
managers
and
then
place
and
then
Takis
took
over.
You
know
Mr
Takis
and
he
started
doing
the
work.
The
this
home
show
and
Expo
with
me,
and
then
he
did
it
with
resilient
Virginia.
He
started
working
with
Brazilian
Virginia
and
doing
this
event
with
me,
but
then
he
became
accountable,
remember
and
he
he
couldn't
do
it
anymore
and
then
I
was
looking
for
another
non-profit
and
non-profits.
C
They
want
to
get
and
I
I
agree
with
them.
I
mean
when
they
see
how
much
money
is
involving
to
do.
In
this
event,
they
said:
well,
we
need
to
get
paid.
I
said
well,
you're
gonna
get
paid
when
you
get
Dixie.
Well,
we
don't
know
so
it
really
doesn't
cause
any
and
the
harm
to
an
export
that
we've
been
doing
for
many
years.
It
costs
nothing
to
the
country
and
actually
the
non-profit
was
giving
me
gift
cards,
so
I
can
give
Dallas
to
to
the
when
I
do
tenant
education
workshops.
C
So
when
they
see
that
I
I
talk
to
non-profits,
they
went
at
that
front,
get
paid
for
15
000
just
to
do
it,
and
so
it's
not
easy
I'm
telling
you
it's
that
one
too
and
I
see
Mr
companies
had
come
one
time
when
we
did
it
at
Kenmore
school
and
you,
you
saw
I,
mean
nice
event
there.
So
they
get
scared,
because
this
is
a
lot
of
little
things
to
do.
Yeah.
E
C
Like
this
that
I
get
paid,
my
my
my
job,
my
my
salary
and
I,
try
to
do
that's
like
an
income
and
it's
like
the
same
thing
working
with
this
non-profit
doing
life
in
the
beginning.
They
didn't
want
to
do
it,
but
once
I
I
told
them
what's
gonna
come
they
say:
well,
let's
try
it
and
once
they
started
doing
it,
they
saw
that
there
is
things
like
they
can
do.
Fine
new
funding.
They
can
make
network
with
new
people.
They
are
coming
to
Arlington
County.
C
Now
they
are
actually
they
are
moving
into
Arlington
County.
They
just
sign
up
to
get
a
new
office,
so
they
see
the
value
once
they
come
and
I
believe
working
with
non-profits
is
a
good
way
to
argument
our
job.
You
know,
that's
that's
I,
believe!
That's
that's
very
positive!
Yeah.
Thank
you.
You're
welcome.
C
B
Can
we
turn
it
over
to
our
next
guest?
Well,
who
here
to
talk
about
the
promotora
program
through
bugatta?
B
F
Thank
you,
Caitlin
real,
quick
before
I
get
started.
Would
you
do
me
a
favor
and
pull
up
the
PowerPoint
for
me?
I,
don't
know
if
you
have
it
with
you.
I
last
minute,
I
had
it
up
on
the
screen
and
it
crashed
so
and
I'm
waiting
for
the
app
to
to
see
if
I
can
upload
it,
but
I
think
the
issue
if
you
could
just
share
it.
For
me,
I
really
appreciate
that
there.
It
is.
F
Thank
you
so
good
evening
Commissioners,
my
name
is
Sol
Reyes
I'm,
with
Bugatti
tennis,
Association
and
I
am
here
to
present
Bugattis
promotora
program,
I'm,
going
to
start
with
a
brief
background
on
the
program
and
then
give
you
an
overview
of
accomplishments
and
our
plans
for
for
the
future.
So
what
is
the
promotor
program?
F
The
promotora
program
is
a
neighborhood-based
system
of
care
that
seeks
to
provide
low-income,
immigrant
households
with
a
Continuum
of
education
and
advocacy
that
are
accessible
and
culturally
competent
with
the
goal
to
engage
community
members
to
develop
and
strengthen
support
networks
for
isolated
Arlington
residents
to
improve
access
to
services
and
Civic
engagement
opportunities.
F
The
promo
code
app
program
connects
the
neighbors
informal
networks
with
the
formal
mainstream
networks.
If
you
could
go
to
the
next
screen,
please
next
slide.
Thank
you,
and
so
here
I'm
going
to
talk
to
you
about
the
need.
So
what
is
the
need
for
the
promotora
program?
F
So
one
of
the
things
that
we
tell
them-
and
you
know
as
we
run
into
people,
come
into
the
office
or
they
called
us
or
through
Outreach
we
meet
them.
We
tell
them
about
what
resources
they
could
qualify
for,
and
so
that's
one
important
thing
you
may
have
people
living
in
crowded
conditions
because
they
have
no
idea
that
they
can
apply
for
their
own
apartment,
and
so
they
don't
have
to
be
doubling
up
or
crippling
up,
or
there
are
other
reasons
why
some
families
do
that.
F
So,
let's
just
some
examples,
and
so
consequently
you
know
this
residents
May
face
unemployment,
lack
of
this
in
an
affordable
housing
and
instability.
So
if
you
could
go
to
the
next
slide,
please,
and
so
one
of
the
goals
of
the
program
is
to
encourage
Civic
engagement
and
civic
participation
is
key
to
the
ability
of
residents
to
learn
about
policies
that
affect
their
lives,
housing
and
education.
F
It
is
also
important
that
the
Immigrant
Community
take
part
in
decisions
that
affect
their
future
in
Arlington,
and
you
know
if
Arlington
is
to
be
successful
in
addressing
the
needs:
preserving
housing,
affordability
and
diversity,
while
addressing
growth.
The
low-income
renters,
including
many
immigrants,
need
to
be
actively
engaged
in
ensuring
that
the
community,
their
their
needs,
are
met
as
well.
F
One
key
thing
about
this
program
is
that
we
do
Outreach
and
through
Outreach
we
meet
people
where
they
are.
We
meet
them
where
they
live,
where
they
play
and
where
they're
shot.
So
we
go
out
in
the
community
to
talk
to
people
visit
different
apartment
communities,
doing
Outreach
where
we
can
find
the
people
next
slide.
F
So
promoters
is
a
network
of
residents
and
what
bukata
is
our
role
is
to
be
an
educator,
but
also
to
serve
as
a
connector
to
a
network
of
services
and
and
also,
as
a
you
know,
as
an
Outreach
mechanism
to
engage
your
assets,
and
so
Bugatti
accomplish
this.
