Arlington County Government, VA Specials and Lectures, 17 Dec 2014

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From YouTube: Arlington 2014: Prosperity Through Change

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The annual year end video for Arlington, VA looks at Arlington's ability to continue to prosper through continual change through planning and civic engagement.

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It's not news, the 2014 will bring changes and challenges.

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Change is the only constant in life we in arlington, devil is welcome to change. Sound planning and adaptability are two of our civic strengths. This is an ambitious community. We lean forward and we are good at turning challenges into opportunities, I'm, confident that we'll remake ourselves again to embrace the challenges of the innovation economy. We have the brains, we have the heart and we have the drive to do it. The ability to prosper through change.

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It's been a phenomenal year and we have such a remarkable county in every way, I'm just so fortunate to be a part of it.

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Arlington County is ground: zero for national security, innovation, every technology that matters to our economy has been financing foster by agencies based in Arlington, County, tandon.

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Is about connecting those dots connecting people and ideas in order to grow companies and grow the community from an economic perspective today,.

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Arlington has the nation's highest concentration of 25 to 34 year olds. We are the location of the creative class.

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Really, like the Arlington report, a problem addition to our website and it kind of feeds into the whole sense of community. You can't expect our staff to know about every pothole. Every bit of trash that hasn't gotten picked up with the community as a whole can, and it just enables us to provide better service. There's.

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Nothing stagnant about Arlington. We are constantly moving, but we're doing it with direction with planning long-term planning not to short-term.

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Change is coming it's coming fast and managing change is, is the real challenge.

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Then we make the strategic investments necessary to bring those long-term plans to fruition the triple triple bond rating that we've gotten for many years in a row. Very few communities get and what it means is. We can borrow money at the lowest possible interest rate on the planet, essentially saving taxpayers money and making those long-term investments at the lowest possible cost.

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The photo house is always a work in progress is something that remains a big challenge for us, because we're continue to be victims around success.

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It was the most difficult decision I've ever had to make. It was a realization that the support that had existed when these plans were developed was no longer there to point that it was in mobilizing on distracting our community.

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We've had some fabulous parks open this year we opened rocky run. What an amazing redo we opened for Barnard in the NOC community, the fact that people planned it together. All of that makes people feel more invested in the place and like it's their place and that's what placemaking is it's creating spaces people feel belong to them in.

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1952, when docked opened the drug store, it was the first opportunity that we could sit down on the counter and it just became a focal point for the community.

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The NC program is really about bringing money into the neighborhoods at it literally at your feet.

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If there's one community that has a chance to end homelessness, wear.

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It so long as people of goodwill are willing to work together for the public good.

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We have won many awards for Smart Growth, but more important than plaques are the people who have been attracted by our exciting urban villages, our strong neighborhoods, our transportation options and our walkable bikeable streets. Through all this growth and change, we've maintained the very best characteristics of a small town.

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Our community is strong, diverse, carrying an incredibly civic minded. Together. We will build a promising future for the generations of Arlington ians, who will follow us and we will remain the place that others communities look to for inspiration.