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From YouTube: Arlington VA State of the County 2012
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An address given by County Board Chair Mary Hynes to Leadership Arlington and the Arlington Chamber of Commerce on the Economic State of Arlington County VA. June 19, 2012. www.arlingtonva.us
A
Good,
I'm
scott
mcafee
from
the
sun
gazette,
and
I
get
the
opportunity
again
to
introduce
our
speaker
for
today.
The
mic
is
working
is
mike.
Okay,
all
right
great.
It
was
a
very
rainy,
very
chilly
and
very
windy
february
day,
11
years
ago,
during
the
very
first
state
of
the
county
event.
I
know
a
few
people
in
this
room
were
probably
there.
A
A
jay
laid
out
his
priorities,
but
not
surprisingly,
because
of
that
year
those
priorities
changed
several
months
after
his
speech,
rather
significantly
with
the
events
of
9
11.,
and
I
think
that's
a
very
good
way
to
introduce
this
program
because
it
says
two
things
about
arlington
county
and
the
arlington
county
government.
One
is
that
the
priorities
of
the
community
and
the
priorities
of
the
county
board
can
in
fact
change
in
a
heartbeat,
which
is
certainly
what
happened
on
9
11..
A
A
During
9
11
in
the
aftermath
will
acknowledge
that
the
work
of
the
county
government
was
probably
the
best
shining
moment
of
the
county
government's
history
because
it
did
very
well
so
this
is
actually
a
very
important
thing
that
we
do
when
we
invite
leadership,
arlington
and
the
chamber
invite
the
county
board
chairman
to
speak.
This
will
be
county
board
chairman
mary
hines's,
very
first
time.
I'm
told
that
kate
roach,
who
is
here
somewhere
through
the
chamber,
is
always
extremely
exciting
excited
when
it's
a
chairman's
first
time
to
come,
speak
to
which
I
reply.
A
Kate
needs
to
get
out
more,
but
nonetheless
she's
going
to
get
me
for
that.
One
I
want
to
just
by
way
of
introduction.
I
will
be
relatively
brief.
Mary
hines
has
been
on
the
county
board
for
five
years,
and
you
may
know
that
she
was
on
the
school
board
for
12
years
before
that,
so
we're
closing
in
on
two
decades
of
community
service.
A
It's
interesting-
and
I
will
get
her
up
here
in
a
second,
but
I
was
very
interested
when
she
announced
her
plans
for
this
year,
how
they
would
play
out
it's
about
community
involvement,
I'll.
Let
her
detail
it
before
we
go
to
the
questions,
but
it's
played
out
very
interestingly,
so
I
think
she'll
have
a
lot
to
say
and
of
course
with
arlington,
it's
never
a
dull
moment.
So
please
welcome
me
in
greeting
mary
hines.
B
Well,
good
morning,
good
morning
it
was,
it
was
fun
to
watch
you
all
walk
in.
I
felt
like
so
many
familiar
faces.
People
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
work
with
for
so
many
years,
so
it's
really
fabulous
to
be
here
and
to
have
this
opportunity.
B
So
now
to
why
you
came,
I
think,
and
what
I
have
to
tell
you.
So,
first
of
all,
thanks
to
the
chamber
for
doing
this,
I
didn't
realize
it
was
the
11th
year
and
I
think
it's
a
nice
tradition.
It's
one.
I
think
we
all
look
forward
to
and
I'm
really
happy
to
speak
about
the
health
of
our
community
and
about
the
work
that
we're
doing
and
what
I'm
focusing
some
of
my
attention
on
this
year.
B
So
for
many
years,
we've
all
recognized
that
our
community
is
a
great
place
to
live,
raise
a
family
work
play
and,
as
I
like
to
say,
heading
into
my
into
my
second
decade-
grow
older
in
this
room.
We
also
know
that
arlington
has,
for
many
years
been
a
wonderful
place
to
do.
Business
can't
beat
our
location,
but
I
do
like
to
tell
people
about
the
strength
of
our
workforce.
B
B
B
Arlington
has
terrific
high
performing
schools,
even
while
we're
serving
a
growing
student
body
that
is
as
diverse
a
group
of
students
as
you'll,
find
almost
anywhere
in
the
country.
Arlington
is
economically
vibrant.
We've
weathered
this
recent
recession
rather
well.
When
you
look
across
the
country,
unemployment
today
is
at
3.1
percent,
which
is
pretty
close
to
full
employment
and
we've
added
11
000
jobs
since
2008,
experiencing
only
a
single
month
of
negative
job
growth
in
our
in
our
county.
