1. 2022 FY Federal Omnibus Bill: NAR Priorities 2. Youngkin, state officials break ground on 495 NEXT project 3. Expanding Housing Choice: The Missing Middle Housing Study Virtual Walking Tours 4. John ‘Til’ Hazel Jr., lawyer and developer who transformed Virginia suburbs, dies at 91 5. Authority To Lower Speed Limit Given By Alexandria City Council

1. N.Va. officials fear grocery tax repeal will derail region’s transportation funding 2. Parking Reimagined - Updating Fairfax County’s Parking Regulations 3. Metro’s Yellow Line bridge over Potomac will close for about eight months beginning this fall 4. Part of Columbia Pike to close next year as cemetery expansion project ramps up 5. Senate passes bill to avert shutdown, extend $14 billion in Ukraine aid

The new "From the Ground Up" report enables members to be informed on upcoming projects throughout the NVAR footprint. Information will include, but is not limited to: proposed residential and commercial development projects in the news, rezoning applications and site plan amendments coming before local government, affordable housing project news, announcements of new businesses locating in the region and other economic development news.

1. Supervisors put another nail in the Bi-County Parkway's coffin 2. Silver Line extension opening date pushed once again to summer 2022 3. Legislation lays out a plan for affordable broadband 4. Metro to receive additional $120 million in federal pandemic relief 5. Budget Town Halls, Ways to Give Input on the FY 2023 Budget Proposal

1. Fairfax County executive proposes budget with tax-rate freeze, less pandemic austerity 2. Bi-County Parkway ‘back with a vengeance’ 3. NAR Comments on Proposed Anti-Money Laundering Regulations 4. Duplexes vs. McMansions: What makes a house too big for neighbors? 5. New Broadband Internet Options Close To Approval In Alexandria

1. Arlington County manager proposes budget that would freeze tax rate, increase employee pay 2. Real Estate Tax Rate Unchanged In Alexandria 2023 Budget Proposal 3. Loudoun County administrator proposes $3.5 billion budget for fiscal 2023 4. Prince William budget pitches meals tax, real estate tax boost 5. NAR Comments on Proposed WOTUS Rule

The new "From the Ground Up" report enables members to be informed on upcoming projects throughout the NVAR footprint. Information will include, but is not limited to: proposed residential and commercial development projects in the news, rezoning applications and site plan amendments coming before local government, affordable housing project news, announcements of new businesses locating in the region and other economic development news.

1. NAR Supports Health Insurance Affordability 2. Letter to Fannie Mae on ANSI Measurements 3. Arlington leaders, Sen. Warner push for bridge funding 4. Lawmakers delay until next session bills seeking limited distance-based pricing on Greenway 5. Alexandria’s 2022 Real Estate Assessments Reflect Significant New Growth