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Updates from Letty –
September 20, 2024
Today is the first day of early voting! Remember Virginia has no excuse early voting, so you can stop into City Hall anytime during the week (weekend early voting begins in late October). It’s been a packed week! Last weekend was the embodiment of Falls Church: our “small town vibe” […]
Updates from Letty –
September 13, 2024
This was one of those weeks where what happened outside of our City Council meeting and outside of the votes we cast were most notable, with a lot of good news all around that you should know about: See you at the Falls Church Festival (and closing out our year-long […]
Updates from Letty –
September 6, 2024
I hope the start of the school year and fall season has been good to everyone. City Council returned from our summer recess this week with a work session on accessory dwelling units and the bike master plan. Read on if you’re interested in housing and biking, both have more […]
Updates from Letty –
August 16, 2024
Thank you for the kind notes last week and welcome to all the new readers! This will be my last post for a few weeks as we head into our summer recess. City Council meetings will resume on September 3. We will be holding a special election on November 5, […]
Updates from Letty –
August 9, 2024
It’s been a roller coaster of a week, full of highs and lows. We were named the Healthiest Community in the US at the beginning of the week – congratulations Falls Church! Our continued strong showing represents decades of thoughtful work by people who made good, forward-thinking decisions along the […]
Updates from Letty –
July 26, 2024
Lots to share this week – updates on the housing front (accessory dwellings and affordable homeownership), touring the newly opened Broad & Washington building, and updates on capital projects underway across the city and coming soon. And shout out to the new readers from the 455 Tinner Hill building! I […]
Updates from Letty –
July 19, 2024
Besides discussion in our work session about parking code changes, our 2 year priorities and work plan, and brick sidewalks — this week, the long-awaited news about the anchor grocery store at West Falls (the 10 acre project adjacent to the secondary schools campus) was shared. Believe it or not […]
Updates from Letty –
July 12, 2024
While we had no meeting this week with the Fourth of July holiday, there is plenty to share and get on your calendars. There is a lot of work underway across the city so this should be an informative, popular post about new stuff happening around town – from private […]
Updates from Letty –
June 28, 2024
After a week off, City Council was back in session this week, so I’ll share updates on bike route community meetings and the concept of “Complete Streets” and the new Tinner Hill District, and new legislation from Richmond that goes into effect July 1. While my posts will be a […]
Updates from Letty –
June 7, 2024
With the last day of school here, I’m going to keep it light this week. There is a lot of activity with projects around town so I’ll share photos and highlights, as well as the Community Center HVAC upgrade and renovation that will start this fall – read on as […]
Updates from Letty –
May 24, 2024
It’s been a big week for public art and economic development – we’ve had one new mural go up in the city and another is now underway! I’m thrilled to see continued public and private investment in making our City more vibrant every year. On the economic development front, ICYMI […]
Updates from Letty –
May 17, 2024 (final budget edition)
It’s been a big week — we welcomed a huge commercial real estate tour to Falls Church, I received my first invitation to the White House, we celebrated important women of Falls Church past and present, we kicked off Asian American Pacific Islander Month with our first celebration at City […]