In a vote that one member called “the single greatest disappointment of my entire time on City Council,” the Arlington council voted 8-1 on Oct. 14 to drop redevelopment plans for the Fielder Square neighborhood.
The proposed plan to buy an apartment complex for $33 million, tear it down and create affordable housing would have spent a total of nearly $37 million to accomplish its goals. In August, that proposed plan failed after the council-run Arlington Tomorrow Foundation did not reach a supermajority vote to fund the project.
Council dropped the plan this month because of a lack of funding that was available quickly…