ASAP is present in every official county process that matters. This is the running log.
Understanding what sports access can do for Arlington, and what private partnership could do to build it, he founded ASAP.
Published in Patch. Sam Myers Jr. makes the full public case for why the PSMP Refresh Series 3 comment window is the moment Arlington families have been waiting for — and what to say when it opens.
Following Sam Myers Jr.'s outreach to the Public Spaces Master Plan Refresh project team, an Arlington county planner confirmed that the second series of community engagements concluded in spring 2026 and that Series 3 is planned for later this year — likely this fall. ASAP's email is confirmed on the project subscriber list.
From the county's response: "There is still time to engage on this project. The 3rd series of community engagements for the PSMP Refresh will be conducted later this year, likely this fall."
Published in Patch (August 2) and ARLnow (August 3). Sam Myers Jr. documents that two months after filing formal written comment in the Arlington 2050 process, no response had been received — and the draft plan continued to omit any specific or actionable language on sports and recreation access. The piece drove significant Nextdoor engagement across Arlington neighborhoods.
Published in ARLnow and Patch. Sam Myers Jr. describes submitting formal written comment to the Arlington 2050 Comprehensive Plan process and invites the planning team and community into a conversation about sports and recreation access. The piece generated significant Nextdoor engagement across Arlington neighborhoods.
Sam Myers Jr. engaged Arlington County's Children and Youth Well-Being Network and Human Services, raising what ASAP is documenting: sports and recreation access still isn't showing up in the county's planning language, even as the county's own youth engagement work shows kids want more places to play.
ASAP founder Sam Myers Jr. submitted a full written comment to Arlington County CPHD addressing gaps in sports and recreation access across all seven draft guiding principles, and requested specific language additions to Sections 4.2, 5.5, 7.5, 1.4, 2.4, and 4.7.
View full comment →Arlington's Public Spaces Master Plan Refresh team has confirmed that Series 3 community engagement is coming this fall. ASAP will be there with a specific, documented ask. Sign up to know when.
The PSMP Refresh Series 3 public engagement, the Arlington County Board on September 19, and the Arlington County Sports Commission on September 24 at Lubber Run Community Center — the Sports Commission is the body that already put the Athletic Field Availability Project's status on the record as "a work in progress" in February 2026.
ASAP is organizing the community to show up to all three with a specific, documented ask. Sign up to know when the PSMP window opens and to be ready when it does.