Pretty
amazing.
B
Increasingly
major
companies
want
to
call
our
commercial
hubs.
Their
home
deloitte
moved
to
rosslyn
not
long
ago.
Boeing
will
be
locating
its
international
and
government
business
headquarters
in
crystal
city.
Darpa
and
accenture
have
amazing
new
homes
in
boston,
and
we
were
pleased
to
recently
announce
that
the
center
for
naval
analysis
is
returning
to
clarendon.
B
Arlington
is
a
great
place
to
invest
if
cranes
are
any
measure
of
economic
health,
then
take
a
quick
look
taking
a
quick
look
around
confirms.
We
are
doing
pretty
darn.
Well,
there
are
many
major
projects
underway
from
roslyn
to
boston
and
from
clarendon
to
crystal
city.
In
addition,
last
year,
the
county
board
approved
1.7
million
square
feet
of
new
development,
and
when
you
look
at
the
projects
that
are
now
under
review,
it's
it's
very
clear
that
arlington
is
still
a
place
that
businesses
want
to
be
the
common
thread
across.
B
All
of
these
things
is
managing
growth
across
many
dimensions
and
many
sectors
now,
and
that's
a
challenge
for
every
community.
When
you
add
more
folks
when
they
come
from
different
places,
they
don't
quite
know
what
it's
all
about.
How
do
you
integrate
them?
How
do
you
pull
them
into
the
life
of
this
community?
I'm
going
to
circle
back
to
that
theme.
When
I
get
to
the
end
of
my
talk,
I
also
don't
want
to
leave
this
little.
B
We
have
maintained
our
top
triple
triple
a
bond
rating,
for
I
don't
know
how
many
years,
but
it's
a
it's
a
true
measure
of
are
we
are
we
managing
our
money
well
and
making
great
investments
and,
in
a
recently
completed
survey,
nearly
90
percent
of
arlingtonians
expressed
overall
satisfaction
with
the
quality
of
county
services.
That
is
a
third
more
people
than
the
national
average.
So
we
are
doing
something
right.
The
people
who
live
here
really
like
living
here
and
and
think
we
use
the
one
that
I
love
the
most
was.
B
Do
you
think
your
dollar
is
used
well,
something
like
72
percent
of
the
people.
They
ask
said:
yes,
we
do,
and
that
is
an
unheard
of
number
for
communities
to
get
this
good
fortune
is
no
accident.
It's
undeniable
that
arlington's
location
is
an
uncommon
endowment.
B
This
is
an
important
and
enduring
legacy.
The
county
is
also
a
leader
in
thoughtful
redevelopment,
overseeing
the
transformation
of
our
business
quarters
into
more
urban
vibrant
places
all
while
seeking
to
maintain
the
healthy
balance
that
was
laid
out
in
our
comprehensive
plan
of
dynamic
urban
corridors,
surrounded
by
classic
neighborhoods,
long-standing
neighborhoods.
B
One
final
point,
and
that
is
that
everyone
in
our
wonderful
community
benefits
from
our
school
system
in
arlington.
We
recognize
this
and
the
county
board
has
made
and
will
continue
to
make
the
necessary
significant
investments
in
our
schools
to
keep
them
strong
and
to
have
schools,
be
part
of
how
we
market
and
sell
this
amazing
community.
B
Unfortunately,
assuming
the
future
will
be
like
the
past,
doesn't
prepare
us
to
address
all
of
the
challenges
that
we're
going
to
face
in
the
next
few
years,
whether
we
know
about
them
now
or
whether
they
pop
out
at
us.
We
need
to
take
stock,
anticipate
the
continuing
and
new
challenges
that
will
confront
us
and
make
them
opportunities
rather
than
threat
than
the
threats
they
could
become.
If
we
didn't
attend
to
them,
I
think
that's
one
of
the
hallmarks
of
arlington,
looking
ahead,
planning
thinking
out
the
possibilities
and
having
an
approach.
B
So
I
want
to
focus
for
the
next
few
minutes
on
three
of
the
big
challenges
I
see
for
arlington.
All
of
these
are
things
over
which
we
have
less
control:
they're
they're,
not
of
our
making
they're
part
of
what
happens
when
you're
a
little
guy
a
26
square
mile
place
in
the
middle
of
a
big
dynamic
region.
B
B
B
B
We
know
that
our
office
building's
largest
tenant,
is
the
federal
government
and
brac
taught
us
that
we
need
to
be
prepared
for
potentially
fewer
federal
tenants
and
some
vacant
space.
