MAKE IT A NIGHT OUT
Location: Angel Park
201 West Taylor Run Parkway
Alexandria, VA 22302 US
When: Tuesday, August 4, 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Come join your neighbors and Alexandria’s finest public servants for a night out. As part of the National Night Out Celebration, Taylor Run Citizens Association is sponsoring an evening of fun, food, and festivities with Alexandria’s Public Safety community. Show your neighborhood spirit and discuss crime concerns with representatives (both human and canine!) from Alexandria’s police, sheriff, and fire departments. Lots of cool equipment for kids to see. It is a great opportunity for families to meet one another, thank law enforcement for the work they do, and form partnerships with local law enforcement.
What to Bring:
* Yourself, your family, and your neighbors
* Lawn chairs, if you have them
Questions or to volunteer to help with the event:
anthonysaler@yahoo.com
www.taylorrunalexandria.com
Founded in 1964, the Taylor Run Citizens Association is a volunteer-based community organization. We invite area residents, businesses, and Taylor Run neighbors to join us.
Please RSVP for the event@ http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/WMXDPANHPXZJLPRQXTQU/TRCANNO2009
Thanks.
On item on the agenda for the September 1, 2009 public hearing of the City of Alexandria’s Planning Commission (7:30 PM in the City Council Chambers) concerns an area property as follows:
SUBDIVISION #2009-0002 (click the link to the left to pull up the application)
720 SOUTH VIEW TERRACE
Public hearing and consideration of a request for a resubdivision of two lots;
zoned R-5/Residential. Applicant: Kevin James
Please let us know how you feel about the proposed subdivision and whether TRCA should express an opinion on behalf of the community. Please complete the poll in the right hand column of this page. to provide us with your input.
Also, feel free to post comments here or forward any comments regarding this matter to rdelgado@taylorrunalexandria.com.
The TRCA is hosting a National Night Out (NNO) event on August 4, 2007, 7:00 pm @ Angel Park. We are teaming with the Alexandria Police and Fire Departments in this unique crime prevention event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch. See http://www.nationalnightout.org/nno/about.html for additional information regarding NNO. Our tentative plans include a cookout, police presentations, and maybe even a fire truck or two in what will certainly be a great way to spend a summer evening. Additional details will be posted on our blog and emailed in the coming weeks.
NNO can benefit neighborhoods in numerous ways, including:
- Creating greater community awareness about crime and its prevention
- Bringing neighbors closer together
- Increasing neighborhood reporting of crime and suspicious activities/people
- Serving as a warning to criminals that neighbors are united and organized
- Providing residents with access to law enforcement information, especially local crime trends and patterns
- Introducing neighbors to police officials and department points of contact
One simple, effective way to discourage criminal activity is reporting street light outages:
- Dominion Virginia Power is responsible for fixing our street lights.
- Call 888-667-3000 to report them (or any other outage); be sure to provide Dominion the series of numbers printed on each pole.
For any non-emergency reporting or to follow-up on past neighborhood crime issues, you may call 703-838-4444. If you like, you may ask for our Neighborhood Patrol Officer, Juan Torres. For any emergency, dial 911 immediately.
Finally, some helpful websites with area crime information include:
Oronoco Bay Park, 100 Madison St. from 4-10 pm
(Rain Date for fireworks only July 12)
Sponsor: City of Alexandria
Learn more and share your ideas at a Public Workshop on Metro’s Bicycle and pedestrian Facility Planning Study.
· Offer your suggestions
· Discuss study objectives
· Help us improve access to Metro stations
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
5:30 – 8:30 p.m. — Presentation at 6:30 p.m.
Metro Headquarters — Lobby Meeting Room
600 5th Street, NW — Washington, DC 20001
Location is wheelchair accessible. If you require these materials in an alternate format or need special assistance such as an interpreter or any additional accommodation to participate in the meeting, please contact the Office of Civil Rights at 202-962- 1082 (TTY: 202-638-3780) by July 15, 2009 so Metro can make the necessary arrangements.
Michael J. Farrell
Transportation Planner IV
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
777 North Capitol Street NE, Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20002