F
This
using
the
neighbor
neighborhood
Navigators
that
you
know
we
call
well
Navigators
and
we
train
them
on
resources,
and
so
we
call
them
promotoras
and
so
promoters
are
community
members
that
Bugatti
trains
in
community,
organizing
advocacy
resources
and
services
available
in
the
community
and
the
promotoras
are
effective
communicators,
helping
Bridge
the
formal
systems
in
the
communities
where
they
live.
F
So
if
you
could
go
to
the
next
slide
for
goals
and
objectives,
as
you
can
see
here,
our
goals
in
the
Japanese
are
to
identify
barriers
faced
by
Latinos
and
other
immigrants
in
accessing
County
and
partner
Services,
as
I
mentioned
before,
but
also
to
develop
neighborhood
Navigators
to
reach
isolated
residence
as
a
strategy
for
improvement,
Community
engagement
and
to
make
people
comfortable
and
get
them
engaged,
and
you
know
getting
neighbors,
knowing
neighbors
and
being
active
in
the
community
and
being
engaged,
and
so
also
to
expand
the
Outreach
and
social
networks
to
educate
and
Empower
residents,
and
to
connect
the
county
and
community
service
providers
to
services
next
slide
for
the
impacts
so
impacts
in
the
community.
F
Is
you
know
to
gain
access
to
services
and
programs
that
provide
stability
and
improved
quality
of
life
for
the
residents
we
work
with,
and
also
sharing
of
learned
experience
with
others
in
their
community
and
neighbor,
and
so
through
our
work
as
we
help
people
you
know
oftentimes
they
reach
out,
because
they
need
assistance,
it
could
be
rental,
assistance
or
health
care
or
access
to
food.
So
we
make
referrals
to
affect
also
we're
an
agency.
F
What
applications
may
need
to
be
filled
out,
and
so
they
learn
themselves
and
the
goal
is
that
they
go
and
also
help
family
members
and
friends
and
neighbors,
and
so
Civic
engagement,
participation
in
workshops,
events,
forums
and
testimony
at
a
public
hearings
is
one
of
the
way
that
we
measure
that
impact
and,
as
I
mentioned
before,
you
know,
as
we
teach
people
how
to
help
themselves
and
help
their
neighbors
and
friends
and
family
is
so
that
they
can
advocate
for
themselves
and
others
in
their
community.
F
Individuals
in
our
households,
in
our
delivery
of
community
liaison
Services
two
is
to
participate
in
host
workshops
and
events
related
to
issues
that
are
relevant
to
the
community.
So,
as
we
identify
hot
issues
that
are
going
on
in
the
community
or
crisises
that
are
going
on
in
the
community,
we
bring
in
speakers
to
talk
to
the
community
and
educate
them
about.
F
You
know
what
resources
may
be
available,
what
help
is
available
well
and
the
ultimate
goal
is
to
have
a
community
that
is
informed
and
educated,
and
so
a
third
target
is
to
measure
the
impact
on
households
who
have
who
receive
the
one-on-one
assistance.
We
could
go
to
the
next
slide.
That's
how
we
measure
that
success.
F
One
way
is,
you
know
to
know
that
someone
has
gained
access
to
services
and
programs
that
impacted
their
lives
and
that's
through
follow-up.
Either
people
called
us
back
themselves
after
they've
got
applied
for
a
service
or
we
call
them
back.
We
have
check-ins,
you
have
to
see
if
you
know
they
applied
for
the
service
and
find
out
one
key
through.
F
That
is
that
either
the
resident
will
call
us
back
or
when
we
check
in
with
them,
we
find
out
whether
they
apply
for
the
service
and
if
they
didn't,
why
not
another
way
to
measure
success
is
through
the
increasing
levels
of
learning
and
confidence
and
engagement.
So
people
are
participating
in
the
community
attending
meetings,
also
at
sharing
of
learned
experiences
with
others
in
the
community
and
neighborhood
that
goes
back
to
you
know,
educating
helping
them
help
themselves
and
and
their
neighbors
and
Families,
and
in
Civic
engagement
again.
F
That
goes
along
with
the
participation
in
workshops,
presentations
at
forums
or
testimony
and
public
hearings
or
commissions,
including
the
County
Board.
If
you
go
to
the
next
slide,.
F
So
here
are
some
accomplishments
of
the
people
we
work
with
one-on-one.
The
way
we
measure
impact
is
by
tracking
the
the
issues
resolvements
I've
mentioned
before
in
2022
314
individuals
of
hassle.
Let's
just
gain
access
to
services
that
impacted
their
life.
We
planned
and
supervised
four
work.
Actually
it
was
five
including
year
to
date
up
to
up
to
date,
so
five
workshops
for
Community
residents
and
those
included
workshops
on
Housing,
Programs,
housing
types
and
housing
options.
F
We
also
did
a
workshop
on
debt
and
Collections,
and
that
is
something
that
is
coming
up,
showing
up
a
lot
more
because
during
the
pandemic,
some
people-
you
know
they
were
struggling
with
money.
Some
of
them
took
out
credit
cards
and
starting
you
know
either
buying
food
or
paying
all
their
expenses
and
now
they're,
you
know
they're
accumulated
at
debt
or
they
may
be
in
collections,
and
so
we
had
legal
aid.
Justice
Center
come
and
talk
to
the
community
and
talk
about
how
to
remove.
F
You
know
bad
things
from
the
record
so
that
you
know,
as
Jorge
mentioned,
you
know,
there's
people
interested
in
home
ownership,
but
if
they
have
something
on
their
credit
or
bad
credit
or
dad
on
there
and
it's
in
collections
that
affects
them
and
so
legal
aid.
Just
the
center
came
and
talked
about
that
and
talked
about
the
service
that
they
offer
as
well
about
for
removing
those
negative
things
from
credits.
F
We
also
did
a
workshop
on
immigration
and
Asylum,
there's
a
great
interest
from
that
topic
in
the
community.
So
we
brought
in
presenters
to
talk
about
that
workshops
on
eviction.
