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Champion Great Neighborhoods
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hether increasing access to parks and recreational amenities, public art or affordable housing, the City
and its community partners continue working together to ensure Arlington remains a great place to
live, learn, work and play.
Arlington Celebrates New Julia
Burgen Park

Julia Burgen Park, which includes
features such as a mile-long hike and
bike trail, a covered playground, swings
and more, opened in central Arlington
in May.

The 66-acre park is named for
former Arlington City Council Member
Julia Burgen, who is well known for her
environmental activism and her fight
to preserve park land along Johnson
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Rush Creek Dog
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In September, the community celebrated the grand opening of the Rush
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nearly seven acres of tail-wagging fun with four fenced-in areas for off-leash play.
The park, which is free to use, also offers drinking
water fountains for humans
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and dogs, dog bone-shaped benches with shade cover, climbing boulders and
more. Arlington voters approved $500,000 for the dog park in the 2014 bond
election. Other construction funding came from park user fees.
Voters Approve Active Adult
Center

In a special election in May,
Arlington voters approved $45 million
to build an Active Adult Center. The
center, which could open as early as
2022, will be located near the Pierce
Burch Water Treatment Plant on Green
Oaks Boulevard in west Arlington.
Amenities will include a full-court
gymnasium, aquatic components for
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areas, special event space, walking track
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