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Governor McAuliffe announces $226,000 in Building Entrepreneurial Economies funding
Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced $226,000 in Building Entrepreneurial Economies (BEE) awards for 12 projects in the Commonwealth. The BEE program provides funding to nonprofits and local governments to assist with the development of local and r...
Warner, Corker, Colleagues Urge FHFA Director Mel Watt to Move Beyond Duopolistic Tendencies of...
In a letter today to Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) director Mel Watt, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), U.S. Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) and a bipartisan group of Senate Banking Committee members raised concerns about the development of the Common Secur...
Warner, Hatch Introduce Bipartisan Geospatial Data Act
U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) have introduced the bipartisan Geospatial Data Reform Act to improve oversight and reduce duplication in the management of geospatial data. The federal government is the largest buyer of geospati...
Governor McAuliffe Announces More Than $2 Million In Industrial Revitalization Funds
Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced $2.3 million in Industrial Revitalization Fund (IRF) awards for the cities of Petersburg, Roanoke and Waynesboro, as well as the town of Ashland. The IRF program provides gap financing for construction projects ...
Virginia Delegation Applaud Navy Commitments to Virginia Ports
The Virginia Congressional delegation announced that the U.S. Navy will position its newest carrier, the Gerald Ford, at Naval Station Norfolk for the next several years given its unique capabilities and capacity. This will provide an additional aircra...
Governor McAuliffe announces development of Resiliency Plan for coastal communities
Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced that Virginia is developing a resiliency plan for its coastal communities.
Warner, Kaine, 12 Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Protect DHS Employees from a Targeted Republican...
Today U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined a dozen colleagues in introducing legislation, the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act of 2015, that would guarantee full pay for federal workers at the Department of Homeland Secu...
Arlington to Buy Land to Expand Benjamin Banneker Park
The County Board today voted to approve the purchase, for $688,710, of property at 6608 18th Street North, adjacent to the County’s Benjamin Banneker Park, for future expansion of the park. The property, near the park’s existing playground, also is...
Governor McAuliffe Announces $200,000 Local Innovation Grant for Nelson County
Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced $200,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Local Innovation funding for Nelson County. The Local Innovation Fund provides financial assistance to localities that are implementing small scale, innovativ...
City of Alexandria Announces 2015 Real Estate Assessments
The City of Alexandria has mailed real estate assessment notices to all property owners, representing the fair market value of properties as of January 1, 2015.
Arlington Board, Manager Work to Include Employee Merit Step Increases in FY 2015 Budget
These are difficult economic times. In finalizing the FY 2015 Budget, the County Board is working hard to balance a number of goals, including giving some relief to homeowners who have seen their assessments rise, limiting the growth of the County budg...
Arlington County Board Reduces Real Estate Tax Rate in FY 2015 Budget Mark-up
The Arlington County Board today directed the County Manager to reduce the real estate tax rate by one cent in the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget. The Board's action came during the mark-up for the budget, which the Board is set to adopt during its April 22 m...
Casagrande ‘Sleeps Out’ in Trenton to Raise Awareness, Funds for Covenant House
Monmouth County Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande will participate in a legislative ”sleep out” tonight on the grounds outside the State House in Trenton to raise awareness and funds in support of New Jersey’s homeless runaway and trafficked yout...
Arlington County Board Approves $16.5 Million Loan to Preserve Affordable Housing on Columbia Pike
The Arlington County Board today approved a $16.5 million Affordable Housing Investment Fund (AHIF) loan to help AHC Inc., a nonprofit affordable housing developer, purchase Serrano Apartments at 5535 Columbia Pike.
Moran Proposes COLA Reform for Members of Congress
Washington D.C. - April 10, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Representative Jim Moran, Northern Virginia Democrat, Ranking Member on the House Appropriations Interior Subcommittee and senior member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, today introduced...
