Announcements

Leeway Overlee Civic Association

Notice of General Membership Meeting:

Tues., March 7, 2023, 7:30 pm

This will be a virtual only meeting to be held through Zoom

In addition to the general business of the civic association, we will have as a guest speaker:

Matt De Ferranti, Member, Arlington County Board

To Join the Zoom Meeting, use one of these three options:  (updated 3/7/2023)

1)  Using your Internet connected electronic device, go to the Zoom website:  https://zoom.us/j/

Meeting ID:        872 9376 6252

Meeting password 861835

2)   Using your Internet connected electronic device, use this link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87293766252?pwd=TjQvWG5EN0ZwSmJiZlV1S2lXMFFPdz09

3)     For those who prefer to dial in by phone, dial +1-301-715-8592:

Meeting ID:        872 9376 6252

Meeting password 861835

Matt will update us on the status and configuration of Missing Middle as it is now proposed. Please bring your questions to Matt pertaining to key Leeway Overlee concerns, including:

·         Missing Middle

·         Langston Boulevard Alliance

·         Future plans for the longstanding Lee Center at the corner of Lexington Street and Langston Blvd.

Any Questions? Contact a member of the LOCA Exec Committee:

President             Jean Henceroth (President@LeewayOverlee.org)

Co-Vice President Michael Weinstein (Vicepresident@LeewayOverlee.org)

Co-Vice President   Karen Guevara (Vicepresident@LeewayOverlee.org)

Secretary            Ladd Connell (Secretary@LeewayOverlee.org)

Treasurer            Jennifer Michener (Treasurer@LeewayOverlee.org)

ArNAC Rep.      Rob Swennes (ArNAC@LeewayOverlee.org)

The LOCA Executive Committee joins our community in mourning the passing of Amy Penny Applebaum who contributed greatly to our Leeway Overlee community. You can find her obituary in ARLnow or the Washington Post:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/amy-appelbaum-obituary?id=38593602

SAVE THE DATE and your no-longer-needed household treasures to sell them at the

Leeway Overlee Community Day and Yard Sale!

When: Saturday, June 3, 2023, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Where: The John Marshall Drive/Ohio St. greenway between Langston Blvd. (Lee Highway) and Washington Blvd.

Cost: Attendance is free, but a $10 fee will be collected from individuals or families selling household items during the yard sale.

New sidewalk, curb & gutter on 24th St. North between Kentucky & Lexington Streets:

The LOCA Executive Committee endorsed a neighbor-driven request to install a new sidewalk and curb along the north side of 24th St. N. adjacent to the long-standing youth baseball diamond located at the south end of the Lee Center block. The project funding request was directed to the County's Missing Links program which supports construction of modest sidewalk projects connecting longer pedestrian walkways within a neighborhood. Those of us who walk this block appreciate the need to get pedestrians off this narrow "humped" street.

Cardinal Elementary School Stormwater Vault:

"A stormwater detention vault is an underground structure designed to manage excess stormwater runoff on a developed site, often in an urban setting."

On July 8, 2019, a massive rainstorm burst storm water pipes, inundating residences and businesses in Westover and downhill toward I66. Today, the ten-million-dollar Cardinal Elementary School Stormwater Vault, designed to prevent future similar floods, nears completion ahead of its originally anticipated completion date of October 2023.

·        Both the larger and smaller vaults as well as the final grading for the site are complete.

·        Washington Gas is relocating a gas line under North Lexington Street to prepare for a short-term project to install a new stormwater pipe on North Lexington St.

·        The new storm pipe project under North Lexington Street will soon commence.

·        North Lexington Street is restriped and open for two-way traffic.

LOCA welcomes volunteers!

·        Nominations for LOCA Executive Committee: The strength of the Civic Association depends on you. We strongly encourage younger and newer residents within Leeway Overlee to step forward to provide assistance and leadership!"

·        Newsletter/Flyer content, production and distribution: Would you like a nice walk in the neighborhood 3-4 times annually to help distribute this flyer or do you have stories to contribute? Please contact Rob Swennes (ArNAC@LeewayOverlee.org).

·        Community Day and Yard Sale Organizers: Learn how this magical day appears (almost) every year by itself. Please contact Rob Swennes (ArNAC@LeewayOverlee.org).

Arlington County

Long Range Planning Committee (LRPC)

of the Planning Commission 

Hybrid Virtual/In-Person Meeting

Learn more about the Long Range Planning Committee

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

7:00 - 7:45 p.m.

Bozman Government Center

2100 Clarendon Blvd., Conference Room 216

Virtual participation via MS Teams

Agenda

1.    Missing Middle Housing Study: Phase 3

• Staff: Matt Ladd (mladd@arlingtonva.us), Kellie Brown (kebrown@arlingtonva.us)

HOW TO PARTICIPATE:

1. Attend in-person at the Bozman Government Center, 2100 Clarendon Blvd., Conference Room 216. Parking and elevator access will be provided. Note: Parking in the Bozman garage is not available due to ongoing construction; however, parking in the surface lot is available.

2. Attend virtually via MS Teams. A public link is posted to the project webpage and is listed below:

• Click here to join the meeting via Teams

• To join by phone, dial +1 347-973-6905

• Enter the conference ID when prompted: 163 061 872#

The LRPC is a committee of the Planning Commission. The public may observe the meetings, but participation in the discussion is limited to members of the Planning Commission. Time for public comment is limited and at the discretion of the Committee chair. However, the public may submit written comments online, which will be provided to the committee members.

For questions about this notice, contact LRPC Staff Liaison: Anika Chowdhury, achowdhury@arlingtonva.us, 703-228-0096.

Plant for Pollinators (and Life)

If you missed the informative session on May 11, 2019, at the Lee Center Butterfly Garden, you are in luck! The presenter gave us a Pollinator Gardening Summary that contains some highlights from the presentation and information that you can use in your own home gardening.

The May 11 information session was intended to support national initiatives to help very imperiled pollinators. We learned about groupings of mainly native plants that can provide three seasons of food for bees and butterflies, and also help birds. Information included lists of plants; their size, color, and bloom periods; and how to group perennials, shrubs, and trees to create natural habitat.