Arlington Ahead on Housing Production — “Housing production isn’t distributed evenly around the region. The Post determined each jurisdiction’s share of the regional housing target based on anticipated household growth this decade, and found D.C., Arlington County, Falls Church and Alexandria are on track to exceed their share of the targets. But the other nine jurisdictions represented by COG are all lagging. Fairfax County, the most populous jurisdiction in the region, is on pace to build only 36 percent of its target.” [Washington Post]
School Board Forum This Weekend — “Candidate forums are scheduled for the following times and locations. [Saturday] April 13 at 9:30 a.m. — School Board forum at Busboys and Poets in Shirlington (Arlington Democrats).” [ARLnow]
Clarendon-Based Axios Mulls AI — “In the view of Jim VandeHei, the chief executive of Axios, artificial intelligence will ‘eviscerate the weak, the ordinary, the unprepared in media…’ Mr. VandeHei says the only way for media companies to survive is to focus on delivering journalistic expertise, trusted content and in-person human connection. For Axios, that translates into more live events, a membership program centered on its star journalists and an expansion of its high-end subscription newsletters.” [New York Times]
Local Dispute on National TV — The A&E show Neighborhood Wars highlighted during its most recent episode a dispute over barking dogs and late night noise in an Arlington apartment building. [A&E]
Arlington Makes ‘Real City’ List — Arlington and Alexandria are among the places on a list of U.S. localities with more than 100,000 in population where over 10% of residents take public transit to work. [Twitter]
FLOTUS in Arlington Today — From the White House: “At 11:15 AM, the First Lady will deliver remarks at the Human Rights Campaign’s ‘Equality in Action’ event in Arlington, Virginia.”
AP on Beyer’s AI Learnings — “Don Beyer’s car dealerships were among the first in the U.S. to set up a website. As a representative, the Virginia Democrat leads a bipartisan group focused on promoting fusion energy. He reads books about geometry for fun. So when questions about regulating artificial intelligence emerged, the 73-year-old Beyer took what for him seemed like an obvious step, enrolling at George Mason University to get a master’s degree in machine learning.” [Associated Press]
Water Systems Support PFAS Rule — “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final rule on per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known commonly as PFAS or ‘forever chemicals’. COG and metropolitan Washington’s water utilities support regulations based on science and research to protect human health.” [Press Release]
More Regional Transit Cooperation — From NBC4’s Adam Tuss: “Metro and @MWCOG announcing that they will bring the Metro Board and COG Board together for the first time ever. The goal is to find a way to possibly transform all transit groups across the region to become one interchangeable system.” [Twitter, DC News New, Twitter]
It’s Friday — Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected early, with chances of showers and storms lingering through the morning. Partly sunny and breezy in the afternoon with a high near 68, accompanied by a west wind of 14 to 16 mph and gusts up to 30 mph. There is a 40% chance of precipitation. Friday night’s forecast includes a chance of showers before 2am, with mostly cloudy skies and a low around 49. The west wind will be around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph and a 30% chance of precipitation. [NWS]
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