More than 300 consumers stood in line to attend the Grand Opening/Open House for the ARC 3409 Condos, a luxury condominium development located in the Rosslyn/Ballston area of Northern Virginia, a project of Finmarc Management, Inc. and The Goldstar Group. Earlier this year, the partnership acquired the eight-story former AKA Luxury Suites Residences, and initiated an extensive $6 million renovation and improvement strategy designed to upgrade the residential units, common areas and amenities and convert the building to luxury condominiums.
The building features a masonry and glass exterior, is located within immediate proximity to downtown Washington, D.C. and is served by five stops on the Washington Metro Orange Line. The project is approximately two blocks from the Virginia Square Metro Station between Ballston and Clarendon and within walking distance to all the restaurant and retail offerings of both neighborhoods. Alexandria-based McWilliams | Ballard is handled marketing and sales of the units and indicated “this has been one of the best-attended grand openings they had ever been associated with.”
Arlington, VA – Kingsbury Chocolates, a local chocolatier, has applied for a $150,000 grant from Chase as part of a newly launched program, Mission Main StreetSM Grants. Kingsbury Chocolates must submit a questionnaire outlining a business plan that will result in growth of the business and receive at least 250 votes to be eligible for a grant. Customers, fans and community members can show support for Kingsbury Chocolates by voting at https://www.missionmainstreetgrants.com/vote using Facebook Connect.
The voting deadline is October 17, 2014 and grant recipients will be selected by expert panelists.
On Saturday, October 4, DC Street Hockey will host the fifth annual City of Origins Tournament at Raue Pond (4646 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA). Ball drop for the first game is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. with the championship at 7:00 p.m.
This unique event will feature local street hockey enthusiasts from the Alexandria Seminary and Arlington Barcroft Leagues, with players aligned according to their birth location or their favorite National Hockey League team. This year’s participants will represent Washington, DC (2), Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Metro NY/NJ, Boston/Buffalo, Canada, and Midwest.
Chef Katie Gilman, owner of Taste by Katie a to go restaurant in Arlington, is honoring her favorite team, the Nats, by creating a Get Your Red On Ice Cream. Based on Red Velvet Cake and studded with white chocolate chips, the ice cream will be available as long as the Nats are in the play-offs.
“I am a huge Nats fan,” said Chef Katie. “Since starting Taste in April, I’ve been thinking about creating a special ice cream for the play-offs.” Get Your Red On Ice Cream is one of many unique flavors of ice cream created by Chef Katie as part of Taste’s One Perfect Scoop of Ice Cream summer desserts. Each scoop of ice cream is $2.
The Yorktown boys lacrosse team is selling 3 cubic foot bags of premium hardwood shredded mulch for $4.99 per bag. Minimum order of 10 bags includes FREE delivery by the team. Orders must be received by October 20th and delivery will be on Saturday October 25th.
Please visit www.YorktownLacrosse.com to place your order online.
Washington D.C. – The tech startup GreaterPlaces and civic outreach group DoTankDC launched the card game Cards Against Urbanity on Kickstarter and met their funding goal within three days. The game, a take on Apples to Apples and Cards Against Humanity, tackles urban planning Q&A with a humorous take on cities and suburbs. The response has been incredible – and reveals a pent up demand for learning how to shape the places we live, work and play.
Because most urban and community planning is really technical and not much fun, GreaterPlaces and DoTankDC decided to create Cards Against Urbanity. Like Apples to Apples & Cards Against Humanity, the game decks have question and answer cards. Players take turns judging a question round; he or she picks a card with a question about cities and neighborhoods. Players then try to appeal to the judge by throwing down “answer” cards from their hand.
Learn about the amazing Camp Carysbrook and how to give your daughter(s) the most amazing and empowering experience of her life.
For more information, please visit http://www.campcarysbrook.com/.
3233 – 6th Street, South, Arlington, VA 22204, in the Arlington Heights neighborhood will be Open Sunday October 5 from 1-4pm. Priced at $549,000 this property is a classic 1930s slate roof colonial with 2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms, new air conditioning, electric panel box, fresh paint, wood floors, lower level rec room, detached garage.
Contact Betsy Twigg at 703-967-4391 or [email protected] for more information.
5627-5th Street, South, Arlington, VA 22205 is open Sunday October 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. Priced at $599,000, this property has crisp white kitchen with granite countertops, wood floors and door to deck and gorgeous covered patio. Living room fireplace, main level den, wood floors, two large bedrooms upstairs, lower level rc room, half bath, laundry and storage. Recent roof, air conditioning, hot water heater, move-in condition.
Contact Betsy Twigg at 703-967-4391 or [email protected] for more information.
Arlington, VA — September 26, 2014 — Amber Labs announced today that it has created The Amber Charging Station. Amber provides intelligent phone charging to patrons of venues, cafes and bars while using biometric technology to keep phones secure.
“The concept is simple: we wanted to create a solution for dead cell phones–something everyone has encountered–in the most intuitive and convenient way possible,” said Bill Shuey, co-founder of Amber. “We set out to revolutionize mobile charging through proprietary technology and intelligent design. The result was greater than the sum of its parts.”
Arlington, VA (September 24, 2014)–With the installation of 1,946 parking space sensors, Pentagon Row now boasts one of the nation’s most advanced, customer-friendly, and sustainable parking facilities. The sensors, which are located in each of the facility’s parking spaces, record whether a space is occupied, forwarding that information to illuminated signs and the Pentagon Row mobile parking app which direct parkers to the closest available spaces to their final shopping destination. By eliminating the need for drivers to circle the parking garage searching for a space, Pentagon Row’s sensor system provides a more convenient and greener parking experience. Pentagon Row is owned by Federal Realty Investment Trust.
“We are proud to host one of the first parking facilities in the nation to offer such a comprehensive space sensor system,” said Robin McBride Zeigler, Vice President, Mid-Atlantic Region Chief Operating Officer for Federal Realty Investment Trust. “No longer do drivers have to circle the parking facility looking for an open space. Visitors are guided directly to open parking and can get in and out of parking areas more quickly and conveniently than ever before.”
