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Arlington Pharmacy inspires legislation BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
ARLINGTON — Arlington Pharmacy General Manager Cory Duskin has inspired a piece of legislation, sponsored by state Rep. Kirk Pearson, that they both hope will help provide less expensive and more attentive health care for pharmacy patients throughout the state. “I’m always getting different ideas from my constituents, but this one hit close to home,� Pearson said. “When my father passed away, I remembered how wonderful his local pharmacy was in going above and beyond the call of duty for him. Local pharmacies aren’t just places to buy drugs. They develop real relationships with their customers.� Many people have never heard of Pharmacy Benefit Managers, but according to Duskin and Pearson, the PBMs’ decisions can impact the quality of prescription drugs and pharmacy services that pharmacy customers receive, as well as the prices they pay for them. Pearson explained that PBMs man-
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Brian Henley, a pharmacy manager at the Arlington Pharmacy, compares and contrasts medications that the store provides to patients.
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West Arlington subarea code receives community input
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ARLINGTON — Citizens expressed concerns over the West Arlington subarea draft form-based code and Transfer of Development Rights program during a meeting with city of Arlington officials and representatives of Makers Architecture and Urban Design on Wednesday, Jan. 11. The city of Arlington had
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Dave Maness, left, and Neil Knudson study a map of one of the areas that’s part of the West Arlington subarea draft form-based code on Jan. 11.
adopted the West Arlington subarea plan on Feb. 7 of last year. It’s a long-range plan intended to guide growth and development in Smokey Point, West Bluff, Island Crossing and other western portions of Arlington, and the formbased code is the primary tool in implementing this plan. Form-based code regulates development to achieve specific urban forms, in part by focusing on land use, but mostly by
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designating as “acceptable� and “unacceptable� certain physical forms and masses of buildings in relation to one another, as well as scales and types of streets and blocks. City of Arlington Community Development Director David Kuhl and Natural Resources Manager Bill Blake were joined by Bob Bengford of Makers SEE PLAN, PAGE 2
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