Our next Executive Committee meeting is on Monday, June 4, 8pm at the Lyon Village Community House.

Narrowing of 13th Street. Tom Hutchins from the County will be presenting the final plan for initial improvements to be made to 13th Street, between Highland and Ivy Streets. These improvements, in the planning phase for the last few years are finally going to begin to be implemented with the start of Phase I. Please come to see and comment on the final design. As part of the improvements, the center median is to be removed and the roadway narrowed while still providing parking on both sides. Nubs and crosswalks will be added creating a gateway into the neighborhood while slowing traffic. The additional space from the narrowing will create a planted buffer on the Lyon Village side. Phase I will only include one or two blocks of the improvements, with later phases to follow.

Also at the General Meeting on Monday

Main Presentation: Trees in our Neighborhoods. Arlington has suffered a huge decline in its tree canopy over the last 30 years, and old-growth trees continue to die at staggering rates.  Our communities across Arlington must make a concerted effort to begin replacing this beautiful canopy as soon as possible. It is important to plant trees in your yard, particularly trees such as oaks, maples and elms that fill-in the tree canopy. Ornamental trees, like Japanese Maples aren’t much help for this purpose.

At Monday’s meeting, Elizabeth Rives, the Tree Steward for Arlington-Alexandria will present Right Tree, Right Place, Right Now.  The program, accompanied by a Power Point presentation, discusses why planting trees is important, the why’s and how’s of tree selection, and many other considerations and issues regarding our trees. Please come out for this important information.

Election of Lyon Village Officers for the 2007-08 term. The nominees are in, come to Monday’s General meeting for our annual elections.

Where:    Capital Hospice
                Halquist Memorial Inpatient Center
                4715 North 15th Street
                Arlington, VA 22205

When:    May 5, 2007
              10 am - 2 pm
               Rain Date:  May 6 (same hours)

Sale items include perennials, annuals, shrubs, trees, bulbs, ground
cover, and gardening items.  Refreshments will be available. Admission is free.

100% of the proceeds go to the Landscape Fund, which maintains the grounds and gardens at the Center's Acute Care Facility.  The Capital Hospice is a non-profit organization serving Northern Virginia, Washington, and Prince George's County.

For additional information, call Diane Oermann at (703) 820-1311.

A group of South Arlington civic groups and PTA's is sponsoring a
School Board Candidates debate between Mark Dorfman and Abby Raphael on Monday, April 23 at 7pm, in room 110 of Wakefield High School.  continue reading »

We hope you can make it to the General Meeting this month on Monday, April 9 at 8pm at the Community House for a special Meet & Greet.  Snacks will be provided, and folks are welcome to bring snacks and beverages.  Before the festivity, we'll have a presentation on Commercial Real Estate in Clarendon by Ken Matzkin of Buck Real Estate.  Hope to see you there!  continue reading »

At the LVCA Executive Committee meeting this month, we will be selecting the Nominating Committee to choose officers for the Lyon Village 2006-07 year, which begins in September.  The Elections will be held at the General Meeting on May 14, at the Community House.  All are welcome to attend the Executive Committee meetings on the first Monday of the month at the Community Center.

The Lyon Village Annual Easter Egg Hunt is this Saturday (Mar 31), at the park, from 10:00 am- 12:00 noon.  Bring your kiddies down for the Easter Egg Hunt starting at 10:15, meet the Easter Bunny and participate in the traditional egg toss and egg roll games.  There will be coffee and a Bake Sale. 

Don't forget your Easter basket!

At Marymount University can you watch Arlington’s “Bravest” (Fire Department) and “Finest” (Police Department) face off against each on the court. Police officers and fire fighters will battle each other for the 3rd straight year, this time to raise money for Relay for Life of Arlington. Relay for Life is a program of the American Cancer Society that provides funds for cancer research, promotes survivorship, and increases cancer awareness in the community.  continue reading »

When we collect? March 19 - April 27.

One business day after your regular trash day.  continue reading »

Whereas the County Board advertised certain proposed changes to the C-R zoning district on January 27, 2007, and intends to vote on them on February 24, 2007;

BE IT RESOLVED THAT: The Arlington County Civic Federation recommends that the County Board defer consideration of the proposed zoning changes until at least the April County Board meeting so that the substance of the changes can be explained to the Civic Federation and to interested civic associations throughout the County.