Shirlington Civic Association

News You Can Use 

By Shirlington Civic Association / September 16, 2023 / Comments Off on News You Can Use 

Top three changes coming to Shirlington area this autumn and winter: the Village streetscape normalizes, two old 4MRV buildings get torn down, and the Cap City brewery space gets filled! …

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Village News

By Shirlington Civic Association / January 7, 2023 / Comments Off on Village News

Happy new year! Our January 9th meeting will be a working session of the Board with no special presentation. Meanwhile, here’s some news: Village streets will be cleared of special…

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New SCA Website

By Shirlington Civic Association / November 4, 2022 / Comments Off on New SCA Website

Welcome to our new website! We’re still working on it, so feel free to help test it. Our goals have been to consolidate key community information and documents from our…

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A park by night

$12 Million Plan to Update Village Streetscape

By Shirlington Civic Association / August 24, 2022 / Comments Off on $12 Million Plan to Update Village Streetscape

On July 11, 2022, the SCA hosted a Zoom about Federal Realty’s new $12 million proposal for updating Village public spaces, hopefully in 2023. A record turnout of 55 people…

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Shirlington Village News Post-Covid

By Shirlington Civic Association / April 14, 2022 / Comments Off on Shirlington Village News Post-Covid

The Village at Shirlington emerged from the worst of the Covid-19 crisis doing pretty well. Most retail spaces are leased. Some of the credit goes to you. The loyal support…

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Construction work at a new project site

Public parking in the Village at Shirlington

By Shirlington Civic Association / December 12, 2021 / Comments Off on Public parking in the Village at Shirlington

Is there enough parking in the Village at Shirlington? Here’s what we told County urban planners on July 7, 2019. It remains our bottom line on any approval process for…

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VAS Improvement Plan Layout

Federal Realty Property Improvement Plan for Village at Shirlington

By Shirlington Civic Association / June 2, 2021 / Comments Off on Federal Realty Property Improvement Plan for Village at Shirlington

Note: This letter refers to the overall rationale for making changes in Shirlington public spaces and specifically to the June, 2021 FRIT proposal, which was replaced by an even better…

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Long shot of the village street, tree, and white chairs

SCA Board Report for 2020

By Shirlington Civic Association / May 1, 2021 / Comments Off on SCA Board Report for 2020

Dear Shirlington Homeowner Associations, Residents, Nonprofits, and Merchants: We hope you saw the April 17th Washington Post Real Estate article, which captures many aspects of our unique community including itsaffordability…Shirlington…

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A cyclist cycling at Shirlington Park

Shirlington Park, Past and Present

By Shirlington Civic Association / June 1, 2020 / Comments Off on 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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Special GLUP Study area map

SCA Comments on the Request for a Planning Study

By Shirlington Civic Association / February 14, 2018 / Comments Off on 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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