Cristol, a two-term Democrat who already was not running for reelection, will resign in July to take the helm of the rebranded Tysons Community Alliance.
The second-term lawmaker, who spent her time in office pushing for more child-care options, better public transit and a contentious effort to end single-family-only zoningTysons Community AllianceThe nonprofit group, a successor of sorts to the Tysons Partnership, seeks to promote the Fairfax County business district whilethat car-centric office center into a walkable urban neighborhood — a shift that is still very much ongoing.
“Transit and walkability are core to what I’ve worked on and what I’ve loved doing. That is a challenge and opportunity for Tysons,” Cristol said. “How do you create a real sense of community … and create connections in a place that is not always known for its residential development?”Her departure from the Arlington board is timed so that it will not trigger a special election.
The board is likely to select someone not in that race to replace her for the last six months of her term. Cristol said that while it was bittersweet to leave the board early, it was equally important to devote her full attention to her new position. “These next six months would have been spent winding down and transitioning anyway,” she said. “This represents to me an exciting enough step … that it’s worth making the shift.”herself as a voice for millennials in a county that was increasingly filled with young people but had not elected them to public office.As a lawmaker, she focused on tackling issues that were making this inner-ring D.C. suburb more expensive for young families like her own.
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