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Newsletter No. 6, 2018 June 2019 Website: http://www.crystalcitycivic.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crystalcitycivic/ Inside this Issue: Arlington County Issues Primary Elections June 11 Civic Association Issues Input Needed on Shared Mobility Devices project Next CCCA Meeting SPRC Citizens Guide Welcome to Zach Komes Arlington County Profile July Newsletter School Board Approves $669.5 Million APS Budget Crystal City Development and Amazon Renaming Jeff Davis Highway Amazon From the ground up No More Glass Recycling Indicator of what HQ2 might house Housing Arlington Community Kickoff D.C.-area workforce: still work to do County Board Salary Survey Amazon's new landlord needed to raise money Rock-n-Recycle: Solid Waste Bureau’s Open House JBG Smith’s affordable housing initiative Turn Compost into a Food Bank’s Fresh Produce Governor’s Highway Safety Award Crystal City Development and Planning Issues Contribute Time and Talent I-395 South HOV slip-ramp near Pentagon to close Get the Know-How to ‘Make the Right Call’ 8 Projects to Watch Arlington’s Tourism Ambassador Construction Updates Arlington Ranked Fittest ‘City’ in the Country Clark Street demolition update Arlington Surpasses D.C. in Bike Friendliness Rating Transportation Funding Projects Near Amazon HQ2 A Library or Cafe Could Change Your Life Other News: JBG Smith and DEA's headquarters renovation Six Blue & Yellow line Metro stations closed Want a house near Amazon's HQ2? Good luck Major Metrorail Project Impact on airport Travelers Possible Black Box Theatre in Crystal City National Airport Construction Advisory Branding for "National Landing" Area DC2RVA Final EIS Va. Tech’s Campus more than ‘Amazon University’ The Connection Library Crystal City Farm Market Opens Crystal City BID Updates Meridian near Amazon sells for $228 million For Quicker Updates on Issues and Events New Military-Focused Barber Shop Opens in Crystal City Planet Fitness Announces New Location in Pentagon Row Like our Facebook page for notifications and check out New Pentagon Fashion Center Store the website. NEWSLETTER NO. 6 – CRYSTAL CITY CIVIC ASSOCIATION 2 • Sustainable LEED Gold-certified buildings: 2.1 Civic Association million square feet of energy-efficient office buildings with state-of-the-art workspaces and green outdoor terraces for our employees in two 22- Issues story towers. • Street-level retail and restaurants: 50,000 square Next CCCA Meeting June 3 feet of new retail space for shops, restaurants, and a In response to requests from many CCCA members, we daycare center for area residents and Amazonians. have scheduled a meeting June 3 from 7-9 pm on • New public and green spaces: 1.1 acres of new “Security, Safety, and Mobility in Crystal City.” Our panel public open space, designed for a variety of uses, of three speakers will be: including a dog park, recreation areas, farmers 1) Captain Wayne Vincent, head of Police Outreach for markets, and more – helping realize the Arlington County, on Security and crime in Crystal City"; community’s vision for a large, centrally-located park. 2) Eric Goldstein, Chair of the Pedestrian Advisory • Bike-friendly access: Space for 600 bikes in on-site Committee (PAC) on "Safety Issues for Pedestrians and bike facilities, with plans to construct a new portion Bikers"; and of the cycle path on South Eads Street to help link 3) Jim Larsen of the County Transportation Mobility Team Arlington’s cycling infrastructure. and Shared Mobility Devices Pilot Program on "Scooters Amazon points to past multibillion-dollar and Dockless Bikes" acquisitions as indicator of what HQ2 might We will also have a brief update from Pat Carroll of the house Arlington County Legislative Department on “What’s Keep an eye on what companies Amazon.com Inc. buys Next?” in renaming Jefferson Davis Highway. next. It could be what fills HQ2. Acquisitions will likely Venue: Back to the Crystal Park Condominium determine what jobs and teams develop at the second community room, 1805 Crystal Drive. headquarters in Arlington, said Holly Sullivan, Amazon's Welcome to Zach Komes who has agreed to be head of worldwide economic development. Read more appointed as our Membership Liaison Director and help here. with outreach to the Millennial Amazon has praised the D.C.