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• Why it’s hard to tell if Amazon HQ2 is driving up Arlington home prices

  20-11-2023 20:40 via wtop.com
  
  To date, Amazon has staffed up HQ2 with about 8,000 employees, enough of an influx that it should have registered on the housing market radar screen on sales, prices and rent. It may have, but it is unclear.(Courtesy Amazon)To date, Amazon has staffed up HQ2 with about 8,000 employees, enough of an influx that it should have registered on the housing market radar screen on sales, prices and rent. It may have, but it is unclear.(Courtesy Amazon)It was five years ago this month that Amazon officia
  
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• Arlington County shares draft drone policies, asks community for comments

  20-11-2023 13:19 via wtop.com
  
  Arlington County, Virginia, officials are asking residents to share their thoughts about using drones for public safety by New Year’s Day.
  The new Unmanned Aircraft Systems program would help to increase Arlington County’s response to emergencies, according to a statement from the county. Fire, police and sheriffs offices are developing the program alongside the county’s public safety communication and emergency management department.
  “Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) prov
  
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• A Thanksgiving meal for newly-resettled refugees

  20-11-2023 12:21 via wtop.com
  
  Hundreds of refugees from Ukraine, Afghanistan, Eritrea and other countries facing conflict, got a taste of Thanksgiving at a special event in Silver Spring, Maryland, Sunday afternoon.
  “I only saw Thanksgiving in the movies before,” Natalia, a refugee from Ukraine who resettled in Ellicott City, Maryland, told WTOP. This year, she’s with her two young sons and husband.
  “I’m so curious about what’s going on, what people do and what they eat,” she said.
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