Moratorians
were
still
relevant
last
year,
even
though
there
was
more
tournaments
have
been
lifted,
but
that
was
something
that
was
all
importance
and
we're
well
attended
because
everybody
wanted
to
know,
keep
informed
about.
You
know
the
eviction.
F
Mental
health
has
been
coming
up
a
lot
more
both
for
Youth
and
adults,
and
so
we
conducted
a
workshop
for
that
for
mental
health
and
then
other
accomplishments
includes
you
know:
securing
access
to
heating
subsidies
for
people,
food
assistance,
as
I
said,
with
the
primary
agency
we
work
with,
is
afac
and
connected
people
to
emergency
assistance,
rental
assistance
to
prevent
evictions
access
to
to
healthcare
as
well
and
through
our
work.
F
It's
our
nature
to
work
dealing
with
housing
issues
as
well.
We
have
secured
changes
to
relocation
plans
and
changes
to
or
changes
in
program
implementation
to
keep
tenants
from
being
displaced.
F
Many
tenants
were
able
to
remain
in
their
units
and
learn
how
to
access
Services
as
a
result
of
the
promotora
outreach
program
and
secured
access
to
various
programs
by
assistant
by
assistant
residents,
fill
out
forms
apply
for
programs
or
negotiate
with
landlords
and
or
other
government
agencies.
Filling
out
forms
I
put
that
there,
because
it's
very
important
it
is
a
need
in
the
Immigrant
Community.
Sometimes
people
are
discouraged
from
applying
to
Services
because
they
don't
know
how
to
fill
out
a
form.
F
It
may
be
a
simple
form
sometimes,
but
I
don't
know
how
to
fill
that
out.
You
know,
then,
that's
a
barrier,
so
we
try
to
help
in
that
and
also
communicate
those
issues
to
our
partners,
including
DHS.
You
know
when
people
are
applying
for
services,
rental
assistance
or
any
service
from
DHS.
We
have
communicated
that
to
them
as
well
to
other
non-profit
safety
net
organizations.
We
let
them
know
what
barriers
were
identifying
reasons
why
people
may
not
be
accessing
services.
So
if
we
could
go
to
the
next
slide,
foreign.
F
Are
the
areas
some
of
the
common
areas
of
assistance
are
listed
here,
categories
and
subcategories
for
like
public
assistance
and
general
information
this
past
year
included
information
from
like
you
know,
County
County
agencies
and
what
other
services?
For
example?
There
you
see
snap,
the
housing
chose,
bioter
housing
grants
under
health
and
when
I
said
there
was
new
this
year
is
mental
health,
but
it's
also
people
that
need
information
on
insurance
and
how
to
get
medical
insurance
and
finding
Healthcare
Providers
and
help
filling
out
financial
assistance
applications.
F
Immigration
is
always
a
topic
of
Interest,
and
so
we
provide
the
committee
with
information
and
resources
for
that
employment
is
is
another
one
where
and
we
had
a
presentation
from
the
employment
center.
Great
health.
Great
assistance
is
much
need
in
the
community,
so
we
also
help
our
people
with
applications
and
resources.
For
that,
and
you
know,
try
to
do
some
residents
also
contact
us
and
tell
us
hey,
you
know
I
work
in
a
hotel.
F
We
need
some
people
or
in
a
restaurant
or
the
place
where
I'm
working
whatever
it
is
construction
or
whatnot.
They
try
to
keep.
You
know
keep
us
notified
whenever
they
are,
you
know
any
opening.
So
if
there's
anyone
in
the
community
that
is
looking
for
a
job,
there
is
a
need.
You
know
so
that
you
know
we
provide
that
information.
So
we
keep
a
bulletin
with
that
information
when
they're,
open
positions
in
places
where
our
people
are
working,
policing,
crime
is,
is
always
an
important
topic.
F
F
You
know
things
such
as
how
to
interact
with
police
when
you
get
stopped
or
how
to
reach
out
to
the
police
when,
when
you're
in
trouble-
or
you
see
someone
in
trouble
so
those
type
of
things-
and
you
know
it's
always
very
important-
to
know
how
to
interact
with
the
police
and
then
also
scams-
that's
always
has
always
been
relevant
because
you
have
people
calling
saying
that
they
are
the
calling
from
the
IRS
or
from
the
Social
Security
Administration
I
left
census
here,
because
from
a
previous
presentation,
because
that
was
relevant
during
the
2020
during
the
census,
people
were
getting
some
random
calls
from
people
saying
we're
desenses
and
also
you
deal
with
these
companies.
F
You
know
telling
them
hey.
You're
behind
on
utility
is
going
to
be
cut
off.
You
need
to
send
you
know
a
payment
on
this
or
go
buy
some
gift
cards
and
call
us
with
the
get
their
numbers.
Otherwise,
your
utilities
are
going
to
be
cut
off.
So
that's
very
important
to
keep
the
community
informed
by
don't
fall
victim
to
those
things.
F
Afac,
you
know,
has
a
self-explanatory
you'll,
provide
information
and
registrations,
and
do
some
renewals
as
well
and
then,
as
far
as
education
other
education.
The
community
is
interested
in
citizenship,
other
adult
program
classes
like
English
classes
and
information
on
APS,
Arlington,
Public,
Schools
and
income
taxes.
How
to
do
taxes.
We
always
have
new
immigrants
in
the
community
that
come
in
and
you
know
they
need
to
know
how
to
do
their
taxes
or
what
tax
credits
they
can
take
as
well,
for
example,
child
tax
credits
and
those
sorts
of
things.
F
So
future
plans
is
to
for
us
to
continue
doing
the
work
that
we
do.
We
continue
to
expand
our
Outreach
and
and
The
Social
Network
to
educate
our
people
and
power
and
Empower
under
its
rest
under
engaged
residents.
F
Excuse
me
also
to
continue
identifying
barriers
that
our
community
is
facing,
that
Latinos
and
other
immigrants
face
to
access,
County
Services,
as
I
mentioned
before,
and
also
to
partner,
also
accessing
partner
services
and
also
to
collaborate,
as
I
mentioned,
with
the
partners
and
the
county
to
develop
and
Implement
strategies
for
reducing
those
barriers,
also
with
the
status
Partnerships
with
Arlington
and
nonprofits,
to
provide
educational
workshops
and
emergency
assistance
to
Residents
and
to
connect
residents
with
programs
to
help
mitigate
the
impact
of
now.
