Shirlington Park, Past and Present

Shirlington Park is one of our area’s treasured assets. This narrow, tree-filled park with a pedestrianand biking trail runs along Four Mile Run stream parallel to S Arlington Mill Drive

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Arlington County Moving Forward with Pedestrian Bridge Near Shirlington

Arlington could finally make progress on a pedestrian and bicycle bridge over Four MileRun near Shirlington that’s been under discussion for nearly two decades, according tocounty staff… Read More

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Delivering Results for Shirlington in 2017-18

The SCA has been working hard to improve our quality of life and enhance property values. Inparticular, a team of SCA Board members served on the Four Mile Run Valley

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SCA Comments on the Request for a Planning Study

Remarks to the Planning Commission, Arlington County by President of Shirlington CivicAssociation:Federal Realty is of course the property owner for the Village of Shirlington. Our civicassociation is larger than the

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What Have We Done for Shirlington Lately?

Two years ago, we formed Shirlington’s first-ever civic association to give our community avoice in Arlington County affairs. With 2,200 households in eight homeowner associations andthree large rental… Read More

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SCA Dog Park Resolution Passes Unanimously

On its well-attended February 22 Membership meeting, the Association heard a presentation by Mr.Keith Fred, head of the Shirlington Dogs II volunteer sponsor group. This presentation, with slides,was… Read More

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ART Buses leaving the parking area on March 1,2017

On February 8th, 2017, the SCA received the following news from the Department ofEnvironmental Services (DES) about the Arlington Transit (ART) buses now in the park andrelated matters. … Read

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Four Mile Run Valley Planning Update

We are now in Month 7 of the 4MRV planning process. There is lots of time for YOU to get involvedand informed before final decisions are made, but don’t delay.

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Arlington’s new “AirBnB” Policy

This winter, the County solicited citizen input on what is known as “short-termresidential rentals.” To mere mortals, this comes down to whether AirBnB and similarresidence “sharing” businesses should be allowed

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Recycling “Center” Move to Trades Center

On September 27, the County requested a Use Permit to move the Recycling Center now atColumbia Pike and Four Mile Run Drive to the Trades Center. A final vote of

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