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Help Wanted: Alair Homes in Arlington Looking for Project Managers

Alair thrives on a unique service delivery system for the residential and commercial contracting industry.

We seek to hire only high potential candidates in the industry who are looking for a more local, flexible, independent working environment that provides a higher quality of life and puts them in charge of their income with six figure potential and opportunities for ownership.

Experience is needed, but your attitude is the most important factor.

Alair Homes provides comprehensive Project Management Training, has proprietary software and an online system to insure our PM’s have the tools to work at their best without a lot of hand holding.

Let us know why you have the potential to join and grow with our team.

Job Responsibilities

  • Provide excellent customer service to ensure we create “raving fans”
  • Follow the “Alair Process” and have a full and complete understanding of the Alair Project Management software. Comprehensive Training Provided
  • Maintain constant communication with each client to get timely decisions and approvals for all selections and scope changes
  • Attend and facilitate job progress/status meetings
  • Work collaboratively with all team members including staff, sub trades and market partners as well as independently and self motivated
  • Maintain, edit and create detailed scope of work sheets for each project
  • Be responsible for collecting and managing sub trade and vendor quotes
  • Manage subcontractor agreements
  • Seek new sub-trades and vendors as needed — maintain a network
  • Monitor project budgets and review with client consistently
  • Create, monitor and maintain project schedules
  • Confirm and order specialty items, fixtures and material (long lead items)
  • Create invoice requests and facilitate payments
  • Be familiar with current codes and stay up to date on best building practices
  • Attend a post completion job evaluation for each project
  • Responsible for job site safety, security and cleanliness
  • Oversee the safety policy; keep the company and sub trades working within guidelines

Qualifications and Desired Skills:

  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Comfortable with technology
  • Strong Organizational skills with the ability to multitask
  • Ability to make decisions independently and in a timely manner
  • Flexible skill set
  • Local presence in and around Arlington
  • Comfortable passing a background check

Please submit your resume and cover letter to [email protected].

Listing of the Day: 2030 N. Adams Street Unit 1002

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Address: 2030 N. Adams Street Unit 1002
Neighborhood: North Highland
Listed: $312,000
Open: Sunday, May 6 from 1-4 p.m.

Expansive balcony views from this light and bright 10th floor condo in the Circle Condominium.

You’ll look forward to coming home to this spacious 2 bedroom and 1.5 bath open floor plan with updated kitchen and baths. Enjoy the many amenities including an outdoor pool, rooftop deck, bike storage and barbecue grills.

Steps from the Custis Bike Trail, less than 3/4 mile to the Courthouse Metro, as well as Whole Foods, Crate & Barrel and a variety of restaurants and shops to explore! Additional photos and information at www.CircleCondominium.com.

Listed by:
Donna Hamaker
Buck & Associates
703-582-7779
[email protected]
www.DonnaHamaker.com

remodelmate — Changing the Residential Remodeling Industry

Local residential real estate tech company remodelmate is making it easier for people in the Washington metropolitan area to buy and sell remodeling services.

Their online marketplace allows homeowners and contractors to find and offer services for renovating bathrooms, kitchens, windows, doors, roofs, floors and even your man (or woman) cave.

The DC-based company was founded on the idea of re-establishing trust in an industry that has been historically unpredictable. And they are growing quickly.

Customers benefit from fair, upfront pricing, clear project timelines, and, for an additional fee, a dedicated project manager to help see your masterpiece through to completion. And for contractors, the jobs come to you without having to scour the marketplace.

It all works through a simple process: customers answer a few questions about their project and share what they’d like to accomplish; then they receive a no-commitment quote and in-person project consultation. From there, customers pick a date for the job to begin and pay seamlessly and securely through remodelmate — BOOM, done.

Rest assured, every “remodelmate” is licensed, bonded, insured, and thoroughly screened, including background, quality and identity checks.

For a limited time, ARLnow readers can get $500 off their next remodelmate order so you can start that renovation project you’ve been putting off.

Happy Bike Month! Celebrate with a Car-Free Bike Ride

Want something fun to do in May? How about going on your best bike ride ever?

DC Bike Ride is the regions only closed-road, car-free bike ride! This is your only chance to ever bike DC completely car-free. It’s not a race. It’s not competitive. It’s a recreational bike ride that you can do at your own pace. You can jump on a bike and enjoy the ride even if you haven’t been on two-wheels in years.

