It’s was a terrifying week for the city and our neighbors. Seeing my own street turn into a river and and photos and videos across the city, I know Monday’s flooding event hit us hard. And many of you are still cleaning up basements and have more work and expenses ahead. The […]
We’re back in City Hall! This week’s meeting marked our return to a renovated and expanded City Hall after 18 months. Thank you for your patience during construction and supporting a safer, greener, and more accessible building. I thought this week’s topics were a fitting way to kick off our […]
After 18 months, we unceremoniously wrapped up our last meeting in our temporary digs at the Community Center and return to a renovated City Hall next Monday. Join us as we formally re-open City Hall and dedicate the new Council Chambers and Court Room next Monday night at 6 pm, followed by our […]
Today is a big day! Besides being the last day of school for FCCPS students, today, at 2 pm, is also the groundbreaking for our new high school. In fact, it’s been a big week: the comprehensive agreement for the West Falls Church project was signed, the new downtown park officially opened, […]
We have a packed and historic week coming up. If you, too, have school-age kids and are drowning in end of year picnics, field days, recitals, teacher gifts, spring sports that just won’t end … I see you (and offer you a stress reliever below*). And even if you are above water, I hope you find […]
Thank you for the overwhelming and enthusiastic response to my announcement to run for re-election. I was flattered to be asked so many times to run again, and I have truly appreciated the outpouring of support. In less than a week – we’re nearly done with the required signatures already. The campaign […]
After the ceremonious votes last week, City Council got back to business in a work session all about the future of Falls Church. “Comprehensive Plan” usually doesn’t make headlines, nor does it inspire people to show up to community meetings, but hear me out – this is important. The Comp […]
By now, you may have read the headlines or heard the news that there were some “big signings” this week. Yes, there were some important votes – some of the biggest and most impactful to the city for years to come – by both the City Council and the School Board. Read on […]
We are coming down to the wire with the West Falls Church projects. We had a 5 hour work session this week to discuss the latest development plans and the comprehensive agreement (the legal contract between the city and the developers). We are still targeting a vote next week, followed by […]
This week’s blog post will be short and sweet. With the budget behind us, the high school and economic development projects will be our main focus for the next few weeks and the primary topic in our upcoming meetings. You can continue to offer public comment at our meetings and/or email us […]
And that’s a wrap! We adopted the FY20 budget this week in what I guess was record time, wrapping up the budget vote by 9 pm (although our meeting lasted til 11 pm on other business), with no real estate tax increase as expected. Read on for my thoughts about the new budget […]
After a marathon meeting + work session combo, this week’s post will be short and sweet. We are on hiatus from public meetings next week, but there is no rest for the weary. Here are the big dates to keep in mind: City staff moves back to City Hall: city offices […]