How should we plan for the future?
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Your neighborhood or civic association:
RAFOMWhich Arlington community facilities or services did you or a member of your household use in the last week? (choose all that apply)
Other:
No response.How would you prefer to participate or engage in decision-making?
I prefer that community decision making be done in an engaged, collaborative forum. Discussions should be goal and value driven and not merely focus on the tactical.
How do you prefer to receive information from the County and APS about new community facilities? (choose all that apply)
Specify which lists, newsletters, newspapers, stations, social media channels or other outlets you prefer:
no preference, just communicate broadly.
Other:
No response.The Community Facilities Study Committee is developing a list of challenges facing Arlington and alternative strategies to address them. What considerations or challenges are important to you?
It's important to have a community that's nimble enough to deal with new challenges in a timely, effective manner. Despite a VERY long lead time, we STILL have not figured out the right strategy to cope with BRAC and the vacancy crisis. We should have had this solved by now. Similarly, we have an apparent enrollment crisis in our schools. It's hard to imagine that we could not have seen this demographic spike coming, but apparently, "no one could have foreseen this" is the common refrain as hands are wrung and more money is thrown at APS. It seems that a silo culture has been in play that discourages collaboration between APS and other county departments. When asked for data, APS can't furnish it. When analysis was critically needed, APS couldn't notice an enrollment spike until it was too late. We have future challenges which will require a community consensus on density, transportation, housing, etc. If we have agencies/departments who won't talk to one another, there's no way these challenges get met effectively.
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