2018

• Projects in The Little City Win NAIOP Awards
• Recreation and Parks Wins Big for Fit at the Farmers Market Program
• City Earns AAA Bond Rating from All Three Rating Agencies
• City Wins Big at Virginia Municipal League Annual Conference: President's Award and the Innovation Award for Environmental Quality (for curbside compost program), Platinum Certification for VML's Go Green Government Challenge, and Silver Level HEAL Leader (Healthy Eating Active Living
• Community Leader Midge Wang Named 2018 Memorial Day Grand Marshal
• City of Falls Church Celebrates Tree USA Honor, Arbor Day on April 21
• Mayor Goes on Relief Mission to Lebanon
• Elizabeth "Ibby" Acosta Named 2017 City of Falls Church Employee of the Year
• City of Falls Church is America's Healthiest Community (U.S. News and World Report)
• Vehicle Decal Winner Announced
• Aurora House Recognized for Outstanding Food Safety Practices
• Ten Arts & Humanities Projects Awarded Grant Funding

2017

• Three Residential Projects Recognized with Green Home Awards
• Big Retail News in The Little City: Target, ALDI Coming Soon
• City of Falls Church Celebrates Tree USA Honor, Arbor Day on April 22
• Joe Dowling Named 2016 City of Falls Church Employee of the Year
• Vehicle Decal Winner Announced
• Safe Driver Award Recipients Announced

2016

• Virginia Recreation and Park Society Honors Charley O'Hara, City Resident Extraordinaire
• Mary Riley Styles Public Library Earns Coveted Four-Star Rating for Unprecedented Ninth Year in a Row
• Farmers Market Wins Big: People’s Choice (23rd Nationwide, 3rd in Virginia), Focus on Farmers (26th Nationwide, 3rd in Virginia), Healthy Food for All (26th Nationwide, 3rd in Virginia), , Pillar of the Community  (23rd Nationwide, 3rd in Virginia), and Champion for the Environment (25th Nationwide, 3rd in Virginia)
• By the Numbers: A Successful, Busy Summer at the Mary Riley Styles Public Library
• City of Falls Church Police Department Earns Prestigious Accreditation
• Mayor Speaks at Regional Conference to Promote City of Falls Church’s Business Interests
• Harris Teeter Enhances City's Downtown Vibrancy
• Mayor Delivers Blankets, Coats to Refugees in Turkey

2015

• Falls Church City Manager Wyatt Shields Wins COG Leadership Award


• City becomes a National Wildlife Federation Certified Community Wildlife Habitat


• Police Department Personnel Honored for School Bus Stop Arm Camera Program
   

• City Named Tree City USA by Arbor Day Foundation, 37th Year in a Row

2014

• Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Climate and Energy Leadership Award
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• City Named Tree City USA by Arbor Day Foundation, 36th Year in a Row
   

• Assistant City Manager Cindy Mester Wins Marcia Mashaw Outstanding Assistant Award by the Virginia Local Government Management Association
   

• Virginia Municipal League Achievement Award
  Achievement in population of 10,001 to 35,000 category for "employing a combination of fast-thinking, altruism, innovative design, and collaboration to keep a much-needed child development center and its public-private social services programs in its borders."
   

• Mary Riley Styles Public Library Earns Coveted Four-Star Rating, Seventh Year in a Row