The Aurora Highlands Civic Association (AHCA) welcomes you to our neighborhood -- single family homes, high-rise apartments, and everything you would want with easy access to Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Neighborhood location and history.
Community places, including churches, parks, schools, and restaurants.
Issues that will shape our neighborhood for years to come.
AHCA - You can make a difference
The AHCA is represented on the Arlington County Civic Federation. AHCA is the point of contact for Arlington County and giving a voice to the community in local, County, and State affairs on issues of importance to Aurora Highlands.
To get attention for an issue that you believe affects the entire Aurora Highlands community, contact an AHCA Board member.
Join the community listserve on Yahoo Groups or check out the forums and blogs at the Arlington Neighborhood web site.
Current AHCA Projects
Arlington County's Neighborhood Conservation Plan:
In Arlington County, each neighborhood's conservation plan serves as the primary planning document for the distribution of neighborhood project grants and other neighborhood improvements. AHCA is in the process of drafting its first update to the Aurora Highlands Neighborhood Conservation Plan (NCP) since 1975. The Neighborhood Conservation Plan contains detailed survey data along with extensive information on the neighborhood's land use planning, zoning, public safety, parks and recreation, and traffic issues.
In 2007, the county provided an inventory report that includes maps illustrating missing curb, gutter and sidewalks as well as other features within Aurora Highlands. There is also a park survey comparing the various levels of amenities in our neighborhood with those in other areas of the County. This report can be used in conjunction with the NC plan.
The draft of the Aurora Highlands Neighborhood Conservation Plan is taking shape. This is the document that tells the County what is important to our community. It's an opportunity to formulate our requests for infrastructure improvements, program improvements and resolution of problems. It's taken more than two years of work to get to this point. Rough drafts are available for viewing for most chapters. These drafts will be subjected to considerable editing, and pictures/maps will be added. Once the draft is complete, there will be an official period for community comments. But if readers would like to take an advance look, here they are. Send your comments by May 21, 2008 to ncplan@aurorahighlands.org.
- Introduction and Executive Summary
- Local History (not yet available)
- Land Use and Zoning (not yet available)
- Sidewalks
- Street Lighting
- Trees
- Parks
- Public Services
- Traffic and Transportation
- Businesses