Meet with County Staff to plan
reconstruction of South Garfield Street and 9th Road
Tuesday, August 27, 2002 at 7:30 pm
Canton Gourmet Restaurant—2911 Columbia
Pike—703-920-2323
(The food is VERY good there, by the way.)
This year, Arlington County reconstructs South Garfield
Street and 9th Road, behind your business on Walter Reed and
Columbia Pike. Your business will be affected.
Please help us plan the project. On Tuesday, August 27,
Arlington Heights Civic Association hosts a meeting of
neighbors and businesses around South Garfield Street and 9th Road
to discuss the proposed project and select neighbors to work
with County staff. This project is a major step toward the
realization of the Columbia Pike Initiative.
From Jay Jacob Wind, president, Arlington Heights Civic Association (703-218-2726):
Arlington County soon takes the second step in revitalizing Columbia Pike. (The first step was left turns at Glebe Road.) Reconstructing these streets and sidewalks and installing Carlyle lights beautifies the section around AT&T, La Casona, Mancini de Paris, Columbia Pike Artist Studio, U.S. Tae Kwon Do College, Venus Stereo & TV, Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse, Canton Gourmet Express Restaurant, Matuba Japanese Restaurant, Arlington Resale Thrift Shoppe, Oriental Chinese Restaurant, D&L Cleaners, Bangkok 54, 7-Eleven Food Store, Abi's Azteca Grill, and El Puerto Seafood House. Four years ago, the County approved these plans and secured funding, and now, with the last easement agreement signed, the work can finally begin. At the meeting August 27, I appoint several business owners to be Points of Contact to work with the other business owners and County Staff to make this project happen, and to meet the businesses' needs.
From Bill Roberts, Arlington County Office of Neighborhood Services (703-228-3824):
Arlington County recently received the last easement agreement
necessary to begin construction of long-planned improvements to
South Garfield Street and 9th Street South (off Columbia Pike near
the Cinema & Drafthouse) in the Arlington Heights neighborhood.
The project includes new, wider sidewalks, street trees and
ornamental streetlights. The project also includes the installation
of underground conduit that is necessary for the eventual
undergrounding of overhead utilities along this area of Columbia
Pike. The project is being funded through Community Conservation
bonds and is scheduled to be constructed this fall. For information
regarding this project, please contact Bill Roberts, Arlington
County Office of Neighborhood Services (703-228-3824).
From Tim Lynch, executive director of Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization (703-892-2776):
"Two more streets will be torn up along Columbia Pike. And it is a good thing. South Garfield Street and 9th Road South around the Cinema & Drafthouse will be torn up as a first step in the long-planned continued undergrounding of powerlines on Columbia Pike. This is the crucial beginning as it involves the placement of conduit and watermain work.
Once the burial is completed, new streetscape work will be done consistent with the rest of the Columbia Pike plan. This work will begin in the fall, now that the County has the final needed easement in hand.
South Garfield Street as it is today
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One Redesign Scenario
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