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As part of the festival partnership with Amazon, two Cherry Blossom Art in Bloom sculptures will be located in Arlington s National Landing neighborhood. (Courtesy of Amazon)
ARLINGTON, VA Amazon, together with developer JBG Smith and the National Landing Business Improvement District, has formed a strategic partnership with the National Cherry Blossom Festival to raise awareness of the evolving neighborhood.
Through the partnership, the National Cherry Blossom Festival will add programming on the Virginia side of the Potomac River in Arlington. The expansion of the festival into Arlington will highlight the proximity of National Landing as a growing urban center and demonstrate the area s role as a vibrant destination for locals and visitors, the companies said.
The National Landing Business Improvement District is working on a program to support ground-floor restaurants and retailers in Pentagon City, Crystal City and
February 17, 2021 at 2:45pm
A new Maryland law greases the wheels for Maryland Rail Commuter (MARC) train service to come to the new Crystal City station set to open in 2024.
HB 1236 First Step for MARC Commuters Act calls for the Maryland Transit Authority to “engage in good-faith negotiations” for a pilot program that would extend MARC service into Arlington and Alexandria. It could one day allow workers at Amazon’s HQ2 to commute in via rail from Baltimore or the Maryland exurbs.
The National Landing Business Improvement District calls the act a good “first step.”
“Passage of the First Step for MARC Commuters Act is significant progress towards realizing a bold vision for a truly regional commuter rail system,” BID president Tracy Sayegh Gabriel tells ARLnow. “Though National Landing is already well served by WMATA and VRE, the addition of MARC service will greatly enhance access to employment and affordable housing opportunities for residents throughout Ma
A new Virginia Railway Express station could bring Amtrak service to Crystal City, says a new report.
The expanded and relocated station is set to open in 2024 and Amtrak is currently “exploring” adding regional service to this station.
This according to a National Landing Business Improvement District report released earlier this month, detailing a number of significant transportation projects scheduled for completion over the decade (many of which long have been in the works).
Responding to inquiries from ARLnow, an Amtrak spokesperson wrote in an email that the planning remains underway “so it’s premature to discuss in depth expansion plans.”
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The National Landing Business Improvement District in Northern Virginia has outlined plans for creating what it says will be the most “well-connected downtown in the country,” following its selection as home to Amazon HQ2.
In a recent report, BID showcased several public-private partnership projects, with costs totaling $4 billion, that will improve transit in National Landing, outside of Washington, D.C., which encompasses parts of Virginia’s Crystal City, Pentagon City, Arlington County neighborhoods and the Potomac Yard neighborhood of Alexandria. The moniker “National Landing” was chosen when Amazon selected the area for its project.
Construction on Amazon HQ2 began in January 2020 with the demolition of the previous structures. The project team including development partner JBG Smith, general contractor Clark Construction and ZGF Architects is building two, 22-story office towers in the Metropolitan Park site in Pentagon City. The current phase is s