We
know
that
when
government
moves
to
be
more
efficient,
that
often
means
doing
it
more
with
fewer
people.
All
of
this
has
the
potential
to
affect
arlington.
B
B
Following
september
11th,
we
had
the
brace
sorry
base
closure
and
realignment
commission
that
directed
a
lot
of
our
defense
related
agencies
out
of
arlington
again
a
major
challenge.
We
took
it
seriously.
We
did
what
we
usually
do
and
formed
a
task
force,
and
we
developed
plans
to
strengthen
crystal
city,
and
I
was
pleased
to
be
last
night
in
crystal
city
and
celebrate
five
and
a
half
years
with
the
bid
and
look
at
the
transformation.
That's
been
going
on
the
plan
that
we
adopted
nearly
a
year
ago.
B
Moves
crystal
city
to
a
more
balanced
mixed-use
community,
allows
additional
density
and,
for
the
first
time
includes
a
plan
to
address
the
area's
infrastructure,
both
its
transportation
infrastructure
and
other
pieces,
and
we
are
seeing
new
investments
there.
We're
about
to
wrap
up
or
the
the
planning
commission
is
their
review
of
the
plans
for
a
new
building
at
1900
crystal
drive,
if
approved
as
presented.
B
I
could
go
on
about
new
development
projects
like
this
across
our
community
that
are
changing
our
landscape
and
a
lot
of
you
in
this
room
already
know
about
those.
So
I'm
not
going
to
spend
my
time
doing
that,
but
I
do
want
to
talk
about
some
other
recent
developments
that
we
have
been
undertaking
to
address
the
challenges
that
our
business
community
faces.
B
Many
of
you
know
of
our
biz
team
arlington's
initiative
to
assist
emerging
and
existing
small
business
online.
We
also
have
our
biz
center
a
business
center.
Sorry,
a
one-stop
website
where
you
can
find
information
to
meet
most
business
needs
and
we're
about
to
introduce
a
new
addition
to
the
business
center.
I
brought
it
with
me.
I
had
hoped
for
powerpoint.
I
had
hoped
for
prezi
because
it's
boring
to
just
look
at
me.
This
is
what
we
got
this.
B
This
will
soon
be
up
in
county
offices.
It's
we've.
B
B
B
We
have
a
new
website
called
build
arlington
and
again
it's
a
one-stop
shop
for
business
owners,
contractors,
homeowners
and
other
developers
that
quickly
re
explains
all
the
requirements
that
you
need
in
or
if
you
want
to
build
something
in
arlington
that
you
need
to
meet,
how
to
get
your
permits
and
how
to
kind
of
get
into
the
system
quickly.
There's
also
a
resource
library
of
forms,
checklists
and
a
range
of
information
on
most
topics
that
would
be
of
interest
to
someone
who's.
Trying
to
do
this,
the
website's
really
easy:
building
dot,
arlington
v,
a
dot?
B
U
s
and
you
can
sign
up
to
receive
updates
on
zoning
codes
and
other
related
issues,
we're
working
hard
to
try
to
ensure
that
a
variety
of
different
businesses
and
a
variety
of
commerce
can
continue
to
happen
successfully
here
in
our
community,
because
we
think
that's
what
you
need
to
do
to
be
resilient
when
there's
uncertainty
and
if
you
have
an
idea
of
something
that
you
think
we
ought
to
be
doing,
don't
hesitate
to.
Let
me
know-
or
let
terry
holzheimer
know
from
aed
or
anybody
on
our
fabulous
economic
development.
B
B
I
just
want
you
to
know
that,
ahead
of
time
that
we're
going
to
be
holding
a
week-long,
countywide
preparedness
exercise,
beginning
in
september
23rd,
beginning
on
september
23rd,
and
the
business
community
is
a
big
piece
of
being
well
prepared
and
resilient.
200
000
people
come
here
every
day
to
work.
Something
happens
during
the
day.
B
B
That's
what
they
knew
50
years
ago
too.
It's
the
beltway's
there,
but
then
all
those
other
bridges
are
in
arlington
and
so
having
a
variety
of
ways
from
bike
share
to
good
pedestrian
access
to
art,
buses
to
the
vre,
to
metro
and
maybe
to
street
cars
is
going
to
be
part
of
how
we
stay
vibrant
for
the
future
and
and
it's
going
to
take
money.
I
guess
that's.
The
last
thing
I
will
say
I've
been.
