Cherrydale Follow-up

While researching Cherrydale there was an article that was found in the Virginia Room at the Central Library. This article was mentioning how General Store in Arlington was right in the center of town and everything else was built to surround it. For example the fire house and the school were built within a one block radius of the store, this being east of Lee Highway. The article continues to mention how the store and the area around it became it's own community in itself, which created Cherrydale. Now there are multiple stores in Cherrydale so the community is less compact because not everyone has a reliance on one store. This article put the idea of community into perspective and shows how a community may form.