The Arlington County government is making major strides toward providing more user-friendly services to the business community, but still has a way to go, County Board Chairman Libby Garvey said at the annual “State of the County” event on June 21.
“Not that the culture was bad . . . but we’ve needed to move it into the 21st century,” Garvey said at the annual event, sponsored by the Arlington Chamber of Commerce. “We’ve made a start; we’re working to be more responsive.”
Garvey’s remarks, made before about 160 business and civic leaders, came a week after she pushed back a challenge from Erik Gutshall in the Democratic County Board primary. Garvey won 55 percent of the vote, and now faces largely token opposition in the Nov. 8 general election.
