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Second Public Meeting for New York Ave Corridor Strategy
You spoke, and the City listened. Now, on March 23, City employees will present preliminary recommendations for the New York Avenue Corridor Strategy. These recommendations were formed based on input received at the last open house in January and from the project survey. On Saturday, the public will be able to review these recommendations and [...]
New York Avenue Primed for Redevelopment
New independent restaurants. A walkable shopping district. A sports complex with soccer fields. These were just a few ideas residents, business owners and community leaders provided Saturday during a public meeting addressing the future of the New York Avenue Corridor. “We want to make sure the people of East Arlington are the voice of this [...]
New York Avenue Corridor Public Meeting
This coming Saturday, January 12th, you can help the City plan for the future of New York Avenue! This important street is a key north-south linkage between the Entertainment District, the Great Southwest Industrial District, the General Motors Assembly Plant, and the IH-20 employment center. The New York Avenue Corridor Strategy will focus on the [...]
Public Open House: New York Avenue Corridor Strategy
The New York Avenue Corridor Strategy is an effort by the City of Arlington to generate ideas that will encourage reinvestment and redevelopment along New York Avenue between Abram Street and Arkansas Lane. Come give us YOUR opinions and ideas about the Corridor! Interpreters will be available. Visit the website below for more information. We [...]
Arlington Housing Authority Receives NAHRO Award
The Arlington Housing Authority (AHA) keeps bringing in the awards. AHA was recently recognized by the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) for developing and creatively implementing an innovative program that addressed the impact of foreclosures on the community. AHA Executive Director David Zappasodi and Curtis Boozer, Vice Chair of the Board of [...]
Artist Garden Park Unveiled in Viridian
Having 20 to 25 families house hunting in a new community over a month’s time is considered a pretty decent number in terms of foot traffic. Viridian is averaging 60 to 100 families on any given weekend. Sixty home lots have already been sold in the mixed-use, $2 billion development where several thousand homes are expected to [...]
City Hosting Free Bike Safety Class in November to Instill Confidence in Cyclists
Arlington’s Community Development and Planning Department is providing a free bike safety class this November as part of the educational component of the Hike and Bike Plan after receiving a grant from the Arlington Tomorrow Foundation in 2011. The first classes this year went well, according to Graduate Planner Christina Sebastian. “The participants that came [...]
Division Corridor Strategy Public Hearing
City Council will get an opportunity to hear additional public input on the Division Street Corridor Strategy at Tuesday evening’s council meeting before taking their first vote on an ordinance to adopt the plan. The hearing caps off months of meetings, surveys and open houses through which property owners, residents and other stakeholders worked with [...]
Doctors Return to Arlington to Fill Need for In-Patient Psychiatric Care
Back in 1990, Drs. Puskoor Kumar, Kishore Sankara and Raju Indukuri worked at Willow Creek Hospital in Arlington, caring for psychiatric patients. The hospital closed in 1999 and became a church. In 2005 the three physicians started their own facility, the Sundance Hospital, to serve psychiatric outpatients in Fort Worth. In 2010, when their previous [...]
Arlington City Council To Consider Tighter Smoking Limits
The Arlington City Council will consider a vote on the ordinance that would limit the number of smoking areas at the Rangers Ballpark and other venues throughout the city. At the Ballpark, smoking would be eliminated on the balconies of the private Cuervo Club, and smoking areas on the upper concourse would be reduced and moved [...]
Texas SkyScreamer Unveiled at Six Flags Over Texas
West Nile Virus – Fight the Bite!
Texas Heat Requires Extra Safety Inside Vehicles
Clean, Drain, and Dry this Memorial Day Weekend
Memorial Day Closings and City Service Schedules