B
The
metro
board
has
been
working
on
a
new
strategic
plan
which
will
probably
roll
out
this
fall,
and
there
is
incredible
unanimity
among
my
colleagues
and
I
about
where
we're
headed
and
what
role
metro
should
play.
We
can't
deliver
all
the
service,
but
we
can
be
advocates
for
good
service
everywhere,
because
people
who
take
transit
and
people
who
drive
are
in
a
symbiotic
relationship.
B
If
the
people
who
took
transit
decided
not
to
take
not
to
take
it
or
if
transit
stopped.
Imagine
what
those
people
who
ride
it
would
do,
they
go
home
and
they
get
in
their
cars
and
they
get
on
the
road.
With
all
the
other
people
who
are
on
the
road
and
then
none
of
us
would
go
anywhere,
and
so
we
have
to
understand.
If
we're
people
who
like
to
drive-
and
I
do
drive
my
car
quite
a
bit-
I
need
the
people
to
take
transit
and
the
people
who
take
transit.
B
They
need
us
to
drive
because,
because
we
pay
the
taxes
for
gas,
and
all
of
this
comes
together
to
get
us
to
a
system
that
meets
people's
needs
in
lots
and
lots
of
different
ways,
and
I
think
that
we
just
have
got
to
keep
hammering
that
home,
whether
you
ride
it
or
not.
It's
an
essential
part
of
our
region
and
our
local
success
and
it's
got
to
keep
working
for
us.
B
I
haven't
talked
about
a
lot
of
other
challenges.
I
haven't
mentioned:
affordable
housing,
one
of
the
big
things
on
the
board's
plate.
I
will
say
that
we
have
asked
the
manager
to
initiate
a
study
of
this
issue
as
a
follow-up
to
the
work
we
did
when
we
adopted
the
budget,
I
like
to
say
to
people
now
we're
spending
about
five
percent
of
the
money
you
give
us
addressing
affordable
housing
challenges
of
very
sore
various
sorts.
It's
a
huge
commitment.
B
In
the
end,
our
resiliency
as
a
community.
Our
ability
to
meet
these
challenges
that
come
at
us
from
outside
is
tied
to
our
community
values
and
our
way
of
working
together
in
challenging
times.
Arlington
has
time
and
again
taken
advantage
of
our
assets,
our
small
size,
our
knowledgeable,
creative
residences
and
businesses,
our
history
of
planning
and
a
long
tradition
of
progressive
leadership
in
all
sectors
of
our
community
to
devise
solutions.
B
It
seeks
to
reinvigorate
and
refresh
the
arlington
way,
which
is
really
a
method
to
have
civic
conversations
about
big
issues,
and
it
identifies
three
critical
behaviors
that
need
to
be
supported
to
take
advantage
of
the
best
that
our
community
has
to
offer.
When
it
comes
to
solving
tough
problems,
participation,
you
need
a
broad
base
of
people
to
under
understanding
what
you're
doing
and
why
you
need
to
great
create
a
great
community.
B
People
need
to
be
rooted
and
they
need
to
think
it
matters
that
their
voice
matters
and
that
living
here
and
that
what
they
have
to
offer
makes
us
a
better
place.
So
not
only
do
you
connect
people
to
government,
but
you
connect
people
to
each
other
into
the
neighborhoods
and
to
the
activities
they
care
about.
So
participation
is
seeking
to
do
that
and
we'll
be
launching
a
web
portal
that
will
help
organizations
and
individuals
do
that
later.
This
year,
leadership
is
really
important.
It
takes
leaders
to
frame
problems
and
to
lead
processes.
B
You
can
have
participation
and
you
can
have
leaders.
Civic
engagement
is
what
brings
it
together
to
take
on
the
tough
issues
the
to
have
the
conversation
that
positions
our
community
strategically.
The
conversations
that
set
us
up
to
turn
those
threats
into
the
next
great
opportunity,
as
we've
grown.
These
are
harder
and
harder
to
have
these
conversations
we're
a
lot
bigger
than
we
were
in
1950,
we've
almost
doubled
in
size.
We
have,
as
said
200
000
jobs.
B
It
is
still
one
of
the
very
best
places
to
live
in
america,
and
each
of
you
in
this
room
is
part
of
why
that's
so,
thanks
for
all
you've
done
and
all
you're
going
to
continue
to
do
well,
my
job
isn't
always
easy.
It
wouldn't
be
possible
to
achieve
so
much
for
so
many
without
the
hard
work
and
the
dedication
of
our
residents
and
our
businesses.