Tag: community events
Registration open for Taste of Annandale 5K
Registration is open for the fifth annual Taste of Annandale 5K race on Oct. 5. In fact, nine people have already registered. Sign up here. The race will start at 9:30 a.m. in the Kmart parking lot on John Marr Drive. The course will be virtually the same as last year. Runners will head down … Continued
KORUS is coming back to Annandale
Entertainment at a previous KORUS festival. [Korean American Association of Metropolitan Washington] The annual Korean-American festival known as KORUS is coming back to Annandale. It’s going to be at the Kmart parking lot Sept. 28-29, one week before the Taste of Annandale. Both fall events – KORUS and the Taste of Annandale – will shine … Continued
New ‘pop-up park’ brings the community together
Master Gardeners from the Virginia Cooperative Extension hand out free tomato plants. Annandale’s newest park, a small “pop-up park” on Columbia Pike between the fire station and the ACCA Child Development Center, opened for the public June 29 for the first of several scheduled events. Kevin Holland of the Hidden Oaks Nature Center brought a … Continued
BB&T shows its support for the community by joining the Taste of Annandale as a Platinum sponsor
The BB&T branch on Backlick Road in Annandale. BB&T Bank’s commitment to the Taste of Annandale – as a Platinum-level sponsor – fits in with a key component of BB&T’s mission: “Making the communities in which we work better places to be.” “People who live and work here come to the Taste of Annandale, so … Continued
Volunteers clean up site of Annandale’s pop-up park
Crosby Lester (with white hat) chose the pop-up park cleanup as an Eagle Scout project. Boy Scouts, Fairfax County employees from the Office of Community Revitalization (OCR) and Park Authority, and other volunteers spent several hours Saturday cleaning up the future site of Annandale’s pop-up park. The park, located between the Annandale Fire Station and … Continued
Vistas of Annandale joins the Taste of Annandale as the Title Sponsor
The 2019 Taste of Annandale has secured a Title Sponsor – the Vistas of Annandale. The Vistas, an attractive, conveniently located community of 1,065 garden apartments and townhomes behind the Heritage Mall shopping center, was a Silver sponsor at last year’s Taste of Annandale. This time, the community is upping its commitment to the Diamond … Continued
Communities of Trust Committee promotes positive interactions with law enforcement
The Communities of Trust Committee invites the public to explore a police helicopter at the 2018 Taste of Annandale. If the community’s relationship with the police has improved, it’s because the Fairfax County Communities of Trust Committee (COT) has been working hard to make it happen. The COT works on ways to improve community policing, … Continued
Annandale’s pop-up park opens next month
A demonstration pop-up park was held during the 2018 Taste of Annandale. Annandale’s “pop-up park” will officially open to the public on June 29. The 1,200-square-foot park, located on underutilized county-owned property at 7200 Columbia Pike, will become a community gathering spot with tables and chairs, game tables, an outdoor piano, and landscaping. Special activities … Continued
Fitness studio hosts soccer clinic with pro coach
Soccer coach Pablo Rodas (left) and PR Performance Fitness co-owner Pablo Amaya. Anyone who coaches a soccer team is invited to a soccer clinic at PR Performance Fitness in Annandale June 9, at 9 a.m., led by professional coach Pablo Rodas. Parents and players can sign up, too. Rodas has coached soccer teams in El … Continued
Hidden Oaks invites community to Woodland Wonders Tree Art Open House June 1
A drawing of the tree sculpture. The community is invited to an open house at the Hidden Oaks Nature Center June 1 to raise money for an art project to be created from a tree stump. At the Woodland Wonders Tree Art Open House, at 7701 Royce St., Annandale, 1-3 p.m., attendees can meet chainsaw … Continued
Garden Day and Plant Sale under way at Green Spring
Garden Day at Green Spring Gardens. [Photos by David Siegel] Big crowds turned out for the annual Spring Garden Day and Big Plant Sale today at Green Spring Gardens. It’s going on until 3 p.m. There are more than 40 vendors selling seedlings, shrubs, and garden supplies. There’s also a bake sale and food truck, … Continued
Taste of Annandale committee honors its sponsors
Thank you to the Taste of Annandale Planning Committee for recognizing the role of the Annandale Blog in helping to plan and publicize the 2018 street festival. The next Taste of Annandale is Oct. 5, 2019, There will be a 5K, food vendors, music and dance, a pet show, chili cook-off, craft vendors, children’s program, … Continued
Taste of Annandale raises funds for youth art project
Left to right: Steve Lee, Penny Gross, Bob Kahane, Nancy Hall, Norma Lopez, Elsa Lueck, Peter Huyn, and MPO Eduardo Azcarte, crime prevention specialist at the Mason Police District. The newly incorporated Annandale Mason Roundtable presented a check for $5,000 to the Youth Art Re-Imaging Community Project May 2 in the office of Mason Supervisor … Continued
Religious leaders call for interfaith action to combat hate and bigotry
A sign on the front yard of an Annandale home. Leaders from several different religions came together Sunday to talk about one thing they agreed on: Interfaith action is critical in combating hate and bigotry – and it’s harder to hate when people have a personal connection. The Community Interfaith Forum on Hate and Bigotry, … Continued
Celebration honors Chinese goddess
The Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe Hundreds of people – including some from Philadelphia, New York, and New Jersey – gathered at Justice High School April 27 to celebrate the birthday of the Goddess Matsu. The Goddess of Heaven Most of them are ethnic Chinese from Vietnam and Cambodia whose families came to the United States … Continued