F
You
know
the
inflation
and
and
that
impact
on
vulnerable
house,
households
and
individuals
in
the
county
and
help
them
bring
some
stability
and
help
prevent
the
evictions
displacements
and
homelessness.
So
it's
just
you
know,
bringing
some
stability
and
everything
that
is
going
on
right
now.
So
that
concludes
my
presentations
and
so
I.
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
invitation
for
your
time
for
listening
to
this
this
evening.
So.
B
B
So
much
Sal,
so
I
I,
guess
I'll
just
wrap
up
by
saying
that
you
know
those.
The
three
programs
that
were
just
highlighted
are
you
know,
integral
to
meeting
the
the
goals
of
the
Consolidated
plan
and
really
do
some
unique
work
in
the
community
to
help
with
both
employment
and
just
resident
and
tenant
needs.
B
So
I
think
it's
really
helpful
to
kind
of
highlight
those
each
year
just
to
make
sure
that
everyone
kind
of
understands
how
well
they
might
not
necessarily
be
competitively
procured,
they're,
they're,
still
sort
of
meeting
a
need
that
are
that
is
identified
through
the
the
planning
documents
that
we
have
so
Laura
I.
Don't
want
to
take
the
agenda,
moving
role
from
you,
but
I'm
happy
to
introduce
the
next
presenter
as
well.
If
you
would
like
that.
B
No
problem,
and
so
I
I
did
also
invite
one
other
County
staff
member
to
attend
the
meeting
tonight
and
so
I
wanted
to
introduce
you
to
Tara
Palacios
with
the
Arlington
economic
developments.
Biz
launch
program
and
I
thought
it
would
be
helpful
to
invite
Tara
tonight
because
we
we
do
fund
a
few
small
business
and
micro
lending
micro,
Assistance
programs
through
the
competitive
notice
of
funding
availability
process.
So
that's
ecdc
ledc
and
weight
Giff
and
then
the
north
northern
Virginia,
Family,
Services,
Escala
program
and
I
know.
B
There's
just
been
a
lot
of
conversation
through.
You
know
the
grant
Proposal
review
about
what
those
programs
do
and
how
they
complement
existing
County
Services,
and
you
know
how
they
kind
of
work
together.
So
I
thought
it'd
be
helpful
to
invite
Tara
tonight
to
kind
of
give
an
overview
of
just
the
small
business
landscape
in
Arlington.
B
G
Thank
you
so
much
Caitlin
and
good
evening.
Everyone.
Thank
you
all
so
much
for
hearing
a
topic
that
is
near
and
dear
to
my
heart,
I
know
it's
late
in
the
evening
and
I
will
make
sure
I
stick
to
time
and
go
through
all
of
this
and
Caitlin
I
know.
I
I
did
have
a
video,
but
we
don't
necessarily
have
to
play
it
because
I'm
I'm,
looking
at
time
and
I,
want
to
make
sure
if
folks
have
questions
or
if
I
can
answer
anything
that
we
we
get
to
that
so
about
Biz
launch.
G
G
We
try
to
bridge
the
digital
divide,
because
what
we
found
is
if
we
can
get
into
people
as
they
have
an
idea
phase
or
as
they're
looking
to
Pivot
their
business,
and
we
work
through
with
different
providers
and
different
programs
that
we
have
set
up
in
the
county,
that
it
will
go
really
really
well
for
everybody.
And
just
so,
you
guys
are
aware.
We
usually
hit
about
5
000
people
come
to
our
programs
throughout
the
year.
G
Just
so
you're
aware
of
the
programs
that
we're
doing
on
the
county
side,
but
I'm
going
to
go
through
these
slides
fairly
quickly
to
talk
about
some
of
the
things
that
we've
been
doing
currently
because,
as
the
pandemic
has
hit
the
small
businesses
and
we
were
doing
grants
and
we
were
doing
other
initiatives,
things
are
slowly
starting
to
get
back
to
normal,
but
the
need
for
Capital
and
the
need
for
pivoting,
especially
for
a
lot
of
our
low
and
moderate
income.
Business
owners
is
Paramount.
G
I
can't
begin
to
express
otherwise
from
that,
so
we
can
move
quickly,
Caitlyn
through
these
slides.
So
what
do
we
do
in
Biz
launch?
We
do
a
lot
of
Education,
we
do
it
in
both
English
and
Spanish.
We
do
counseling,
we
promote
our
businesses
for
a
time.
We
were
doing
a
lot
on
Tick
Tock,
like
we
get
out
there
to
where
our
businesses
are
and
we
really
promote
them.
We
have
directories
and
networking
and
we
try
to
be
flexible.
G
So
as
things
change
in
the
entrepreneurial
landscape,
we
change
with
it
and
we
partner
up
with
different
groups
that
can
really
help
us
reach.
Our
very
diverse
small
business
landscape,
and
so
as
we
move
forward,
I
just
wanted
to
show
you.
The
VIS
launch
Team
itself
we're
a
very
diverse
group
of
people,
but
the
passion
that
binds
us
together
is
being
able
to
help.
Others
live
their
dreams
to
start
and
grow
their
businesses.
G
The
team
Alex
hell
Lourdes
Morales.
They
work
one-on-one
with
many
of
our
small
businesses
that
are
getting
started.
Alex
is
our
small
business
manager
Lourdes
overseas
bis,
launch
in
espanol
bakridi
is
our
administrative
management
and
yakin
works
with
Lourdes
to
do
Biz,
luncheon,
espanol,
Outreach.
G
I
think
that's
the
next.
This
is
the
video
that
we
did,
that
I
would
love
to
share
with
you
guys
at
some
point,
but
basically
this
video
was
done
on
on
Columbia
Pike.
We
visited
several
businesses
that
had
been
assisted
with
us
in
the
past
and
just
how
we
go
and
we
help
businesses
so
I'll
make
sure
to
share
the
link
to
that,
and
we
could
come
back
to
that
later
if
we
have
time
Caitlyn.
G
But
what
I
like
is
the
great
four-letter
word
of
free.
