CHAMBER PREPS FOR CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS: Leadership of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for a year’s worth of activities to celebrate the organization’s centennial.
David Kinney of Clarendon LLC announced the Chamber’s 2024 executive committee and board of directors at its recent annual meeting, with Steve Cooper of NextUp Solutions serving as chair-elect for 2024 and rotating in as chair in 2025..
The centennial celebration will kick off the with Chamber’s annual gala, to be held Jan. 27 at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City.
The Arlington Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1924 with attorney Clarence Ahalt serving as president (a title later changed to chairman when the staff post of executive director was renamed president; that position currently is held by Kate Bates).
For information on the organization, see the Website at www.arlingtonchamber.org.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY LOOKS AT EVOLUTION OF STATE ELECTIONS: The Arlington Historical Society opens 2024 with local civic leader John Milliken discussing his book (coauthored with Mark Rozell), “New Dominion: 20th-Century Elections That Shaped Modern Virginia.”
The event will be held on Thursday, Jan. 11 at 7 p.m. at the Reinsch Library on the main campus of Marymount University, and also will be streamed on Zoom.
Milliken (a former Arlington County Board member and Virginia Secretary of Transportation) and Rozell trace political change in Virginia from the time of Harry Byrd Sr. to the present day by analyzing six key elections.
Registration is not required for in-person attendance but is required for online. For information, see the Website at www.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org.
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION PROGRAM TO FOCUS ON NATIVE PLANTS: Virginia Cooperative Extension will present an online program – “Selecting Native Plants for the Home Garden” – on Friday, Jan. 12 at 11 a.m.
Master Gardener Elaine Mills will introduce species that attract local pollinators, butterflies, moths and birds, and will explore how to choose native plants appropriate for specific gardens.
The event is free. To register, see the Website at http://mgnv.org/rsvp-for-public-education-classes.
AAUW TO PRESENT UPDATE ON ‘MEMORIALIZING THE ENSLAVED’ INITIATIVE: The Arlington branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) will present a program – “Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington 1669-1865” – on Saturday, Jan. 20 at 10:30 a.m. at Lubber Run Community Center.
Discussing the joint initiative of the Arlington Historical Society and Black Heritage Museum of Arlington will be Jessica Kaplan, editor of the Arlington Historical Magazine.