-area workforce. community. Zach is a Millennial But there's a lot of work still to do apartment dweller who works in The quality of Greater Washington’s workforce has community economic development widely been cited as a prime reason Amazon chose in the District. Come meet him Arlington for its new headquarters — but there’s still Monday night. room for improvement. Accordingly, the county’s July Newsletter economic development officials say they’ve recently Since your Editor will be out of the country at the end of teamed up with major employers in the area to do a bit June, your newsletter may be a) delayed; b) early; or c) not of recruiting in other hubs for tech talent around the sent at all. We’ll see. country. Read more here. Amazon's new landlord needed to raise money to make money Amazon in Crystal JBG Smith Properties (NYSE: JBGS) stands to make a substantial amount of money helping Amazon.com Inc. City build out its second headquarters in Arlington County, but as it disclosed with its first quarter earnings report Amazon From the ground up Tuesday, it takes money to make money. A lot of it. Amazon’s new Arlington campus will feature energy- The Chevy Chase developer plans to raise $400 million efficient offices, new community space, and through property sales and recapitalizations this year, neighborhood retail. Read the Washington Post article but JBG Smith CEO Matt Kelly said in the company's here. Here are some highlights of the new site from quarterly letter to shareholders that those funds Amazon’s blog: wouldn't be enough to fully seize upon the opportunity NEWSLETTER NO. 6 – CRYSTAL CITY CIVIC ASSOCIATION 3 that is HQ2. Hence, its recent $472.3 million equity raise. weather permitting. View detour maps and additional Read more here. details on the project webpage: JBG Smith raises more than $78M for its One direction of travel on 18th Street will be open at all affordable housing initiative times during the demolition. Drivers will be encouraged JBG Smith Properties' affordable housing initiative has to use 15th and raised $78 million from investors in its first closing round, 20th Streets the company announced May 8. The Washington South as Housing Initiative, a joint effort of JBG Smith (NYSE: alternate routes. JBGS) and the Federal City Council that launched almost Some ART and a year ago, will use the money to acquire and operate a Metrobus bus few thousand units of "workforce housing." Read more stops will be here. relocated within the immediate area during this work.. Read Crystal City in details here. Development What to expect during this work: • Hours for the demolition work will be Monday through Friday, 8 am to 6 pm. I-395 South HOV slip-ramp near Pentagon to • Heavy equipment and jackhammering will be used close on or about June 1 to remove the concrete and steel bridge structure in The slip-ramp connecting the HOV lanes to the regular sections. There will be a lot of noise near the work (or general purpose) lanes on I-395 South near the site. No explosives will be used. Pentagon will close permanently starting on or about • Residents should expect more truck traffic in the June 1, according to the Virginia Department of area, as debris is hauled away. Transportation (VDOT). Read details here. County Board Approves Transportation 8 Projects to Watch Funding for Projects Near Amazon HQ2 Three of the projects in this County video are in our area: On Saturday, County Board members approved using Clark Street; Arlington Ridge Road; Long Bridge $33,850,000 in state funds for several transportation Aquatics Center. Watch now. projects that officials had used to woo Amazon during Construction Updates the tech giant’s search for its second headquarters: A number of public infrastructure and private • $18,850,000 to expand the Crystal City-Potomac redevelopment projects are currently underway in Yard Transitway to the Pentagon City, adding 1.1 Arlington's largest downtown with more coming soon. miles of dedicated bus lanes. See updates and renditions here for: Central District, • $10,000,000 for the Army-Navy Drive Complete Long Bridge Park Aquatic Center, Pentagon Centre, and Street project, which aims to redesign the roadway Clark Street Demolition. For a full list of all the for easier bike and pedestrian access between the construction, read here. Pentagon, Pentagon City, and Crystal City. Clark Street demolition update • $5,000,000 to help build an east entrance at Crystal Bridge demolition over 18th Street scheduled to start City Metro station, a project the county has June 10. Demolition of the Clark Street structure over postponed before for lack of funds. 18th Street South is scheduled to begin Monday, June The vote comes after Board members and state 10. This will be the final bridge demolition for the legislators pledged millions in transportation upgrades project. There will be a series of eastbound and near Amazon’s HQ2 site as long as the company meets westbound closures on 18th Street between South Eads certain job creation and space occupancy benchmarks. and South Bell Streets during this work. Northbound Read more here. South Bell Street between 18th and 15th Streets also will be closed. Detours are expected to last for 2-3 weeks, NEWSLETTER NO. 6 – CRYSTAL CITY CIVIC ASSOCIATION 4 Having a Library or Cafe Down the Block pointed out the need to keep the neighborhood names Could Change Your Life and to focus on how to integrate the different This Atlantic article indicates that Crystal City is moving communities better.