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E.G. Reinsch, Inc.
Fraser Forbes Land Sales, LLC
Clarence W. Gosnell, Inc.
Fillmore Garden Appartments
Silverwood Companies
Walsh Colucci Lubeley, Emrich & Walsh PC
Washington Forrest Foundation
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55 Hundred Apartments
Virginia Geoffrey & John Andelin
BB&T Bank
B.M. Smith & Associates, Inc.
Bowman Consulting
Carbon Thompson Development
Dittmar Company
Edgemoor Real Estate Services
Heritage Property Company, LLC
The Holladay Corporation
The DSF Group
Three Peaks, Inc.
Vornado/Charles E. Smith
Virginia Commerce Bank
WDG Architecture, PLLC
Washington Workplace
Westmont Shopping Center
Woodfield Investments
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Arlington Career Center
Arlington Free Clinic
Arlington Heights Civic Association
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Arlington Voice
Carlyle House Condominium
Columbia Heights Civic Association
Columbia Heights West Civic Association
Columbia Pike Artist Studios
Douglas Park Civic Association
Ethiopian Community Development Council
Foxcroft Heights Neighborhood Assoc.
Kiwanis Club of South Arlington
Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
Penrose Neightborhood Civic Association
Trinity Episcopal Church
Volunteers of America
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Contact Us
As always, the CPRO staff welcomes your input. Email your suggestions, questions, and comments to
Takis Karantonis
or call 703-892-2776.
www.columbiapike.org
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| | November 2010
Columbia Pike Revitalization News
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Global Dining Week on the Pike: 8-14 November CPRO is launching another Pike event to highlight the area's rich cultural diversity and vibrant community. From November 8-14, Global Dining Week will showcase the area's international cuisine. Eight restaurants from four continents will feature cities that represent their fare, and offer customers meals at discounted or fixed prices.Culinary diversity is not new on Columbia Pike - the 22204 zip code is home to people from more than 120 countries, and is one of the most diverse area in the country. For Global Dining Week, eight restaurants will feature different cities from around the world. The restaurants are: ABI's Grill, Attila's Restaurant, DAMA Pastry and Restaurant, Manee Thai, P. Brennan's Irish Pub, Rincome Thai Cuisine, The Salsa Room, Twisted Vines Wine Bar. All will feature special offers during this week. |
| Pike Transit Initiative to hold Public Meetings
 Arlington County and Fairfax County are proposing a streetcar line in the Columbia Pike corridor. The project, known as the Columbia Pike Transit Initiative, would extend along Columbia Pike from the Bailey's Crossroads/Skyline area in Fairfax County to Pentagon City in Arlington County. Alignment and yard options extend to the Northern Virginia Community College within the City of Alexandria, which is participating in the project. The Pike Transit Initiative is holding two meetings in order to inform Pike Residents and the General Public about the progress of the project.
Both meetings will be identical in format, so please come to the one most convenient for you!
- Monday, November 15th, 7pm, at the Goodwin House (Bailey's Crossroads, 344o S. Jefferson St. Falls Church)
- Thursday, November 18th, 7pm, at the Walter Reed Community Center (2909, 16th St. South and S Walter Reed Dr., Arlington)
Please plan on attending one of these important meetings! For more information, visit www.piketransit.com. Spanish translation will be provided at the meetings. |
 SuddenSpace pop-up Gallery open through November Continuing the tradition of alternative gallery spaces, Art in Transition-suddenspace celebrates art and the activation of dormant architecture through the rich use of materials that range from large scale sculpture and installation to intimate paintings. 19 artists will exhibit work exploring the ephemeral to mundane; from the traditional to the unexpected in 5,000 square feet of empty retail space from November 3rd -29th.
CPRO cosponsors this event. Participating artists: Emily Biondo, Tim Campbell, Bobby Coleman, Kate Demong, L. Kimberly Gillespie, Victoria Greising, Ada m Hager, Sabeth Jackson, Sarah Laing, Stuart Lorimer, Lindsay McCulloch, Sarah Miller, Megan Mueller, Camden Place, Katherine Sable, Samuel Scharf, Ben Tolman, Jenny Walton, and Stewart Watson.
Where: Siena Park Residences, 2301 Columbia Pike [map]
Exhibition run, November 3, 2010 - November 29, 2010
Gallery Hours: Saturdays and Sundays 10am-7pm and by appointment |
Columbia Pike Artists Studio Gala 2010:
Art, Wine and Food!
The twenty-seven professional artists at COLUMBIA PIKE ARTISTS' STUDIOS cordially invite their patrons, the public and the media to visit their private studios during their annual Gala Open House (at the intersection Col. Pike / S Walter Reed [map]). 
This is a wonderful opportunity to see a juried exhibition in the gallery, tour the entire complex, and meet with artists in their private workspaces. Complementary wine and food will be served throughout the evening.
The event is free and open to the public.