Join us on Saturday, May 19 to celebrate life on two wheels. Register now and use the promo code ARLBIKE18 for $10 off standard registration. Kids ages 3 to 7 are always free and youth ages 8 to 17 are always half-price.

DC Bike Ride also has a Finish Festival after the ride along the National Mall with beats, eats and fun for all ages. DC’s famous go-go band Trouble Funk will headline the festival, and attendees can enjoy free yoga by KIND Healthy Snacks, get a bike tune-up by Conte’s, try out a virtual reality bike ride with Events DC or test an electric bike with JUMP Bikes.

The Washington Area Bicyclist Association is the event’s non-profit beneficiary with funds from DC Bike Ride supporting WABA’s work to make streets safer for all.

Don’t have your own bike? No problem! We partner with Bike and Roll DC to bring you easy bike rentals.

Find us on social media: @dcbikeride on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. For more information visit www.dcbikeride.com.

Make DC Bike Ride your favorite spring tradition and join the ride today. Don’t forget to use the promo code ARLBIKE18 for $10 off standard registration. Online registration will be open through Wednesday, May 16.

VIP Limo Tour of New Construction Homes in Loudoun County — May 12

Interested in buying a new home or designing your own?  Get a glimpse of the best new construction homes that Northern Virginia has to offer — on Saturday, May 12 at 12 p.m.!

Join the Keri Shull Team for an exclusive luxury tour around the latest and greatest new construction communities of Loudoun County including Toll Brothers, Beazer Homes and NVR Homes.

Hosted by New Construction Specialists from the Keri Shull Team, this luxury tour around Loudoun will take you through these new communities, while going over the ins-and-outs of building or buying a brand new home.

Perfect opportunity to discover your new home, meet your future developer or find your next inspiration!

Ride in style with the Keri Shull Team — Saturday, May 12! Wine and hors d’oeurves are included free of charge.

What’s Included With Your $49.99 Refundable Deposit

  • Executive limo van transportation from Reston Limousine
  • Boxed lunch from Pinstripes
  • Keri Shull Team wine opener
  • Expert guidance from the areas top new construction agents
  • Private arranged VIP tour; exclusive insights for this tour only
  • $250 Moving rebate from Town and Country Movers
  • $100 credit towards labor from Charles Graves Painting
  • Free staging consult if you have a home to sell
  • Lifetime membership to our exclusive client events

For your deposit to be refunded, you must buy any home within the next 12 months from your tour date. Space is limited to 20 attendees, so sign up today before it fills up! Click here to register.

Event details

  • What: VIP New Construction Limo Tour
  • When: Saturday May 12, from 12-3 p.m.
  • Where: Toll Brothers, Beazer Homes, and NVR Homes
  • Cost: $49.99 refundable deposit
  • Contact:  [email protected]or call 571-969-7653

Space is limited to 20 attendees, so sign up today before it fills up! Click here to register.

Improv Collides with Puppets, Dance and Poetry During Interplay

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You’ve never seen improv like this before: Washington Improv Theater’s Interplay series features dynamic artistic mash-ups between WIT’s own improvisers and artists from the worlds of music, dance, poetry, puppetry and more.

Each mash-up will take a different shape and every show will be completely different (it’s improv, after all). Interplay also features the debut of WIT’s original show In Lieu of Flowers.

What are these collaborations?

  • All-female ensemble Hellcat mashes up with artists from Super Art Fight, a group that blends visual arts with the theatrics of professional wrestling.
  • Long-running WIT team Commonwealth improvises off the tales of storytellers from Story District
  • Eccentric ensemble Love Onion gets physical during an improv collaboration with a four-piece dance ensemble

Interplay will also feature collaborators like The Puppet Co., percussionist Tom Teasley, as well as poets like 13 of Nazareth and John MacDonald.

Improvised Funeral In Lieu of Flowers Makes World Premiere

Interplay also includes the debut of In Lieu of Flowers, an improvised funeral based on an audience member interview.

“Until Elon Musk defeats time itself, we’re going to experience the deaths of people we love and ultimately, our own deaths. I think comedy is the perfect way to have this conversation,” said co-director Lura Barber.

Check out our interview with directors Lura Barber and Zach Mason and get tickets for one of the show’s five performances.

