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🐦 Learn about your ancestors at the library
Also: The Alexandria arena is dead.
Just Outside DC
February 25, 2024
Good morning, DMV!
Fact of the day: In 1947, The New York Times noted that “The pizza could be as popular a snack as the hamburger if Americans only knew more about it.”
TYSONS
Affordable housing in development for the first time
A 516-unit affordable housing development is in progress at Spring Hill Station. The project is the first deal of its kind for Tysons. This project will provide crucial housing for low- to moderate-income families.
The development consists of two mixed-use buildings with residential units guaranteed to remain affordable for the next 99 years.
In addition, the project has a publicly accessible community center featuring basketball courts and fitness facilities that are free and open to the public.
ALEXANDRIA
Another arena project bill dead
The #GlennDome financing is based on ticket sales to the new arena.
Looking at the projections that appears to include Wizards playoff games.
Wizards? Playoffs? I was still at the Shipyard the last time they were relevant in that discussion and they were called the Bullets.
— L. Louise Lucas (@SenLouiseLucas)
3:15 PM • Feb 20, 2024
A bill for the proposed sports arena in Alexandria for the Wizards and Caps has died in the Senate. It would've created a sports entertainment authority to fund the project through bonds. But, Senate Appropriations Committee chairwoman L. Louise Lucas declined to docket it. This means the bill will not be heard or passed into law.
FAIRFAX
Learn about your ancestors at the library
The Fairfax Genealogical Society is hosting a Genealogy Night at the regional library branch. FXGS staff will be on hand to answer any questions about your family's history. The event is on February 26th, 2024, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm in the Virginia Room.
QUICK HITS
Crepe Amour (Vienna) is having a February special for their red velvet crepe. Check it out here.
The Kellogg Collection is having their semi-annual sale. Click here to see the details.
Ornery Beer Company (Fairfax) is having a Books & Brews meetup. Check out the details here.
GMU Professor Tyler Cowen talks about how ChatGPT will change your job.
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