There
is
a
good
four-letter
word
and
but
it's
free,
but
the
county
is
actually
paying
the
money
so
that
we
can
provide
excellent,
excellent
resources
to
our
small
businesses
so
as
they
need
assistance
in
different
areas,
we're
underwriting
certain
costs
or
we're
partnering
with
different
organizations
that
help
us
to
be
able
to
uplift
our
businesses,
so
there's
no
cost
to
them.
G
G
We
do
the
one-on-one
counseling,
like
I,
discussed
in
a
variety
of
other
programs.
The
one
that
I
really
want
to
talk
to
you
all
about
today
is
relaunch.
Relaunch,
is
a
program
that
we
started
using
arpa
dollars
where
we're
working
with
small
businesses
to
help
them
pivot.
During
the
pandemic,
a
lot
of
our
small
businesses
were
targeted
fraudulently.
G
They
were
paying
exorbitant
fees
to
be
online
to
Pivot
from
a
brick
and
mortar
to
be
online.
We
had
people
paying
for
their
free
Google,
my
business
page.
G
They
were
paying
per
transaction
about
40
percent
and
we
knew
we
didn't
have
enough
money
to
be
able
to
do
a
full-on
grant
like
we
had
done
before
in
the
past.
So
we
had
some
funding
and
we
said
why
don't
we
use
that
funding
to
help
strengthen
our
Legacy
businesses,
businesses
that
didn't
have
an
online
presence?
They
may
have
been
on
Instagram,
they
may
be
using
social
media,
but
they
didn't
really
have
an
e-commerce
tool.
So
we
worked,
we
hired.
G
We
did
an
RFP
where
we
hired
a
organization
that
provides
technical
assistance,
also
helping
our
small
businesses
do
marketing
and
branding,
but
we're
also
partnered
up
with
AWS
to
actually
provide
the
websites
so
that
our
businesses
can
be
found
and
discovered
that
program
so
far,
we've
hit
about
300
local
businesses,
it's
not
being
completely
transparent.
It's
not
for
the
faint
of
heart.
G
And
so,
if
you
look
at
the
next
slide,
some
examples
of
some
of
the
assistance
that
we've
been
doing
as
financial
management,
strategic
planning,
marketing
and
branding
how
do
I
create
and
develop
and
design
a
digital
presence.
We
have
folks
that
need
some
basic
legal
assistance
and
help
lots
of
people
get
into
Partnerships
and
agreements,
and
then
they
need
to
dissolve
them
so
being
able
to
provide
these
types
of
services
during
a
time
of
uncertainty
and
we're
still
in
uncertainty.
Even
Workforce,
we
do
a
lot
with
Workforce
with
this
program
as
well.
G
G
You
must
be
located
in
Arlington,
particularly
because
these
are
American,
Rescue
act
funds
and
we
say
we
started
off
by
saying
we
wanted
you
to
be
in
business
for
at
least
two
years,
but
now
we
say
as
long
as
you've
been
operating
for
30
days,
we
can
work
with
that
and
help
people
to
really
build
a
solid
foundation
for
their
business,
and
so
the
next
slide
are
just
some
examples
of
some
of
the
websites
that
we
created.
We've
worked
hand
in
hand.
G
The
business
owners
worked
with
the
technical
assistance
provider
that
helped
them
with
colors
and
imagery
and
wording,
and
then
they
went
on
to
AWS
and
then
the
AWS
partner
built
the
websites
for
them,
and
it
includes
e-commerce
as
well
and
just
wanted
to.
Let
you
all
know
that
we
do
have
market
research
tools,
that
we
are
underwriting
an
economic
development,
but
we've
partnered
up
with
the
library
where
you
can
get
free
data.
G
We
found
that
a
lot
of
our
businesses
didn't
understand
their
new
Target
markets
like
I
need
to
outreach
this
certain
group
of
people,
people
aren't
going
to
Brick
and
Mortar
anymore.
How
do
I
find
this
information
so,
and
this
can
also
be
beneficial
to
you
all
as
well,
because
you
only
need
an
Arlington
County
library
card
to
access
it
and
so
I'll
go
over
the
list
and
and
Caitlyn
I'll
go
through
these
fairly
quickly.
G
But
as
long
as
you
have
an
Arlington
County
library
card
and
you
use
the
hyperlinks,
you
will
then
have
access
to
the
different
databases
and
I
will
definitely
can
share
this
presentation.
The
hyperlinks
are
all
live,
and
so
the
list
of
different
market
research-
databases
that
we
have
currently
that
the
county
is
underwriting
is
demographics,
now
Abyss
worlds,
statista
and
open
Grant.
G
We
are
working
on
getting
another
database
called
vertical
IQ
and
that
will
complete
our
set
of
databases
that
are
really
structured
for
small
businesses,
and
so
what
it
is,
is
you
get
access
to
proprietary
databases
that
can
do
geofiltering?
That
can
do
forecasting
that
could
do
analysis
in
your
chosen
field.
Now,
if
you
were
to
utilize
these
databases
without
the
library
card,
it
would
cost
you
thousands
of
dollars.
So
we
have
one
of
our
colleagues.
G
G
We
have
Ibis
World,
which
is
amazing.
You
can
get
real-time
financial
ratios
industry
analysis.
You
could
get
great
information
about
everything
that
you
want
to
know
about
your
industry
because
we're
hearing,
because
as
the
war
in
the
Ukraine
and
Russia
continue
on
landscapers
are
having
a
tough
time
because
they
rely
on
oil
and
they
rely
on
certain
lawn
care
products
that
you
could
only
get
through
the
Ukraine
so
because
of
the
war
landscapers
have
to
Pivot.
G
They
have
to
figure
out
well
how
am
I
going
to
access
this
information
I'm
going
to
have
to
do
this
differently
and
so
Ibis
World
gives
you
really
great
information
that
you
can
dig
into
and
find
so
then,
our
next
one
is
statista,
which
is
also
amazing.
This
information
is
fabulous.
What
I
also
love
about
statista
is
you
can
get
it
in
different
languages,
but
it
gives
you
research
analysis.
G
You
can
use
keyword,
search,
it's
very
simple
and
then
our
next
one
is
the
open
grants
is
the
newest
one
which
I
do
want
to
say
in
Finding.
