(RECAP: Members of the recently-formed Charlottesville Area Alliance have made it their mission to make the Charlottesville region the most age-friendly community in the country. The alliance has questioned both the Charlottesville City Council and the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors to sign the World Health Organization’s commitment to being an age-friendly community. According to Jefferson Area Board for Aging’s CEO Marta Keane, in approximately eight years, 25 percent of the population in the Jefferson plotting district will be 65 years ancient or older. JABA is just one of the 13 local organizations that have come together to form the Charlottesville Area Alliance. The alliance’s goal is to make the region the most age-friendly community in the country.)

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(RECAP: The Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (APAH) has announced the grand opening and ribbon cutting for a groundbreaking new apartment complex designed for low-income residents of Arlington. The Springs Apartments, located just a few blocks south of the Ballston Common Mall at 555 N. Thomas Street, will be officially open to residents on Nov. 3 with a ceremony scheduled for 2 p.m. Construction of The Springs Apartments started in early 2015. The building will be a five-tale, 104-unit mixed-use development that will include 98 new units affordable to low and very low income individuals and families, according to APAH.)

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(RECAP: The rehabilitation of a blighted building on East Broadway into a mixed-use development is moving forward after a vote by City Council Tuesday to allow the project’s apartments to fall below the city’s square footage requirements. “Over the past nearly 15 to 20 years, this property has been a property maintenance nightmare for the city,” City Planner Horace Wade told Council. The building was bought this spring by Larry Cluff, the Richmond-based developer responsible for such historic rehabs as the former Coca-Cola plant in Scott’s Addition. To help finance the East Broadway renovation, Cluff is seeking to use historic tax credits, which in Virginia are administered by the Department of Historic Resources. A DHR review of the East Broadway building found that it had initially contained three apartments on the second floor and that to qualify for historic tax credits, the structure would have to retain that layout. With an estimated rent of $900 to $1,200, none of the units are expected to serve as low-income housing.)

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