Susan Ehterton, a real estate developer and ruling elder at Arlington Presbyterian Church in Arlington, Virginia with 35 years of experience in redevelopment and affordable housing, explained the church’s transformation as moving “from one stone edifice to another stone edifice” — one with 173 units of affordable housing and, as it turns out, room for the congregation as well.
On Nov. 18 the members of Arlington Presbyterian Church agreed by a vote of 34 to 19 to move forward with part of their newly discerned vision — redeveloping their property in partnership with Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (APAH) to build new worship space and church offices, a childcare center, retail consistent with their ministry, and affordable housing.