I
didn't
have
a
slide
for
it,
but
it's
available
to
non-profits
as
well
as
small
businesses.
It's
absolutely
free.
You
can
create
a
dashboard
that
I
would
say
Rivals
the
foundation,
centers
collection
of
opportunities
and
we
are
underwriting
it.
G
So
if
you
go
to
the
link
on
open
grants
on
our
website,
you
can
create
a
dashboard
based
on
your
industry
sector,
and
you
also
can
be
assigned
a
person
to
help.
You
navigate
that
as
well,
and
that's
all
costs
that
we
are
underwriting
a
campaign
that
we
also
ran
during
small
business.
Saturday
was
a
program
that
we
call
open,
rewards
we
partnered
with
an
organization
where
we've
listed
close
to
a
thousand
small
businesses
on
this
platform.
G
We've
had
an
economic
impact
of
44
000
and
our
total
spin
for
this
program
was
under
two
thousand
dollars,
which
makes
me
really
really
happy
and
for
the
next
slide
Caitlyn.
We
are
going
to
be
doing.
Watch
the
space
because
we're
going
to
work
with
the
same
provider
to
create
a
directory
where
businesses
can
not
only
lit
well,
they
don't
list,
they
are
pre-populated
and
there
are
tabs
where,
if
businesses
are
looking
for
workers,
they
can
advertise
workers,
they
can
advertise
their
business.
G
G
So
we're
really
excited
about
this
opportunity,
which
will
be
happening
in
the
next
month
or
so,
and
so
I
say
all
that
to
say
that
the
numbers
from
the
programs
that
we
do
on
a
daily
is
supported
with
our
friends
in
the
cdfi
world
and
where
they
are
helping
us,
as
access
to
Capital,
has
become
very
hard
for
a
lot
of
our
small
businesses
to
acquire
it's
it's
pivotal
and
the
lending
isn't
going
like
it
normally
would,
and
so
a
lot
of
our
small
businesses,
particularly
those
that
are
part
of
the
bipod
community,
may
not
have
collateral
to
be
able
to
access
cash
to
be
able
to
do
a
particular
initiative.
G
This
is
where
the
cdfis
come
in,
and
it's
really
making
a
difference.
I
think
post
pandemic,
it's
pivotal.
We
are
seeing
people
asking
us
if
there's
going
to
be
another
Grant,
is
there
Financial
opportunities?
If
so,
where
can
we
go
and
we're
seeing
this,
particularly
in
the
low
to
moderate
income
communities?
And
so
what
I
see
with
cdfis
is
that
they
are
willing
to
take
risks
that
our
traditional
Banks,
don't
where
we
have
some
organizations
which
will
help
you
to
build
your
credit
and
or
get
you
to
the
position
where
they
can
underwrite
you.
G
But
it's
not
just
going
for
the
cash,
but
it's
actually
building
best
practices
as
part
of
the
whole
life
cycle
of
of
accessing
capital,
and
so
what
I
did
on
the
next
slide
was
I
took
each
of
the
organizations
that
receive
Community,
Development
block
grants
and
I
listed
their
names.
G
I
listed
how
we
work
with
them
with
Biz
launch,
because
we
work
with
all
four
I
also
want
to
show
you
that
we've
actually
Biz
launch
I
I,
founded
Biz,
launch
in
2002.,
and
so
two
of
the
organizations
I've
worked
with
since
for
over
for
over
20
years,
y'all
and
the
other
two
just
a
few
years
later
so
I
know
these
people,
I
know
where
the
bodies
are
buried
and
I
do
think
that
there
are
what
I
think
of
each
of
the
organizations.
G
I
actually
have
different
fields
for
each
and
I
just
wanted
to
share
you
all.
You
know
I
would
say
the
the
first
organization
that
I
came
across
when
I
started,
Biz
launch
and
started
doing
the
small
business
work
was
ecdc
EDG,
they
had
been
established,
they'd
been
around,
they
had
reached
out
and
they
had
not
only
working
with
the
ecd
program
but
through
EDG
really
about
educating
businesses,
and
you
know
offering
accounting
and
taxing
services
they
specialize.
G
They
really
are
deep
into
the
Ethiopian
Community
I
know
they
have
great
desire
to
get
into
the
Spanish-speaking
Community,
but
some
of
the
biggest
differences
that
I
found
with
EDG
is
that
they're
really
focused
in
on
things
that
they
can
collateralize,
so,
whether
it's
a
taxi
or
whether
it's
a
food
truck
or
you
know,
being
able
to
help
a
particular
industry.
G
I
feel
like
that's,
where
their
sweet
spot
is
the
next
organization
that
we
worked
really
closely
with
was
the
northern
Virginia
Hispanic
Committee
of
Virginia,
and
it
was
interesting
because
I've
worked
with
them
for
years,
be
prior
to
them
being
being
acquired
by
a
Scala
and
throughout
their
history.
You
know
from
O2
they
really
worked
with
more
on
a
cohort
level
with
different
people
versus
one-on-one.
G
So
they
do
a
lot
of
training,
but
it's
based
on
a
curriculum
like
a
proven
test
curriculum.
They
were
one
of
the
first
organizations
in
Northern
Virginia
that
actually
did
a
cohort
training
where
people
graduated
with
an
entrepreneurship
certification
it
was.
It
was
the
Hispanic
Community
which
is
which
is
now
known
as
Escala
for
ledc.
G
They
were
like
the
shiny
shiny
coins
for
me,
because
what's
interesting
about
ledc
is
that
they
have
creative
programming
to
address
issues
that
are
difficult
for
communities
of
color,
especially
where
English
is
not
your
first
language
to
be
able
to
address
and
to
do
Outreach
and
since
I
started
stalking
them
in
o5.
They've
always
had
somebody
at
Biz
launch
as
a
staff.
G
Once
a
week,
meeting
one-on-one
with
our
clients
from
o5
and
I
had
encouraged
them
throughout
time
to
apply
for
cdbg,
because
the
amount
of
work
that
they
had
been
doing
and
they
were
very
creative,
and
you
know
they
also
have
the
affordable
housing
component,
which
is
amazing,
and
so
the
only
thing
that
kind
of
hurt
us
a
bit
was
when
the
pandemic
hit
like
with
everything
else.
But
we
continue
to
do.
