The next AHCA meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 20, at 7:30 pm in the Career Center.  Agenda will include:

• Traffic and Transportation Committee report and neighborhood survey results
• Presentation by Arlington County Traffic Calming Program Manager Richard Best, followed by questions and answers
• Nomination and election of Second Vice President
• Request by Dittmar Construction for installation of decks at Arlington Heights Townes
• Neighborhood improvement projects and Neighborhood Conservation Advisory Committee report
• Living with the Arlington County Fair and staffing up the AHCA booth
• Patrick Henry Elementary School and Thomas Jefferson Middle School updates
• Code enforcement activities
• Park at S. Irving and 9th Streets

Neighborhood Conservation Plan Update Needed
by Jim Gill

    The time has come to update our Neighborhood Conservation Plan. The current version was written in 1980, and it reflects the priorities and concerns of the neighbors who lived here then. In the intervening 19 years, we have met some of the objectives of the plan and failed to meet others. As we move forward, we should confirm that we still have the same priorities. The update begins with a resolution from the civic association. The next step will be a survey of what is important to the people who live in our neighborhood. We will form a committee to consolidate the results of the survey and draft a Conservation Plan update. The AHCA will approve the update and send it to the County’s Neighborhood Conservation Advisory Committee (NCAC). The updated plan will be the basis for future NCAC sponsored neighborhood improvements.
    At its July 20 meeting, AHCA will be asked to approve the following motion:

    Please Help...The County is now adding plants and flowers to the sites of our new neighborhood signs. During hot and dry weather, we need to be sure our new landscaping is watered regularly. Watering is needed at S. 7th and Glebe Rd., S. 2nd and Garfield Ave., and Arlington Blvd. and S. Irving St. If you live near one of these sites, please be a good neighbor and water when you can. Help is needed particularly at the Arlington Blvd. location -- a few family members and friends, along with a few watering cans, will go a long way! Additional watering will be necessary at the park at S. 9th and Irving St. (our fourth sign location) when the park renovation is completed. Thank You!
 

See photos of the 1999 Arlington Heights Garden Tour! Visit the AHCA Website at :
    http://www/geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/7939
 

Join the AHCA e-mail list.
    Send your e-mail address to JAY.WIND@ATT.NET
 

Community Calendar

• July 15 - Neighborhood Conservation Advisory Committee, 7:30 pm, 4301 Wilson Blvd., Conference Room CC-2
• July 16-31 - "School for Scandal," by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Gossip, gossip, gossip! With characters appropriately named Mrs. Sneerwell and Mr. Snake, this back-stabbing play will surely make you think twice about saying those nasty things about your friends. The Arlington Players, TJ Theatre, Fri. & Sat. at 8. Call 549-1063.
• July 20 - AHCA Quarterly Meeting, 7:30 pm, Career Center
• August 19-22 - Arlington County Fair, Thomas Jefferson Community Center
• Columbia Pike Branch Library: Monday’s Child. The summer session of the preschool storytime programs will begin on Monday, July 12. Call 228-6545 for more details.
• Sundays through November - The Columbia Pike Homegrown Farmers’ Market, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm, S. Edgewood St. and Columbia Pike (near Ski Chalet)

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