Want to give improv a try? Summer classes are registering now! You can also bring improv to your office with a WIT@Work organizational training.

Listing of the Day: 2616 2nd Road N.

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Address: 2616 2nd Road N.
Neighborhood: Lyon Park
Listed: $920,000
Open: Sunday, April 29th from 2-4 p.m.

Nestled on a quiet street with a fenced in private backyard that opens to parkland, this jewel is in the heart of Lyon Park.

This vintage Cape Cod home is situated on a truly unique lot that is walking, biking and easy driving distance to a host of urban amenities. The three bedroom, two bath 1,782 square foot home features gleaming hardwood floors, a cozy light filled sunroom with views of the lush backyard, classic built-ins, central wood burning fireplace, finished basement and a one-car garage.

Convenient to Clarendon (.8 mile), Trader Joe’s, Metro, numerous restaurants, coffee shops, Whole Foods, running shops, fitness centers and the Lyon Park Community Center (.2 mile). This is a prime opportunity to own a storybook home situated on a unique lot in a great location.

This is a fantastic opportunity to own a storybook home situated on a unique lot in a prime location.

Fast Facts:

  • Tons of curb appeal
  • Style: Storybook Cape Cod
  • Built:1937
  • Levels: 3
  • Lot size: 6,250 square feet (gorgeous private backyard backs to scenic Rockwell Park)
  • Home size:1,782 square feet
  • 3 bedrooms/2 full baths
  • Built-in solid pine children’s bunk bed with adorable attic nook
  • New alarm security system
  • One-car garage & long driveway
  • Quiet tree lined street down the street from urban amenities
  • Schools: Long Branch Elementary, Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Washington-Lee High School

Listed by:
Natalie U. Roy
Bicycling Realty Group of Keller Williams Realty Metro Center
703-819-4915
[email protected]
www.bicyclingrealty.com

Half Off Mug Club for Fridays at the Fountain — Crystal City’s Pop-Up Beer & Wine Garden

Join the Mug Club for Fridays at the Fountain, Crystal City’s popular outdoor beer garden!

Open every Friday starting in May, Fridays at the Fountain not only features a fantastic selection of beer and wine from Crystal City Wine Shop, and live music from local bands and musicians, but also a rotating lineup of local restaurants and food vendors brought to Crystal City by The Stand.

Attendees will have the option of joining the Fridays at the Fountain “Mug Club” featuring a 16-ounce, branded beer stein, while supplies last. Mugs cost $20 and come with the first drink ticket (a $5 value).

Mug Club members will get discounts on draft beers for the entire Fridays at the Fountain event series (May-October).

Buy your mug today for 1/2 price and enjoy 16oz pours for the price of a 12oz beer all summer long!  

Purchase Today’s Deal Now

WHEN: Every Friday May through October — 5-9 p.m.

WHERE: The Fountain (aka Crystal City Water Park) — 1601 Crystal Drive, Arlington

WHAT: Fridays at the Fountain is Crystal City’s seasonal pop-up beer garden set within the Crystal City Water Park and featuring beverage selections from the Crystal City Wine Shop and live music from local bands and musicians.

This year, the focus on local flavor is being enhanced by a partnership with The Stand which, in addition to providing the beverage service, will be featuring a rotating lineup of local restaurants and food vendors. Also new this year, attendees have the option of joining the Fridays at the Fountain “Mug Club” featuring a 16-ounce, branded mason jar mug, while supplies last.

Osteria da Nino: Bringing the Bold Taste of Sicily to Shirlington

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Nino Pino wants you to know that after three years of being slightly off the beaten path on the outskirts of the Village at Shirlington, his Osteria da Nino is doing very well.

“People are finding us, people have welcomed us to the neighborhood,” he said.

The location at 2900 S. Quincy Street is in the office building behind the Post Office and near the Village at Shirlington parking garage. You can park there, or in the free lot adjacent to the Osteria’s building, but admittedly isn’t as accessible as the restaurants on the main streets.

So Pino goes beyond the call of duty to attract and keep his customers. That includes homemade pasta, focaccia made daily on the premises and locally sourced seasonal goodness for fresh flavors in his Italian dishes. His menu, made of favorites from all over Italy but particularly Sicily, changes frequently to keep the clientele coming back for new experiences.

