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From YouTube: Newsmakers; 11/30/09
Description
News show featuring people and events in Arlington County, VA
A
Columbia
pike
continues
its
transformation
with
the
new
town
center
find
out
when
we
might
see
streetcars
on
the
pike.
Arlington
county
planners
are
thought
staff
together
to
think
about
the
long-term
future
of
Street
infrastructure
to
Arlington
parks
have
been
renovated,
but
the
economy
is
impacting
future
projects.
B
A
B
D
Columbia
pike
is
a
major
east-west
corridor
in
arlington.
It
serves
as
the
main
street
for
a
lot
of
our
neighborhoods
and
it
has
historically
been
a
very
auto
oriented,
suburban
strip,
and
this
is
not
only
an
opportunity
to
revitalize
this
transportation
corridor
but
to
really
improve
the
quality
of
life
in
the
neighborhoods.
And
then
we
have
the
streetcar
project,
which
is
a
project
we're
working
on
cooperatively,
with
Fairfax
County
to
basically
run
streetcars
from
baileys
crossroads
into
pentagon
city
right
here
and
find
next
to
where
we're
standing.
Everybody.
D
B
We
do
have
some
local
sources.
The
one
thing
that
you're
no
assembly
did
that's
still
in
effect,
is
a
local
commercial
surcharge
for
transportation
purposes
that
the
county
has
taken
advantage
of.
But
we
asked
to
combine
that
with
a
number
of
different
sources,
including
some
state
and
federal
transportation
funds.
As
I
said,
on
the
state
side,
it's
been
really
drying
up,
we're
hoping
on
the
federal
side
that
gets
better
with
a
new
transportation
funding
bill,
that's
being
developed.
A
C
I
think
that
you
see
in
Arlington
a
great
success
story
on
transit,
oriented
redevelopment
focusing
in
on
the
metro
areas
and
around.
So
that's
what
you
see
why
you
have
rods
on
Anna
Clarendon
before
columbia,
pike.
Also
it's
a
corridor.
It's
three
and
a
half
miles
long.
So
people
say
why
does
it
take
so
long?
Well,
there's
a
lot
to
redevelop.
There's
a
lot
of
to
revitalize
and.
B
So
we're
completing
this
project.
Now
we've
already
started
on
the
next
one
farther
west
here
down
at
four
mile
run,
which
will
make
all
kinds
of
improvements
over
the
next
several
years.
It'll
take
a
while,
but
when
we're
done
similar
to
hear
you
can
have
new
sidewalk,
better
crossings,
better
lined
intersections
a
safer
environment
and
a
better
place
for
people
to
walk
and
to
do
business.
A
E
The
forum's
main
objective
is
to
generate
a
set
of
big
ideas
that
will
be
used
to
guide
future
planning
initiatives.
This
kind
of
big
thinking
that
we're
doing
is
what
we
would
call
the
inspirational
phase
of
planning
and
which
staff
is
given
the
opportunity
to
dream
about
future
opportunities
for
the
streets.
It's
not
just
the
surface
of
the
street,
it's
what's
below
the
surface,
right
all
of
the
utilities
and
the
actual
network,
and
it's
about
the
adjacent
buildings
and
how
they
interact
with
one
another
and
the
open
spaces.
E
And
so,
when
we
consider
these
streets,
we
want
to
think
about
not
only
how
we
design,
but
how
we
program
and
how
we
maintain
them
to
create
a
more
enduring
sense
of
place,
and
these
are
the
connections.
This
is
what
really
creates
a
fabric,
a
strong
fabric
for
our
community.
The
ideas,
while
they're
not
expected
to
take
shape
immediately,
can
be
weaved
into
future
planning
initiatives.
E
Well,
one
of
the
results
of
the
forum
that
we
found
was
really
interesting
is
that
most
people,
when
presented
with
an
opportunity
to
talk
about
an
alternative
street
infrastructure
rather
than
have
a
car
oriented
dominated
Street?
You
shared
the
right
of
way
more
so
than
than
than
today
and
at
present,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we
want
participants
to
walk
away
from
the
event
with
a
common
vocabulary
around
sustainable
Street
infrastructure,
and
we
want
them
to
continue
to
think
about
ways
to
work
together
to
achieve
a
common
vision
rather
than
working
at
cross-purposes.
E
It's
a
great
time
to
start
planning
now,
because
once
we
get
busy,
we
won't
necessarily
have
that
time.
We
use
this
opportunity
to
start
thinking
about
the
future
and
then,
when
it
gets
busy,
we
can
go
ahead
and
begin
to
implement
the
great
ideas
and
thoughts
that
have
come
out
of
this
visioning
exercise.
A
F
Park
is
a
tot
lot,
and
that
means
it's
for
kids
between
the
ages
of
3
and
5,
and
it
is
basically
built
on
the
same
dream
of
the
original
Park.
That's
what
the
community
wanted
and
we
tried
to
keep
us
the
trees.
We
kept
the
theme
of
the
boat
because
the
Nina,
the
Pinta
and
the
Santa
Maria
we
kept
the
San
part
for
the
kids
to
play
in.
But
if
you
look
at
it,
it's
just
much
nicer.
Now,
it's
it's
more
up
to
date
and
it's
safe.
F
Part
is
amazing,
it
actually
has
I
think
something
for
everybody.
It
has
things
for
little
kids
and
tots,
and
also
for
elementary
age.
Kids.
One
of
the
neat
things
about
it
too,
is
that
even
as
you're
having
fun
we're
helping
the
environment
there's
the
way
that
we
have
the
water,
runoff
and
then
water
runoff
is
a
problem
here
in
Arlington
it
goes
to
a
vegetated
swale.
A
vegetated
swale
actually
helps
filter
the
water
so
on
a
rainy
day.
Hopefully
the
water
will
all
will
go
out
and
kids
we
get
to
play
sooner.
F
But
what's
neat
too
is
there's
a
pump,
so
the
kids
can
actually
play
in
the
rain
water.
So
look
at
parents.
They
may
come
home
a
little
dirty.
It's
actually
a
pretty
long
process
to
have
a
park
because
you
just
don't
build
them.
You
you
look
at
them.
You
talk
to
the
community,
you
see
what
you
can
afford
in
the
budget
and
then
you
start
making
the
plans.
Then
you
check
with
the
community,
make
sure
it's
what
they
want.
It's
a
process.
F
It
takes
a
while
I
think,
thank
goodness
it
came
from
a
couple
years
ago.
That's
actually
something
that's
been
cut
drastically
in
the
last
budget
cycle.
We
actually
dropped
our
capital
mainland's
by
93%
I'm
from
3.2
million
to
two
hundred
thousand
dollars,
so
you're
not
going
to
see
too
many
new
parks
coming
up
from
that
area.
The
other
park
that
Park
Ridge
Park
actually
came
from
a
really
cool
idea
and
that's
still
in
place
is
the
neighborhood
conservation
grant.
But
the
neighborhood
got
together
and
said.
F
We
want
a
better
Park
and
we
want
to
help
the
community
build
it
at
the
county
building,
and
so
they
actually
pull
I'd
for
grant
within
the
county.
We
have
to
give
these
out
all
year
long
and
any
time
a
community
says,
I
want
a
different
light.
Post
I
want
a
park.
Bench
I
want
a
different
part.
They
can
apply
for
these.
They
range
in
size
and,
of
course,
with
the
economic
times,
won't
be
so
many,
but
that
time
we
got
this
Bay
part.