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Arlington County Government, VA / Tell Arlngton's Story

These are all the meetings we have in "Tell Arlngton's Story" (part of the organization "Arlington County Gov…"). Click into individual meeting pages to watch the recording and search or read the transcript.

12 Jan 2016

Susan Bell is the retired Department Director for Arlington County Community Planning, Housing and Development. Bell worked for the County from 1983-2011 and oversaw some of the most dramatic changes in Arlington's history. Ms Bell is interviewed by Library Director Diane Kresh and Dept. of Technology Services Director Jack Belcher.
  • 3 participants
  • 29 minutes
arlington
county
jurisdictions
residents
comprehensive
planners
redevelopment
georgetown
decisions
career
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25 Jan 2012

A sampling of the best stories submitted on video from Arlington Virginia's Tell Arlington's Story first year. .
  • 33 participants
  • 43 minutes
arlington
elected
county
capitan
immigrant
garlington
sitting
living
grandmother
homework
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10 Dec 2011

As Tell Arlington's Story concludes it's first year, here is a sample of the over 100 stories collected in print, audio and video.
  • 7 participants
  • 6 minutes
arlington
county
elected
town
sitting
homework
states
having
home
bilingual
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22 Nov 2011

Everyone has a story to tell. Arlington is a community of people with compelling stories -- whether you've been here generations or just a year or two. Take time to look at the many stories featured here ... then share your own!
  • 1 participant
  • 5 minutes
segregated
case
decided
judge
voters
virginia
state
congress
blacks
bissell
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22 Nov 2011

Everyone has a story to tell. Arlington is a community of people with compelling stories -- whether you've been here generations or just a year or two. Take time to look at the many stories featured here ... then share your own!
  • 1 participant
  • 10 minutes
arlington
kitty
clark
county
named
grandmother
neighborhood
negroes
mcclain
socialized
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22 Nov 2011

Everyone has a story to tell. Arlington is a community of people with compelling stories -- whether you've been here generations or just a year or two. Take time to look at the many stories featured here ... then share your own!
  • 1 participant
  • 6 minutes
arlington
georgetown
washington
jurisdictions
dc
integrity
respect
community
degree
ways
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22 Nov 2011

Everyone has a story to tell. Arlington is a community of people with compelling stories -- whether you've been here generations or just a year or two. Take time to look at the many stories featured here ... then share your own!
  • 1 participant
  • 8 minutes
arlington
newcomers
immigrants
georgetown
neighbors
country
community
clarendon
visit
hamilton
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23 May 2011

As part of the Tell Arlington's Story project, Kline Price discusses growing up in the Drew family and the tragic death of his grandfather, Dr. Charles Drew. www.arlingtonstory.us
  • 1 participant
  • 6 minutes
racism
african
black
carolina
talked
skinned
maryland
experience
community
family
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19 May 2011

As part of the Tell Arlngton's Story project, Patti Monroe Meek talks about growing up as an African-American in Arlington and how she came to terms with her identity.
  • 1 participant
  • 6 minutes
blacks
williamsburg
brother
biracial
race
yorktown
tuckahoe
liked
students
jazz
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17 May 2011

Native Arlingtonian Kenny James remembers his school days in Arlington and the effect that busing and Arlington's response to Brown v. Board of Education had on the quality of his education. Part of the Tell Arlington's Story initiative. Taped at the Multigenerational African-American Storytelling Workshop. www.arlingtonstory.us
  • 1 participant
  • 3 minutes
arlington
schools
tuckahoe
williamsburg
virginia
drew
yorktown
1971
going
county
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16 May 2011

Native Arlingtonian Kenny James remembers his school days in Arlington and the effect that busing and Arlington's response to Brown v. Board of Education had on the quality of his education. Part of the Tell Arlington's Story initiative. Taped at the Multigenerational African-American Storytelling Workshop. www.arlingtonstory.us
  • 1 participant
  • 3 minutes
arlington
schools
tuckahoe
drew
williamsburg
virginia
yorktown
going
church
1971
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13 May 2011

As part of the Telling Arlington's Story initiative, Kenny James remembers his parents at the Multigenerational Afircan-American Storytelling Workshop at the Arlington Public Library. www.arlingtonstory.us
  • 1 participant
  • 3 minutes
grandparents
dad
oldest
mom
senior
70s
arlington
doctor
chief
sharing
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6 Apr 2011

In this latest episode of Tell Arlington's Story, Mattie Walker talks about segregation and child rearing in Arlington VA in the 1930s.
  • 1 participant
  • 2 minutes
arlington
town
village
washington
place
residence
cocooned
rearing
families
like
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31 Mar 2011

Tell Arlington's Story is an initiative to document Arlington's rich heritage through the collection of residents' stories. In this clip, filmed at the Multi-generational African-American Storytelling Workshop at the Arlington Central Library, Mattie Walker talks about Arlington when it was a farm community and her early school days. For more information about this project, go to http://arlingtonstory.us.
  • 1 participant
  • 6 minutes
arlington
suburbia
raised
home
father
old
mecklenburg
began
crane
migrated
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11 Feb 2011

Everyone has a story to tell. Arlington is a community of people with compelling stories -- whether you've been here generations or just a year or two. Share your story at http://www.arlingtonstory.us

People featured in video:
Katina Wells -- Foster Parent of the year 2010
Thomas W. Richards - Arlington County Board Member 1961 -- 1968; 1975
Mimi Ho, Photographer
Dr. Yue Wang, Professor Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute
Don Zientara, Founder of Inner Ear Studios
Ellen Bozman - Arlington County Board Member 1974 -- 1997
Paata Tsikurishvili, Founding Artistic Director, Synetic Theater
  • 6 participants
  • 2 minutes
relocated
outcast
living
mistreated
place
drama
housing
arlington
dreams
wanted
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