The County has awarded the CCCA a mini-grant of $500 for our joint CCCA proposal with the Sustainable Scoop (SS) and the Friends of Urban Agriculture (FOUA): Urban Agriculture Family Day at Highlands Urban Garden (HUG). This project fits well with the County’s new initiative with FOUA, supported by Board…
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Breaking Bad News: JBG Closes All Retail in the Underground
The Crystal City Underground has been a foundation of Crystal City since the city was built by Charles E. Smith Company in the 1960s. The Underground was innovative when created in 1976 and remains near and dear to the heart of residents. Thus, the announcement on April 30, 2024, that…
Two Presentations on the area!
The first is a powerpoint from JBGS. It is full of facts, figures and maps! The 2nd is an Amazon Video:
May 17, 2023 CCCA Meeting
We had a meeting on May 17th and the following pdf’s were presented. Philip did not have a presentation, but reported on the progress on MetPark. Amazon is going to 3 days in the office and expects several thousand employees with in a month.
September Newsletter and September 14 Meeting
Message from CCCA’s President On September 14th (Wednesday) at 7pm we will have our next CCCA meeting. We will have an update from JBGS on all of their construction projects, a presentation by the County transportation staff on alternatives for Metro. We will have one more presentation that has not been…
CCCA August 2022 Newsletter
Click here to download Message from CCCA’s President Livability22202 is looking at the problem of crime in the area. We are meeting with the police and are looking for volunteers to work on the issue. If you are interested, please email me at: [email protected]. Last month we did a survey…
VDOT Multimodal Project for Route 1
Update as of July 14, 2022 VDOT held a virtual public information meeting #2 June 21. Watch the meeting video here. Comments were requested by Friday, July 15. Livability22202 and the People Before Cars Coalition submitted a letter of joint comments on July 7, focusing on areas of agreement. This was a follow-up to the joint…
Happy Fourth of July!
July Newsletter is Out – click here to download July 4 Announcement of Road Closures and places to View the Fireworks: See inside the Newsletter for details Message from CCCA’s President We have a survey about Park Names! Three parks around the new Amazon HQ2 need names. In the map…
CRIME
In Crystal City there has been several events that concern the local community. As a result, the three civic associations wrote a letter to the police department: The Response from Captain Scott Linder: Eric, Kateri and Cory, Thank you for the letter and for sharing your concerns over recent incidents…