CHCA Meeting, Monday, July 8th, 2019, 7 pm
Walter Reed Community Center

7:00 PM President’s Update and the goals for tonight – Ron Haddox

7:05 PM Treasurer Report, Membership Dues for CPRO – Josh Folb 

7:10 PM Update: CHCA policy for communication (Marian, Meredith)

7:15 PM Career Center BLPC nominations Status

7:20 PM Civic Federation – Validation and Certification

7:45 PM Boundary Clarification  with GVCA Status Update (Sarah)

8:00 PM Old Business – Follow up regarding traffic/pedestrian issues and next steps      8:15 PM New Business – Arlington County Trees Who, What and Where – Responsibilities.             

CHCA Meeting, Monday, June 10th, 2019, 7 pm
Walter Reed Community Center

7:00 PM President’s Update and the goals for tonight – Ron Haddox

7:05 PM Treasurer Report – Josh Folb – Membership update

7:10 PM CHCA policy for communication (Marian, Meredith)

7:30 PM Career Center BLPC nominations

7:45 PM Boundary Clarification  with GVCA; establish issue/timeline; plan for                                   engagement –  (Sarah, Ron)

8:00 PM Old Business – Follow up regarding traffic/pedestrian issues and next steps                                    (All)

CHCA Meeting, Monday, April 8th, 2019, 7 pm

Walter Reed Community Center

7:00 PM President’s Update and the goals for tonight – Ron Haddox

Topics of Discussion: Planning for the upcoming candidate’s debates.

7:10 PM  Treasurer Report – Josh Folb – Membership update

7:15 PM  Update from Civic Federation Delegates and Alternates –

7:20 PM  Old Business

• Planning for the next NCAC charrette for the East Side of CHCA – When and Where: CHCA charrette. Sarah and Juliet
• Event with Columbia Heights, Douglas Park, and Nauck to welcome new families to Drew Elementary – Update from Erin

7:25 PM Upcoming Debates –  2019 Columbia Pike Primary Debates May 15th

CHCA – Membership Meeting, Monday, March 11, 2019, 7pm
Walter Reed Community Center

7:00 PM              President’s Update and the goals for tonight – Ron Haddox

Topics of Discussion: This month’s CHCA meeting will feature Christian Dorsey, answering your question on where we are with Amazon and what is the county’s next steps. The hour about Amazon and the county’s next step is intended for Columbia Heights residents only and that questions will only be taken from Columbia Heights residents.  We can make this statement as the county board said publicly at Saturday’s meeting that they were fanning out and intended to get one board member at EVERY civic association in the next month and would go to any other meetings they could.  If someone from another association wants to express an opinion they need to get their board to host a meeting.

7:10 PM               Treasurer Report – Josh Folb – Membership update

7:15 PM               Update from Civic Federation Delegates and Alternates –

7:20 PM               Old Business

• Planning for the next NCAC charrette for the East Side of CHCA – When and Where: CHCA charrette. Sarah and Juliet
• Event with Columbia Heights, Douglas Park, and Nauck to welcome new families to Drew Elementary – Erin
• Update of the old Willow Oak Tree – Sarah and Meredith
• EvolveAll Fitness: Student pick-up and drop-off for EvolveAll – safety concerns and letter of support -Sarah

8:00 PM               AMAZON’s arrival in Arlington: Opportunities, Challenges and Arlington’s next steps

• A conversation with Christian Dorsey, Chair of the Arlington County Board
• Welcome, and introductions (3 min) –  Takis will introduce him and moderate the discussion.
• Introductory Remarks (Christian Dorsey, 5 min)
• Moderated Q&A – starting with introductory questions by the moderator then opening to the public (which will have the opportunity to submit questions on cards or prior to the meeting online (Ron) (35 min) –
• Brief summary, takeaways, and pointers to resources and the ongoing civic dialog.

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Membership Meeting
Columbia Heights Civic Association
Monday, February 11, 2019 
Walter Reed Community Center
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Agenda:

7:00 PM – President’s Update and the goals for tonight – Ron Haddox
Topics of Discussion: This month’s CHCA meeting will feature a planning meeting and community discussion on the following: NCAC charrette, outreach to Drew, old Willow Oak Tree and hosting a discussion on the impact of the Amazon deal on our area.
7:10 PM – Treasurer Report – Josh Folb – Membership update
7:15 PM – Update from Civic Federation Delegates and Alternates –
7:20 PM – New Business
• Planning for the next NCAC charrette for the East Side of CHCA –
o Location for the next CHCA charrette- Sarah and Juliet

• Hosting an event with Columbia Heights, Douglas Park, and Nauck to welcome new families to Drew. – This needs to be discussed and it requires outreach to other groups.