We
did
a
workshop
with
them
today,
where
we
had
a
hundred
close
to
a
hundred.
G
Entrepreneurs
come
out
completely
in
Spanish
and
we
talked
about
the
resources
that
were
available
to
them,
so
it's
very
exciting
wake
if
I
will
disclose
I
served
early
on
as
on
their
board.
G
I
see
them
also
very
different
differently,
where
they
focus
on
and
I
see.
I'm
sorry
I
have
a
typo
there,
but
they
also
focus
in
on
the
bipoc
community,
but
they
also
have
grants
I
think
on
the
federal
side,
where
they're
looking
at
building
financial
literacy
for
women
entrepreneurs,
they
also
offer
training.
They
also
offer
loans,
but
they
have
grown
their
their
organization
exponentially
with
Staffing
and
they're
able
to
do
I
think
I
feel
like
for
them.
G
They
have
a
large
group
of
experienced
loan
officers
and
others,
but
it's
a
it's
almost
like
a
different
Target.
What
I
would
say
what
I
want
to
leave
you
guys
with
and
I'm?
So
sorry,
it's
805,
but
each
of
the
different
organizations
also
work
together
to
do
referrals
back
and
forth.
So
ledc
has
you
know
specific
programs
that
they're
working
on
when
they
know
that
they
aren't
able
to
help
a
client
that
will
refer
them
to
wake
if
and
EDG
so
for
the
effects
they're,
not
all
the
same.
They
offer
different
ones.
G
Their
boards
have
different
tolerance
to
you
know,
taking
risks
and,
depending
on
what
the
risk
is
like
ledc
was
doing
some
really
creative
work
in
the
retail
space,
because
retailers
got
hit
hard
and
they
were
able
to
offer
lending
in
that
area.
Whereas
you
know
wake
up,
did
some
of
that,
but
ledc
really
was
the
leader
in
that
area,
and
so
they
all
I
would
say
collaborate
with
us.
G
We
haven't
been
doing
as
much
work
with
the
Scala,
because
they've
had
the
person
that
was
running
the
program
left
and
I
know
they're
looking
to
to
fill
some
of
their
positions,
but
they
do
reach
out
to
us
and
we
do
work
with
them
on
different
Outreach
initiatives
and
all
of
them
participate.
We
meet
once
a
month
to
talk
about
issues
facing
small
businesses,
and
so
we
meet
they.
G
They
attend
those
meetings
regularly
as
well,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
give
an
overview
of
kind
of
like
the
things
that
we're
doing
we're
trying
to
be
as
responsive
as
possible
to
this
current
environment.
I
want
to
be
able
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
all
have
about
the
small
business
space,
about
the
work
that
we
do
with
the
Community
Development
block
grant
recipients
and
and
how
we
can
also
help
you
all
as
well.
B
B
G
G
I'm
like
come
on
now
or
doggy
daycares
we
had
the
year
of
doggy
day
cares
now
it's
harder
to
predict
it's
harder
to
figure
out
in
like
the
glass
you
know,
you're
we're
trying
to
look
to
see
where
that
the
help
is
needed
and
it
we're
kind
of
in
a
stage.
That's
not
predictable,
but
we
do
know.
G
The
need
is
huge,
I'm
actually
starting
to
run
out
of
funding
for
relaunch,
because
the
of
the
demand
of
the
nand
of
people
they're
not
able
to
afford,
but
we
are,
and
actually
I
should
have
said
we
did
surveys,
we
surveyed
the
small
business
Community
to
see
what
they
wanted
and
relaunch
was
built
on.
If
you
couldn't
have
access
to
a
grant,
what
would
you
spend
it
on,
and
so
that's
where
we
hit?
G
So
it's
really
directly
coming
from
the
small
business
Community
and
I
just
worry
if
some
of
these
resources
were
to
go
away.
Looking
long
term.
G
There's
a
lot
so
you'll
start,
especially
in
particularly
in
the
retail
restaurant
space,
we're
having
a
huge
problem
with
them
being
able
to
so
you'll
see
that,
whereas
in
certain
locations
you
could
go
at
seven
o'clock
and
pick
up
dinner
or
you
know,
buy
a
certain
thing.
Places
are
closing
early,
not
because
they
want
to,
but
because
they
don't
have
the
workers
to
stretch
throughout
the
week
to
meet
the
timing.
G
G
B
That's
helpful
and
it
looks
like
we
have
a
question
in
the
chat
also
about
how
how
will
Rising
interest
rates
affect
the
small
business
community.
G
A
lot
a
lot:
it's
it's!
It's
going
to
cost
you
more
money
to
be
able
to
borrow.
G
There
was
one
business
that
we
actually
use
to
cater
an
event
that
we
did
recently
and
they
told
me
in
order
for
them
to
stay
afloat
after
the
grants
went
away,
they
actually
went
out
and
got
lending
got
loans,
High
interest
loans
that
they
believe
based
on
the
pickup
in
in
catering
and
orders.
They'll
pay
it
off
in
a
year
or
so
so
it's
but
it
they
were
fortunate
that
they
were
able
to
do
that.
G
I
think
as
you're
looking
at
some
of
our
communities
that
don't
have
collateral
to
use
to
minimize
the
risk
to
the
loan.
That's
where
I
think
cdfis
are
going
to
be
even
more
important
because
that
there's
going
to
be
less
risk,
taking
from
traditional
Banks
and
kind
of
like
a
trenching
in
which
we
saw
after
the
Great
Recession.
When
the
real
estate
market
tanked,
it
was
really
hard
for
people
to
to
get
capital,
and
the
thing
is
it's
like:
we
don't
want
them
to
use
all
of
their
cash
savings.
G
So
if
something
untoward
like
you
have
a
flood
or
a
fire
or
something
goes
on,
you
don't
want
to
have
all
of
your
cash
tapped
out
as
well.
So
I
think
the
the
higher
interest
rates
are
going
to
make
the
cost
of
doing
business
much
more
expensive,
but
also
the
ability
to
be
able
to
find
funding
like
you
need
to
get
it
now
and
I
think
we
have
a
tendency.
Most
people
that
are
starting
up
will
say
to
me:
oh
Tara,
I!
