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• Small Business Focus: Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

  24-04-2024 22:45 via arlnow.com
  
  May marks Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, a time to honor the multifaceted contributions of AAPI communities to Arlington’s economic, cultural and social tapestry. Celebrate AAPI heritage and culture this month and all year long by joining us for community events in May and supporting AAPI-owned Arlington businesses enhancing the vibrancy and diversity of our local economy and community.
  The Impact of AAPI Businesses on Arlington’s Economy
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• Stop giving iPads and MacBooks to all students, parent group tells APS

  24-04-2024 21:45 via arlnow.com
  
  A parent association is asking Arlington Public Schools to change its policy of providing every student with an iPad or MacBook.
  Arguing that the devices are bad for children’s mental development and needlessly expensive, Arlington Parents for Education wants the Arlington School Board to roll back funding for them this budget cycle. It is requesting an end to the one-to-one policy for students in kindergarten through 2nd grade, a reduction in devices for 3rd through 5th graders and a tran
  
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• The Arlington Festival of the Arts is back this weekend!

  24-04-2024 20:45 via arlnow.com
  
  Join the 10th Annual Arlington Festival of the Arts this weekend on April 27 and 28, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  Discover incredible handmade-in-the-USA artwork in Clarendon — Arlington’s vibrant neighborhood.
  Visitors can expect to be impressed by a diverse range of artistic mediums, including sculpture, pottery, jewelry, photography, mixed-media, painting, and much more.
  This event caters to a wide range of artistic preferences, ensuring that each attendee finds a piece of art that spe
  
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• Three Arlington spots named among top 250 U.S. sports bars

  24-04-2024 19:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Arlington is home to three of the top 250 sports bars in the United States, according to a new set of rankings.
  The list, published by betting site BetUS, is based on three simple factors: beer price, hamburger price, and a Google review average.
  While sports bars in Mississippi, Wisconsin, Colorado and Nebraska comprised the top five on the list, Crystal City Sports Pub (529 23rd Street S.) was the highest ranked in the D.C. area, at No. 53.
  “With 154 million people tuning in to watch the
  
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• Graham Holdings moving headquarters to trophy high-rise building in Rosslyn

  24-04-2024 18:44 via wtop.com
  
  The 1812 N. Moore Street office building, which is also home to Nestle USA's headquarters. (Courtesy Monday Properties)The 1812 N. Moore Street office building, which is also home to Nestle USA's headquarters. (Courtesy Monday Properties)Arlington, Virginia-based Graham Holdings, the Graham family empire that sold The Washington Post to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos a decade ago, is moving its corporate headquarters to a 35-story trophy building in Rosslyn.
  The new location will be at 1812 N. Moore
  
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• New tree canopy goal for D.C. area calls on Arlington to get greener

  24-04-2024 17:30 via arlnow.com
  
  The D.C. area’s council of governments wants to get at least half of the region covered in trees.
  After years of shrinking tree cover, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) adopted a goal earlier this month of maintaining a minimum canopy of at least 50% throughout the D.C. area. It is calling on local governments including Arlington to commit to a similar goal.
  To meet this target, a COG report recommends tree coverage of 35-40% in urban centers as dense as Arlington.
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• New bubble tea shop and sushi restaurant set to open side by side in Clarendon

  24-04-2024 16:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Clarendon may be getting another boba tea shop and a new sushi joint.
  A little over a year after ObyLee Winery and Coffee Shop closed, a new tenant filed a permit to open a bubble tea shop called Bobolicious in the same space, per county records.
  The new bubble tea shop owner, April Luong, told ARLnow they intend to open sometime this spring.
  “We are still waiting for the final inspection,” she said in a text. “Grand opening will probably be in a month or two.”
  There are
  
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• New urgent care clinic opens in Ballston area

  24-04-2024 15:30 via arlnow.com
  
  The urgent care clinic replacing the former Petco Unleashed store in the Ballston area is already open.
  The pet store at 3902 Wilson Blvd closed in late January. Just three months later, the new Inova-GoHealth Urgent Care clinic is open in the freshly renovated space.
  The company said it saw am urgent need for an urgent care center in the area, which includes a census tract with the highest population density in the D.C. region. This is the second Inova urgent care clinic in Arlington, with the
  
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• ARLnow Daily Debrief for Apr 23, 2024

  24-04-2024 02:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Good Tuesday evening, Arlington. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.News recap
  The following articles were published earlier today — Apr 23, 2024.9:45 am: Libby Garvey endorses County Board candidate to succeed her |Comments
  10:45 am: Arlington Festival of the Arts returns to Clarendon this weekend, prompting road closures |Comments
  11:45 am: County Board’s stance on Israel-Hamas war considered amid ceasefire de
  
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