Pino, who was born and raised in Letojanni, Sicily, creates the menu and lets his chefs prepare the recipes, and both elements of this partnership take great pride in their creations. Include on that list of culinary creations the confit of duck leg ravioli in a mushroom ragu, and the Fettucine al Nero di Sepia, which finds squid ink pasta, tiger prawns, calamari, clams and mussels swimming in a dark chili-garlic wine sauce.

Where else have you had fresh fregula? At Nino’s Osteria, the small beads of pasta come in a Sardinian dish called Salmone Con Fregola Sarda, which blends Norwegian salmon, tomato confit, peppers, pistachio pesto, broccolini, pepper coulis and the fregola in a colorful array that is as lovely to look at as it is to consume. Take a picture and then dive in.

And, if you must, there’s spaghetti, of course, this one Pomodoro in a rich tomato confit and sprinkled with fresh basil.

Lunch is lighter by nature, with homemade paninis, salads (try the Caprese Puglia Burrata) and a hearty meatball sandwich on Italian country bread and parmesan-mozzarella cheese. Lunch pastas include orecchiette, fettucine, bucatini and a Gnudi con Polpa di Granchio, also available at dinner that has Maryland crab and ricotta gnocchi side by side.

There is a complimentary wine tasting the first Wednesday of each month from 5-7 p.m. There also are monthly wine dinners featuring the cuisine and wines of particular regions in Italy. On April 29, the region explored is Puglia. Diners experience four wines and four courses for $70.

Osteria di Nino is at 2900 South Quincy Street in Arlington near the Village at Shirlington. The website is here; call 703-820-1128 for reservations.

Your Only Chance to Bike DC Car-Free

DC Bike Ride is the region’s only car-free, closed-road, recreational bike ride. Register now before the price increases on May 1.

Save even more when you use the promo code ARLBIKE18 for $10 off standard registration. Kids ages 3 to 7 are always free and youth ages 8 to 17 are always half-price

Join us on Saturday, May 19 for a fun, recreational, family-friendly bicycle adventure. DC Bike Ride celebrates bicycling as a form of healthy living, fitness, transportation and fun.

Your registration includes access to the closed-road DC Bike Ride course that starts in West Potomac Park — this is the only time Washington, DC closes roads for bicycles!

The 20-mile ride will feature on-course entertainment, music and rest stops, as well as a short-cut to the finish that offers a 6-mile course (in case you get tired, are riding with little ones or get hungry for some snacks).

The ride ends with a Finish Festival party with beats, eats and activities for all-ages at the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol. DC’s legendary go-go band Trouble Funk and DJ Little Bacon Bear will be performing at the festival. Participants also get a limited edition DC Bike Ride water bottle.

The ride raises support for the Washington Area Bicyclist Association’s work to make streets safer for all roadway users. The event has committed more than $100,000 in support over three years to WABA for street safety neighborhood programs.

No bike? No problem! We partner with Bike and Roll DC to bring you easy bike rentals.

Find us on social media: @dcbikeride on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. For more information visit www.dcbikeride.com.

Make DC Bike Ride your favorite spring tradition and join the ride today. Don’t forget to use the promo code ARLBIKE18 for $10 off standard registration now through April 30.

Listing of the Day: 1801 N. Bryan Street

Address: 1801 N. Bryan Street
Neighborhood: Lyon Village
Listed: $1,995,000
Open: Saturday, April 21 from 12-4 p.m. and Sunday, April 22 from 1-4 p.m.

Stop by Saturday, April 21 from 12-2 p.m. to chat with Dave Springberg of Spring Street Development, and to preview this exceptional home in Lyon Village.

With four finished levels, the home offers space for everyone and everything, including an Accessory Dwelling Unit in the sun-filled lower level.

Desirable details include wainscoting, wood floors on two levels, coffered ceiling and fireplace in the family room. Upstairs there are three bedrooms and three baths and the top floor retreat has a fourth bedroom, bathroom and versatile space for an office, gym or playroom.

Gorgeous kitchen featuring crisp white cabinetry, blue island and quartz countertops. The home provides several dining options — either casual or traditional — along with a butler’s pantry and mudroom entry from the garage.

Walk to Clarendon for Metro, restaurants, shops, parks and bikepath.

Key/Science Focus, Swanson and Washington-Lee Schools.

Listed by:
Betsy Twigg
Washington Fine Properties
Phone: 703-967-4391
[email protected]
http://www.wfp.com/index.asp

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