New SCA Website

By / November 4, 2022 /

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 / August 24, 2022 /

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 / April 14, 2022 /

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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Black and Red Sign board Will be in Progress

A fog is being released in Shirlington this week to shoo away crows

By / March 30, 2022 /

Each night this week, an artificial fog will roll through the Village at Shirlington. Itspurpose is to get a murder of crows, which once again wintered in Arlington — doingtheir…

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Construction work at a new project site

Public parking in the Village at Shirlington

By / December 12, 2021 /

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 / June 2, 2021 /

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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Fire and smoke at an apartment at Shirlington

Large Fire at Shirlington Apartment Building

By / May 24, 2021 /

Firefighters from Arlington and surrounding areas battled a large fire at an apartmentbuilding this morning. The fire broke out at The Citizen at Shirlington Village apartmentbuilding, on the 3000 block…

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

SCA Board Report for 2020

By / May 1, 2021 /

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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No Metro station, but Shirlington has culture, dining, biking — and a very popular dog park

By / April 14, 2021 /

Dear Shirlington Homeowner Associations, Residents, Nonprofits, and Merchants: We hope you saw the April17th Washington Post Real Estate article, which captures many aspects of our unique community including its affordability…Shirlington…

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Jennie Dean park Magazine Page

Jennie Dean Park ballfields to salute Arlington notables

By / March 23, 2021 /

When its renovation is complete, Jennie Dean Park will not just have two modernized ballfields. Thoseballfields will have names. County-government officials plan to name the fields after two men whowere…

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