Arlington Neighborhoods Program Review: Documents

Program Review Introductory Reading Materials

  1. Historical Publications
    1. Past Program Handbooks – 196419731985
           Items of interest within the 1985 Program Handbook:
      • County Board adoption & resolutions of the Program, see pages 23 – 26
      • Creation of the NCAC in 1977, see pages 20 – 21b.
    2. The First (3) Neighborhoods Plans
      • Arlington View CA
      • High View Park CA
      • Maywood CA
    3. Select ArNAC Meeting Notes, circa 1977
    4. Program 35th Anniversary Celebration information sheet, 1999
    5. Program 50th Anniversary Display Boards
    6. Program Brochure, July 1983
    7. Publication of “Neighborhood News”, July 2004 – Volume 2, No. 1
  2. Current Documents
    1. Program Handbook, 2019
    2. Current Neighborhoods plans by Civic Association
  3. Incorporation of the Program into Arlington County planning tools
    1. 2018 GLUP – excerpt from “Special Planning Programs” section
    2. Master Transportation Plan – Pedestrian Element, amended 2011
      • see pages 19-22
  4. National Recognition and Academic
    1. Publication of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) IQ Report, Vol. 33/Number 11, “Neighborhood Associations”, 2001
    2. Washington Post article, 2001
    3. National Civic Review article – “The Arlington Way: Public Engagement as a Community Expectation” by Ron Carlee, 2019
    4. Lindsey Bestebreurtje’s Dissertation, “Built By the People Themselves – African American Community Development in Arlington, Virginia”, George Mason University, 2017