Where: Columbia Pike Artists Studio - 932 S. Walter Reed / Columbia Pike (map)
When: November 13, 2010 6pm -9pm |
| Small Business News
Urgent Care Center opens on November 22.
 This month, CPRO welcomes a new urgent care center to the neighborhood. Located in the Westmont Shopping Center (Columbia Pike / S. Glebe Road) [map]. Simplicity Urgent Care sees patients seven days a week, no appointment necessary (8am-8pm weekdays and 10am-4:00pm weekends).
The center accepts most major insurance plans, fills prescriptions on-site, and always offers fast, friendly care. Simplicity treats such illnesses and injuries as sore throat, cold, flu, cuts and abrasions, strains and sprains, and urinary tract infections. Additional services include immunizations, x-rays, occupational medicine, and travel medicine. Simplicity Urgent Care opens November 22. Learn more at www.simplicityurgentcare.com. Wendroff & Associates CPA moves to new offices.
 Wendroff & Associates CPA has moved into it's new offices on 2300 Ninth Street South, Suite 305. The new office will better accommodate Wendroff & Associate staff, which has added several new accountants and services in the past year including QuickBooks Training and Review Services, MultiState Tax Research, Merger and Acquisition Planning, and International Tax Consulting. The space will also feature a large, private conference room, which the firm plans to make available to the local business community by appointment, and facilities to host training and educational events. Wendroff & Associates, LLC is a full service accounting firm, specializing in Tax Strategy, CFO Consulting, QuickBooks Training and Bookkeeping.
Santa Ana Restaurant opens
Run under new management, Santa Ana Restaurant will be offering Bolivian and International Food at 2599 Columbia Pike [map]. Tel: 703-302-3999.
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| Neighborhood Improvement Projects
Arl. County awarded the improvement of the Butler Holmes Park, 111 S Barton St. [map] (Penrose) to a commercial contractor. The first phase of the project is funded with $375,000 through the Neighborhood Conservation Program. The currently approved funds will cover the cost for the first phase of the project (improved playground, pic-nic area and amenities). A future second phase will focus on landscaping improvements. [more]
Works are progressing at the Walter Reed Community Center, 2909, 16th St. South [map] (Columbia Heights). A new peripheral fence and enhanced stone entrance features are currently under construction.
Funding has been approved for new neighborhood signage for Foxcroft and Columbia Heights.
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| "Work in Progress" Photo-exhibit at the CPRO office.
 The photo-exhibit "Work in Progress" returns to a public space on the Pike: the CPRO-Office, 2611 Columbia Pike [ map]. The Pike Documentary Project Photographer Team loaned CPRO 19 truly impressive pieces from their vast collection of photographs and Pike residents' personal stories. The exhibit is a celebration of the people and the unique diversity that characterizes our area. CPRO thanks Lloyd Wolf, Mimi Xang Ho, Duy Tran, Paula and Todd Endo, Aleksandra Lagkueva and other Pike Documentary Project Photographers for their support.Please visit also the Pike Documentary Project Photo BlogCPRO also congratulates the Project team for their participation in this year's PhotoWeekDC with a large scale slideshow that is currently being projected (through Nov. 13) at CenterSpace Park (N. Moore Street and Wilson Boulevard [ map]) in Rosslyn. |
| Freedman's Village Booklet is now available online.
Many attendees of our last CPRO Pike History event requested for this brochure to be made available to them. The brochure is now available to download from here.
CPRO thanks Arlington Historian Sara Collins, Dr. Talmadge Williams of the Black Heritage Museum of Arlington and the Trinity Episcopal Church of the Pike for having made possible another exciting and informative Pike History evening.
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| More upcoming events...
Trinity Episcopalian Church / Col. Pike Community Chorus (2217 Columbia Pike) Come and sing Vivaldi's "Gloria." The Columbia Pike Community Chorus is welcoming singers for their December 19, 2010 performance of Antonio Vivaldi's "Gloria." Rehearsals are Mondays from 7:00 to 9:00 pm beginning November 1. Performance Sunday, December 19 at 4:00 pm. Both rehearsals and performance are held at Trinity Church, 2217 Columbia Pike, Arlington. For more information, contact Barbara Stefan, Music Director at 703/920-7077 or musicmin@tecarl.org. Arlington Presbyterian Church (3507 Columbia Pike) November 12: Students from the Shenandoah Conservatory and will perform solo piano, classical jazz and new age selections. Admission is Free!, All concerts begin at 7 pm. More information. |
Join CPRO and Support the Pike's Revitalization.  CPRO's annual membership drive is now underway! The Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization (CPRO) helps to build community, and promote smart growth and economic development in Arlington's Columbia Pike corridor. We are 100% Pike, 100% of the time. Today, our members include more than 20 civic and nonprofit organizations, as are 65 businesses, and more than 180 local residents. Please join them in becoming a CPRO member today?
Membership forms are available here.
Thank you!
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