G
Don't
need
any
money
and
I'm
like
oh,
yes,
you
do
you
better
get
it
now,
because
if
you
don't
get
it
now,
y'all
and
the
bank
smells
that
you
really
need
it.
It
makes
it
even
harder.
It
makes
it
even
more
challenging
so
we're
trying
to
educate
people
a
lot
to
let
them
know
how
to
strategize
around
that
space
and
where
there
is
funding.
That's
where
the
open
grants,
which
has
a
lot
of
small
business
grants
in
it
on
the
federal
side,
but
also
from
ngos
as
well
as
large
businesses
like
American
Express
Visa.
G
B
B
I'm
not
seeing
any.
Thank
you
so
much
for
joining.
Thank
you.
I
really
appreciate
it
and
I
will
I
will
send
out
this
PowerPoint
so
that
folks
can
watch
the
the
video.
G
Yes
and
all
the
hyperlinks
and
stuff
are
available
too,
and
if
anyone
has
questions
later
on,
feel
free,
my
contact
information
is
there.
We
I
just
want
to
State
for
the
record
that
we
really
appreciate
all
this
hard
work
that
you
all
do
and
ensuring
that
we
get
good
providers
in
the
county.
So
thank
you
for
your
service.
A
A
I
do
one
quick
thing
about:
two
weeks
ago,
I
attended
a
session
for
commission
chairs
with
the
accounting
manager
and
I.
It
was
focused
on
the
fy24
budget
when
I
can't
say
I
walked
away
with
any.
A
You
know
shattering
insights
about
about
the
upcoming
budget,
but
just
one
thing
I
wanted
to
say
about
that
is
you
know
the
conversation
centered
around
some
of
the
kind
of
key
items,
key
priority
areas,
areas
of
interest
for
both
the
county
manager
and
the
you
know,
chairs
of
other
commissions,
and
you
know
the
ones
you
might
expect:
housing,
County,
infrastructure,
energy
and
environment,
a
focus
on
Veterans,
and
it
just
really
struck
me
that
kind
of
any
time
anyone
was
really
promoting
one
of
these
priority
areas
and
areas
that
they
really
wanted
to
see
addressed
in
the
FY
budget.
A
It
they
were
areas
that
we
see
come
across
our
desks
every
time
we
review
these
applications
and
it
just
really
struck
me
the
overlap
between
all
of
these
really
key
areas
for
the
county
and
the
work
we
do,
and
the
programs
that
we
recommend
for
funding.
So
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
that
it
was
a
kind
of
any
way
to
kind
of
wrap
things
up,
especially
after
these
had
just
made
it
through
the
whole
process
of
doing
our
application
reviews.
That's
all
I
said.
B
Cool
thanks,
Laura
good,
to
hear
I
actually
do
have
a
couple
things
for
the
staff
report
too.
That
I
can
provide
quickly
and
actually
I'm
hoping
to
get
some
participation
from
the
rest
of
the
group.
For
this
first
one
we
are
going
to
be
doing
our
bus
tour
again
this
year.
B
So
the
meeting
in
April
for
those
who
are
new
to
the
committee
every
year
we
do
a
Community,
Development
bus
tour,
where
we
go
around
to
the
different
some,
a
variety
of
organizations
and
programs
that
are
funded
through
the
Community
Development
Fund
and
the
past
few
years.
We've
done
sort
of
hybrid
tours,
where
we've
sort
of
invited
some
folks,
virtually
and
last
year
we
were
in
one
central
location,
but
this
year
we
were
going
to
try
to
do
an
actual
bus
tour
like
the
olden
days
again.
B
So
I
wanted
to
bring
it
up
tonight,
just
so
that
everyone
first
has
it
on
their
radar
and
saves
the
date
for
April
5th
it'll
be
the
same
day
as
the
regular
April
attack
meeting,
but
instead
well
it'll
be
the
bus
tour
and
then
the
other
reason
is
because
I'm
looking
for
recommendations
of
places
to
visit
so
that
we
can
start
planning
out
the
route
and
making
sure
that
we
get
on
our
partner's
schedule
as
early
as
possible.
B
So
not
hearing
anything
I
think
I'll
move
on,
but
just
keep
that
in
mind
as
something
to
you
know
as
just
something
to
think
about
as
we're
approaching
the
April
day.
B
The
other
thing
I
wanted
to
say
was
that
there
is
a
for
those
who
are
new
to
the
committee
or
are
just
new
to
County
Commissions
in
general.
There's
a
new
commissioner
orientation.
Next
Monday
February
6
from
7
to
8
30.,
it's
not
required,
but
just
something
that
the
County
Board
office
offers
for
those
who
are
new
to
advisory
boards.
B
And
then
the
other
thing
is
that
the
Arlington's
fair
housing
plan,
Regional,
fair
housing
plan-
was
just
released
this
past
week
and
there
will
be
a
presentation
at
the
tenant
landlord
commission
meeting
on
March,
8th,
where
the
planning
staff
will
be
providing
an
overview
of
the
plan.
B
B
So
I
know:
we've
talked
about
a
little
bit
at
different
times,
but
just
as
a
reminder,
the
Arlington
participated
with
seven
other
local
jurisdictions
in
both
Virginia
and
Maryland,
and
the
District
of
Columbia
to
do
a
regional,
fair
housing
plan,
and
so
it's
been
several
years
in
the
making,
and
so
it's
been
released,
the
worst
just
kicking
off
the
community
participation
process.
Now.
B
Great,
so
I
think
we
can
move
on
to
member
reports.
Does
anyone
have
anything
to
share.
H
This
is
Margaret
and
I
was
just
gonna
mention
that
the
Housing
Commission
is
having
two
meetings
this
month,
because
one
is
being
dedicated
exclusively
to
missing
middle.
H
So
for
any
of
you
who
are
particularly
interested
in
missing
middle,
that
will
actually
be
a
week
from
it'll.
Be
the
oh
goodness,
hang
on
it's
Thursdays
and
it
will
be
the
16th.
H
Our
normal
night
will
be
the
ninth
and
you
know
doing
our
regular
business,
but
the
16th
will
be
virtual
and
we'll
be
dedicated
exclusively
to
missing
middle.
So
if
anybody
has
that
particular
interest,
please
check
that
out
on
the
website
and
attend.