• Update of the old Willow Oak Tree – Sarah and Meredith

• Hosting a discussion (special meeting) on the impact of the Amazon deal on our neighbor and community. – Takis

• Adjourn meeting

Columbia Heights Neighbors!

Columbia Heights Civic Association

SPECIAL MONTHLY MEETING – HAPPY HOUR Move to Celtic House.
Monday, January 14, 2019
Celtic House.
7:00 – 9:00 p.m

The Columbia Heights Civic Association is proud to be hosting a happy hour at Celtic House. on Monday, January 14th from 7 pm to 9 pm. Everyone who lives in the neighborhood is welcome to join so please come out to meet your neighbors, make new friends, and learn about the latest happenings within Columbia Heights!

Celtic House address: 2500 Columbia Pike Arlington, VA 22204

Columbia Heights Civic Association

ANNUAL MEETING 
Monday, December 10, 2018
Walter Reed Community Center
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Please join us for the annual meeting of the Columbia Heights Civic Association.  At this meeting we will be making decisions about board membership, representation of our civic association at the Arlington Civic Federation, and our representation on the Neighborhood Conservation Advisory Committee (NCAC).

Letter for Fleet redistricting 11-19-18

November 19, 2018
To: Arlington School Board
Superintendent of Schools

Re: Fleet Elementary Redistricting

I have had the honor of serving the Columbia Heights Civic Association on the South Arlington Working Group, the planning group for the new Fleet Elementary School as well as the Career Center Working Group. Today I am writing to you in support of the parents in my civic association, and other neighborhoods on the south side of Columbia Pike, who wish to remain with the Patrick Henry community that is moving to Fleet.

Throughout this process, we were given the understanding that Patrick Henry
the community would stay together and move together to the new school at Fleet. This is not imaginary. These assurances were given during the planning of Fleet and were written by APS in subsequent community hangouts. More importantly, the children in our neighborhood were given this understanding by their current teachers and administrators at Patrick Henry. Those children have been emotionally devastated by the changing the story from APS.

The parents in my neighborhood have also demonstrated with painstaking care the differences in walkability between Fleet and the only other alternatives—Drew and Hoffman-Boston. It is clear to them that Fleet, while farther away than Patrick Henry, is still walkable. Drew is not.

The current plan that is being considered deviates significantly from the goals
originally stated by APS. First, it eliminates diversity at Fleet by moving Barcroft kids in and leaving our kids out. The irony is that the entire Patrick Henry community has argued to maintain diversity. Second, moving our students to Drew will NOT relieve the percentage of free and reduced lunch kids at that school.

The process that APS has used to make these decisions has been capricious and
unrealistic. The basic problem is that redefining Drew as a neighborhood school, while admirable and beneficial for the children in the surrounding Nauck neighborhood, leave Drew with a lot of empty seats.

Fortunately, there is a logical solution to this issue, which is to keep Drew as a
neighborhood school with a strong STEAM program, but allow other kids in Arlington to opt in. Drew could become a feeder school into the new tech program at the Career Center, which I continue to believe will be developed as an outstanding high school program.

I urge you not to rush into boundary decisions that will have long-term negative impacts on our neighborhoods.

Sincerely,

Sarah McKinley
President of CHCA

Monday, October 29, 2018

Patrick Henry Elementary
School Highland & Fillmore Streets
Cafeteria
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Barbara J. Kanninen (D)
and Audrey Clement (I)

Event sponsored by the Columbia Heights Civic Association.

We welcome all of our neighbors up and down the Pike.

This is our opportunity to ask questions that affect our families, including elementary school boundary issues.

ColumbiaHeightsVA.org
Don’t forget: Absentee in-person voting is available through Nov. 3 at 2100 Clarendon Blvd. More on Vote.Arlington.us

2018 Columbia Pike Candidate Debates

Monday, October 15, 2018
County Board Candidate Debate
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
John Vihstadt (I) and
Matt de Ferranti (D)
Walter Reed Community Center
16th & Walter Reed Drive

2018 Oct. 15th County Board Debate Flyer

ColumbiaHeightsVA.org

Don’t forget: Absentee in-person voting begins September 21 through November 3 at 2100 Clarendon Blvd. More on: Vote.Arlington.us