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ARLINGTON FOREST NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION PLAN December 31, 2021 ARLINGTON FOREST NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION PLAN December 31, 2021 PHOTOS (clockwise from upper left, with photo credits) Street in Arlington Forest (Hutch Brown); Four Mile Run just below Huffman’s Falls (Hutch Brown); northern red oak leaves in Lubber Run Park (Hutch Brown); monarch butterfly on common milkweed in Arlington Forest (David Howell); raccoon in Lubber Run Park (David Howell); Arlington Forest Shopping Center (Dan Brown); red-tailed hawk in Arlington Forest (David Howell); American goldfinch in Arlington Forest (David Howell). CONTENTS Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 4 Neighborhood Goals..................................................................................................................................... 14 Land Use and Zoning ................................................................................................................................... 16 Housing ........................................................................................................................................................ 22 Street Conditions .......................................................................................................................................... 25 Transportation/Traffic Management ............................................................................................................ 27 Green Infrastructure ..................................................................................................................................... 33 County Parks and Facilities ...................................................................................................................... 34 Neighborhood Trees ................................................................................................................................. 64 Neighborhood Beautification ................................................................................................................... 67 Other Public Facilities and Services ............................................................................................................. 70 Commercial/Business Areas......................................................................................................................... 72 Historical Preservation ................................................................................................................................. 75 Other Challenges and Opportunities ............................................................................................................ 78 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................... 81 Appendix A: Recommendations/Implementation Strategies ........................................................................ 83 Appendix B: Sources Used ........................................................................................................................... 89 Appendix C: Neighborhood Conservation Survey ....................................................................................... 92 Appendix D: Neighborhood Demographics ............................................................................................... 108 Arlington Forest Neighborhood Conservaton Plan 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Arlington Forest is a community of 852 single- family detached houses in west-central Arling- ton. Founded in 1939 on former farmland, the residences are on small lots of about 6,000 square feet each with R‒6 zoning (One Family Dwelling District). The community includes a small shopping center and ample county park- land (mostly in Lubber Run, Bluemont, and Glencarlyn Parks), along with Barrett Elemen- tary School, the Lubber Run Community Center, and the Lubber Run Amphitheater. Arlington Forest was added to the National Registry of His- toric Places in 2005. Our community has an ac- Painted lady butterfly in Arlington Forest. If you plant tive citizens’ association (the Arlington Forest natives, they will come! Photo: David Howell. Citizens Association, or AFCA), with meetings respondents was potential upzoning and overde- eight times a year and a newsletter delivered to velopment, which would change the character of every household before each meeting. our neighborhood for the worse. The goal of this Respondents to a neighborhood survey in spring neighborhood conservation plan is to help pre- 2020 expressed their appreciation for the park- serve the qualities that make Arlington Forest a like residential atmosphere of this rare wooded desirable place to live while welcoming new island in an urban environment. Residents cher- neighbors from every background to our com- ish the trees in our neighborhood and the ability munity. to get out and enjoy them on walks. Almost all Based on our neighborhood goals, this updated residents use our local parks, and we have a deep plan outlines conditions in our neighborhood, affection for the rare natural ecosystems in them. including challenges and opportunities in a range Another element valued by residents is the sense of areas. We arrived at a community consensus of community in Arlington Forest, along with the that some opportunities should become recom- quiet and walkability of our streets and the charm mendations for county and neighborhood action of our homes and gardens. Arlington Forest has a to help achieve our goals. Appendix A summa- neighborhood vibrancy that neighbors want to rizes scores of recommendations by correspond- sustain and reinforce. Residents prize the con- ing section of the plan, together with suggestions venient commutes and the shops, restaurants, for carrying them out. good schools, libraries, and public services of all kinds, along with opportunities for community Arlington Forest strongly supports all existing volunteering and for enjoying culture and the land uses and zonings in our neighborhood, and we urge the county to keep them in place. AFCA arts, not least at the Lubber Run Amphitheater. is prepared to work with the county to help align Maintenance of our neighborhood parks is a con- the outcomes of the Missing Middle Housing cern for our community in terms of both infra- Study with the 2020 General Land Use Plan and structure and ecological integrity. Other concerns our own neighborhood goals for Arlington For- include traffic safety issues on some streets, the est. We urge the county to work with us to re- effects of stormwater runoff, and the loss of can- solve safety issues with respect to street mainte- opy trees, which threatens the beauty and integri- nance and traffic management in our neighbor ty of our community. However, the single big- hood. We also want to work with the county to gest threat to our neighborhood listed by survey find long-term solutions to problems associated Arlington Forest Neighborhood Conservaton Plan 3 with park infrastructure, tree canopy loss, and ecological degradation in our local parks, includ- ing stormwater runoff, invasive species, and deer overpopulation. We share the county’s commit- ment to historical preservation, and we urge the county to take advantage of corresponding op- portunities in our vicinity. INTRODUCTION Arlington Forest is a community of 852 single- family detached houses on small properties in west-central Arlington about 3-1/2 miles from Washington, DC. The neighborhood straddles the North/South Arlington line demarcated by Ar- lington Boulevard. The map below shows the neighborhood boundaries. Covering 219 acres, the neighborhood is bordered by the W&OD Trail in the southwest; by North George Mason Drive and North Carlin Springs Road in the north and northwest; and by North Henderson Road and Arlington Forest Branch (a brook) in the east. The community also includes a block of homes east of North Henderson Road along 2nd Street North. A street in Arlington Forest, fairly typical of the entire Lubber Run and Arlington Boulevard intersect neighborhood, as are the large trees. Arlington Forest, dividing our neighborhood into Photo: Hutch Brown. four sections (see the map below). To the north of Arlington Boulevard are Northside (the area ern part of Greenbrier and the western part of east of Lubber Run), with 282 homes; and Southside drain directly into Four Mile Run. Greenbrier (the area west of the stream), with As recently as the 1930s, the area was entirely 399 homes. To the south of Arlington Boulevard farmland, forestland, and pastureland. Arlington is Southside, mostly to the east of Lubber Run Forest derives its name from the wooded portions but with a small addition west of the stream, of the original landscape, still evident in neigh- which together have 171 homes. boring parklands and in the large trees on many The three subneighborhoods drain into different properties. The streets of Arlington Forest wind subwatersheds formed by Lubber Run and Ar- through (mostly) colonial-style homes that were lington Forest Branch as tributaries of Four Mile originally homogeneous and small (with a stand- Run. About half of the land area of Arlington ard footprint of about 20 by 25 feet), although Forest is in the Lubber Run watershed, with the the houses now sport a variety of sizes and rest divided between
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