By Anne Bodine

On November 12, the Civic Federation discussed a host of items that the county is working on as part of its overall development agenda, including rezoning public lands, Special GLUP projects (adding density outside of the existing transit corridors), Expanded Housing Options or Missing Middle, and minor vs. major site plan amendments at Virginia Hospital Center. CivFed also indicated that the county is revising the introduction to Arlington’s Comprehensive Plan, which likely will affect/alter Arlington’s decades-old planning paradigm that limits higher density development to the transit corridors. You may want to watch the meeting or join in CivFed’s efforts through LPCA’s delegates (see newsletter p.2 for names). The Civic Federation also approved a resolution that asks the county to elevate climate change in its overall planning process, you can read the new resolution. LPCA’s delegate voted in favor of this resolution.