About CPRO
The COLUMBIA PIKE REVITALIZATION ORGANIZATION (CPRO) is a coalition of businesses, civic associations, property owners, and the Arlington County Government. CPRO’s mission is to inspire, support and provide direction for a wide variety of initiatives that aim to improve and revitalize Columbia Pike and its adjacent neighborhoods.
Form Based Code
The Columbia Pike Form Based Code (CPFBC) is a development approval process designed to make Columbia Pike development decisions simple and the Columbia Pike development entitlement process short as well as predictable for all stakeholders (Owners, Investors, Neighbors, Businesses, Planners etc.).
Arlington Home Show
On APRIL 14th, the 6th Annual Arlington Home Show & Expo Will Offer One-Stop Shopping for a Wide Variety of Home Improvements. The Show is a convenient way to learn about remodeling kitchens and baths, finishing or waterproofing basements, replacing windows and doors, as well as flooring, roofing, siding, gutter, and paving solutions, security systems, insulation, [...]
Columbia Pike Land Use & Housing Study
More than two decades of consistent and focused revitalization efforts are finally succeeding in stimulating the kind of development and growth most citizens, businesses and our County Government have envisioned and supported since the very first steps in the 1980s. With this success, new challenges arrise for our community. The ongoing Columbia Pike Land Use and Housing Study aims to address these challenges and provide guidance and policy recommendations on how our community will achieve its long term goals: Foster a healthy, diverse community with high quality of life along the Pike. Read More
On the Pike...
2011 Pike Progress Luncheon
The Pike is changing. And it is changing at a fast pace. New residential buildings and attractive commercial space is replacing what just two years ago was a tired and decaying urban landscape. The Revitalization process has already added 1,200 net new households on the Pike and new projects are in the pipeline. Significant public and private investment is converging along the entire length of the corridor. The annual Pike Progress Luncheon is the premier event bringing together...
Penrose Square
300 new apartments developed by Carbon Thomson Development [CPRO member] , new retail space, the return of a major grocery store and a new town square will be soon defining the Pike’s Town Center. Construction is progressing swiftly at the latest development on the eastern Pike. While the official opening date is still June 2011 there is a serious chance that the project will be concluded ahead of time. The master plan for the actual Penrose Square was approved by the Arlington...
Smart Growth
Bob Brosnan, Arlington’s chief urban planner talks about Smart Growth in this video released by Arlington County. Read More
