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• More Arlington properties are now located within floodplains, county says

  25-09-2023 21:30 via arlnow.com
  
  FEMA’s new flood map for Rock Spring (via Arlington County)
  More Arlington properties could be impacted by 100- and 500-year floods, according to new federal flood insurance rate maps.
  The county estimates some 300 buildings, up from 172, now risk a 1% annual chance of being inundated by floods expected to happen once a century. Another 1,150 parcels, up from 1,054, face a 0.2% annual chance of floods that come around every half-millennia.
  It identified the probable increase after comparin
  
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• County Board approves additional $200k request for courtroom renovation project

  25-09-2023 20:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Arlington County courthouse on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023 (staff photo by James Jarvis)
  Costs are creeping up for a courtroom makeover in Arlington.
  County Board members approved an extra $200,000 this past Saturday to complete renovations in Courtroom 10B, a project ambitiously dubbed the “courtroom of the future.”
  The Board had initially approved a $1.9 million budget for the project, encompassing not only tech enhancements and layout modifications but also administrative costs and a
  
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• County Board set to get into the weeds of defining a ‘weed’ this week

  25-09-2023 19:30 via arlnow.com
  
  A yard in the Forest Glen neighborhood in October 2016 (file photo)
  Gardens with abundant native species could soon have an official definition in county code: “managed natural landscape.”
  This definition would protect Arlingtonians who grow the kinds of native grasses, wildflowers and shrubs that make them prone to complaints from neighbors and visits from code enforcement.
  While such gardens can “be perceived to be unmaintained or unintentional… they often involve as m
  
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• This Arlington company is using a $120 million acquisition to make high-tech advances on the battlefield

  25-09-2023 18:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow, Startup Monday is a weekly column that profiles Arlington-based startups, founders, and other local technology news. Monday Properties is proudly featuring Three Ballston Plaza. 
  An Arlington-based company that builds unmanned expeditionary vehicles for war is seeking to continue its growth with the acquisition of a robotics startup from Florida.
  AeroVironment said in a press release that its $120 million acquisition of Tomahawk Robotic
  
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• County to battle stormwater runoff and rehabilitate sewers with $2.25 million federal grant

  25-09-2023 17:30 via arlnow.com
  
  The Gulf Branch stream in 2019 (courtesy Arlington County)
  Armed with some federal funding, Arlington County plans to stem stormwater runoff with native plantings and fix leaky sewer pipes that serve thousands of people.
  On Saturday, the Arlington County Board accepted a $2.25 million federal grant to be split evenly among three planned projects. These projects, expected to cost some $6 million in total, are intended to reduce runoff into streets and streams, filter pollutants from local streams
  
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• Drivers who fail to stop for Arlington pedestrians in the crosswalk could face $500 fine

  25-09-2023 16:38 via wtop.com
  
  Drivers in Arlington County, Virginia, are now required to come to a complete stop for pedestrians in the crosswalk — as opposed to the previous law which required they yield.
  Some lawmakers argue the previous law to yield the right of way allowed drivers to cut off pedestrians trying to cross the road. The Arlington County Board changed the law to require a full stop until a pedestrian has passed by the driver’s lane.
  Drivers who don’t stop for pedestrians could face a fine be
  
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• Clarendon Day, Celtic Festival and Oktoberfest to prompt road closures this weekend

  25-09-2023 16:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Clarendon Day (file photo)
  Several events are scheduled to take place across Arlington on Saturday, bringing both festivities and road closures.
  The events celebrate everything from the neighborhood of Clarendon to Bavarian and Irish culture.
  Clarendon Day
  Kicking off at 11 a.m., Clarendon Day will offer live music, food, craft beer, Virginia wines, art and inflatable obstacle courses. The event, which is one of Arlington’s largest street festivals, ends at 6 p.m.
  Metro riders can take the
  
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• Here are ten local businesses listed for sale in Arlington

  25-09-2023 15:30 via arlnow.com
  
  For sale sign in front of a business district (generated by DALL-E 2)
  Last time we checked in on the Arlington businesses listed for sale online, in June, we highlighted a dozen restaurants and stores.
  This time around we have ten — but a wider variety of business types.
  The businesses listed on BizBuySell, an online aggregator, are described but usually not named.
  The listings below are a reminder that the local business community is far from static — businesses are constantly openi
  
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• ‘More than just a business’: Arlington hardware store has strong local connection

  25-09-2023 11:37 via wtop.com
  
  Ayers Variety & Hardware in Arlington, Virginia, is a decades-old family-owned business.(WTOP/Nick Iannelli)Ayers Variety & Hardware in Arlington, Virginia, is a decades-old family-owned business.(WTOP/Nick Iannelli)Owning a local hardware store offers a unique blend of rewards and challenges.
  On one hand, it provides a sense of community — the opportunity to offer personalized service and a chance to contribute to the local economy.
  On the other hand, however, it demands adaptabil
  
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• Columbia Pike road repair project a disruptive but necessary nuisance in Arlington Co.

  25-09-2023 02:29 via wtop.com
  
  HOLD until Monday, Sept. 25. Photos sent via Slack from Sandy Kozel. Part of a living with road repairs series.
  Arlington County isn’t sugarcoating it. The next phase of its multiyear, multimillion dollar road improvement project along Columbia Pike is expected to cause traffic disruption and delays, not to mention dust, mud, noise and debris.
  “I’m not going to lie, it’s going to be pretty disruptive,” said Sheila Borkar, project manager for this phase of the Columb
  
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