All Opinions Are Local Archive: development
Department stores for Georgetown
Georgetown Park Mall may be redeveloped to house Bloomingdale’s and Target department stores. This is great news, because frankly it’s offensive that there’s a suburban-style enclosed mall in an urban neighborhood like Georgetown. The idea made some sense when...
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Dan Malouff
| March 10, 2011; 1:45 PM ET |
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D.C., Georgetown, HotTopic, Local blog network, development
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The Tea Party vs. smart growth
The Tea Party movement in Virginia has a new whipping boy: smart growth. One focus is Chesterfield County, the largest suburban area in the Richmond region, which has been beset with the woes of overbuilding and lax oversight for...
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Peter Galuszka
| March 7, 2011; 2:48 PM ET |
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HotTopic, Local blog network, Prince William County, Va. Politics, Virginia, development, economy, education, energy, environment, guns, housing, police, real estate, schools, transportation
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Whose defense job gets cut?
With the federal budget being hotly contested, one wonders how many job cuts, especially in the defense sector, will be made across the region and which politician will get blamed for them. By one account, nearly 20,000 Virginia jobs...
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Peter Galuszka
| March 4, 2011; 2:37 PM ET |
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D.C., Maryland, Va. Politics, Virginia, development, economy, guns, military
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Anything but townhouses, say Ravenwood Park activists
There's an empty parcel of land in Falls Church near Seven Corners, adjacent to a bunch of townhouses. But neighbors so deeply oppose building any new townhouses that they'd prefer even the ugliest clear-cut subdivision. The property lies just...
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David Alpert
| February 28, 2011; 11:07 AM ET |
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Fairfax County, HotTopic, Local blog network, Virginia, development
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Hold Wal-Mart to its promises in D.C.
Regarding the Feb. 14 editorial "The Wal-Mart opportunity": It's clear that Wal-Mart's "carefully orchestrated campaign to win support and disarm critics" has succeeded with The Post. How else to explain the editorial board arguing that Wal-Mart shouldn't be expected to...
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Keith Silver, Washington
| February 21, 2011; 7:16 PM ET |
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D.C., D.C. politics, HotTopic, development, economy, real estate
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Bridging Virginia and D.C.
Regarding the Feb. 13 Local Opinions commentary by Fairfax County Supervisor Pat Herrity ["Arlington roadblocks to traffic relief"] chastising the Arlington County Board for its objections to widening Interstates 395 and 66: Let me point out that there are not...
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William K. Stover, Arlington
| February 16, 2011; 6:26 PM ET |
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Arlington, D.C., DMV, HotTopic, Va. Politics, Virginia, development, economy, traffic, transportation
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