Arlington County Board Approves Plan, Financing for Buckingham Neighborhood Mixed-Income Housing Complex
ARLINGTON, Va. - January 27, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Arlington County Board today approved a plan to build a five-story mixed-income apartment building in the Buckingham neighborhood that will include 98 committed affordable units, most of them ...
Arlington Property Values Grow 5.8%
ARLINGTON, VA - January 22, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Arlington’s 2014 real estate assessments showed solid growth of 5.8 percent overall, fueled primarily by strength in the residential market, as well as new construction of commercial properties
Volunteers Needed for Jan. 29 “Point-in-Time” Count
ARLINGTON, Va. - January 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- As the sun sets on Wednesday, Jan. 29, teams of surveyors will be hitting the streets, parks and wooded areas in Arlington to count the homeless. The effort is part of the annual Point-in-Time Cou...
City of Alexandria and Arlington County Approve Lease Extension for Waste-to-Energy Facility
Arlington, VA - December 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The City Council of Alexandria and Arlington County Board recently agreed to extend the Covanta Waste-to-Energy lease agreement through 2038 for the disposal of municipal trash. The two jurisdicti...
Arlington County to Identify Publicly-Owned Sites that Could be Redeveloped to Include Affordable Housing
ARLINGTON, Va. - December 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Arlington County Board today said it will instruct the County Manager in January to identify three-to-five publicly owned sites "with the greatest potential for redevelopment" in the next 10 ...
Alexandria City Council Approves Housing Master Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- On December 14, the Alexandria City Council unanimously approved the City’s first Housing Master Plan, setting a 10-year goal of developing or preserving 2,000 affordable housing units by 202...
Board Approves Columbia Pike Implementation Tools to Preserve, Create Affordable Housing
ARLINGTON, Va - December 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Arlington County Board today adopted a set of financial tools to help preserve the affordability of the 6,200 existing market rate affordable homes along the Pike as it is transformed to a mor...
FALLS CHURCH HOUSING CORPORATION NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Falls Church, Va., - December 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Falls Church Housing Corporation (FCHC) has named Jaymar Joseph executive director of the 30-year-old nonprofit Community Development Corporation. Headquartered in Falls Church, FCHC is curr...
Governor McDonnell Announces Awarding of $200,000 for the Building Collaborative Communities Program
RICHMOND - December 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Bob McDonnell today announced $200,000 in funding for three collaborative efforts in Virginia through the Building Collaborative Communities program. The program promotes regional economic col...
Governor McDonnell To Propose New Funding to Help Ongoing Efforts to Reduce Homelessness in...
RICHMOND - December 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Bob McDonnell today announced that his upcoming biennial budget will contain considerable new funding to support Virginia's ongoing, successful, homelessness reduction and prevention efforts. T...
Arlington County Adopts Innovative Tools to Increase Affordable Housing on Columbia Pike
ARLINGTON, Va. - November 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Arlington County Board today adopted several new Planning and Zoning tools that could add 9,500 new homes along Columbia Pike over the next 30 years, and will help the County reach the Columb...
Arlington County Approves Mixed-Use Residential for Virginia Square Site
ARLINGTON, Va - November 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Arlington County Board today approved a site plan to replace one and two-story buildings located directly across from the Virginia Square Metro station with an apartment building featuring gro...
Sens. Warner, Blunt Introduce Legislation to Reduce Underutilized Federal Property
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Roy Blunt (R- MO) introduced legislation to reduce the number of underutilized and excess federal properties and could save taxpayers $9 billion over the next ...
The New Home Inspection & Radon Testing Contingency – What Agents Need to Know
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Beginning in January 2012, NVAR and the Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors® adopted a revised Regional Sales Contract that began with the basic premise that every home was being sold...
Sen. Warner Leads Bipartisan Group in Introducing Infrastructure Legislation
WASHINGTON - November 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) led a bipartisan coalition of ten Senators today in introducing legislation to establish a new infrastructure financing authority to help states and localities better ...
