TRCA Community Blog

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:

• http://alexandriava.gov/police
• www.crimereports.com – An online crime database (simply search by address and it will display a surrounding area map)
• https://enews.alexandriava.gov/index.php?CCheck=1 – Subscribe to eNews, which can include Police news releases

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

The TRCA Good Neighbor Award is presented to a Fifth Grade student of MacArthur selected by his or her peers.  Students describe their reasons for selecting a fellow student for the award. This year’s recipient is recognized by peers for a number of enduring characteristics such as playing by the rules at school and on the soccer field, respecting adults and peers, completing homework on time, taking pride in academic work, and accepting responsibility.  All these attributes describe a person who lives according to the six pillars of character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship.  TRCA is extremely proud to present this award to Stephanie Hernandez.

The six-car train derailed from the Red Line and then collided with another Red Line train between the Takoma Park and Fort Totten stations around 5 p.m. Monday.

Metro is advising that people avoid the Red Line for the rest of the day.

The Alexandria Chapter of the American Red Cross sponsors the Alexandria Waterfront Festival each June at Oronoco Bay State Park in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia.  The event includes historic tall ship tours, live entertainment, arts & crafts exhibits and a children’s sea hunt adventure.

Dates: June 20-21, 2009.

Visiting the Ships – The highlight of the Alexandria Waterfront Festival is visiting the Gazela Primeiro, a historic ship that will be docked and offer tours at Robinson’s Pier. The Gazela Primeiro was built in 1883 in the shipyard of J. M. Mendes in Setubal, Portugal to carry fishermen to the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.

Festival Location – Oronoco Bay Park, at the northern end of Union Street along the Old Town Alexandria waterfront. See a map of Alexandria Parking is limited in the area. Free shuttles will run between the Eisenhower Avenue and King Street Metro stations.

Festival Hours – Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.; Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Admission – $15 per adult; one child is free with an old, $5 for children 2-12 years old; and children under 2 are free.

Food – A Food Court is set up on Pendleton Street offering a variety of food including barbecue, seafood, smoothies and old fashioned sodas. Snacks will also be on sale throughout the park.

Official Web Site – www.waterfrontfestival.org

This Saturday (6/20) from 8-noon,Valley Drive Preschool, along with a bunch of the school’s families, will be having a huge yard sale. The school is moving, so we’re lightening our load by putting up great play equipment, classroom materials, and furniture for sale. A bunch of families will also have tables with toys, books, electronics, clothes, furniture, and lots of awesome kid stuff.

We’ll be there rain or shine:

1819 N. Quaker Ln., Alexandria (at the corner of Quaker and Crestwood)