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From YouTube: Board Wrap-Up: Headlines
Description
1 minute wrap-up of decisions made at Arlington County Government’s September 2021 Board meeting.
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Here's
your
60-second
board
wrap-up
the
board
joined
neighbors,
fairfax
county
and
the
city
of
alexandria
and
enacting
a
5-cent
tax
on
disposable
plastic
shopping
bags.
The
county
will
embark
on
a
fall
education
campaign
to
help
residents,
understand
the
benefits
and
will
develop
strategies
to
help
those
who
may
be
most
burdened
by
the
tax
aligning
with
the
county's
equity
focus.
The
plastic
bag
tax
will
go
into
effect
in
january.
Twenty
twenty
two.
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The
board
also
unanimously
approved
the
small
business
grant
2.0
program,
which
will
provide
200
grants
of
10
000
each
to
small
businesses
impacted
by
the
pandemic,
and
we
have
a
new
logo
for
arlington
county.
The
final
choice,
which
represents
arlington's,
close
relationship
with
dc
and
alexandria,
and
echoes
how
arlington
was
formed
from
the
original
capital
borders
comes
after
a
month's
long
community
engagement
process,
more
than
29
thousand
arlingtonians
shared
their
top
choices.