November 22, 2024
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: community organizations

Conservation group wants to prevent development of vacant Annandale properties

#Annandale, #community organizations, #development, #environment, #land use, #nature, #parks
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The Annandale properties up for auction are outlined in yellow. Fairfax County has put seven adjoining properties totaling 6.7 acres in Mason District up for auction. The land is adjacent to Accotink Creek, and the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust (NVCT) is scrambling to acquire the land so it can’t be developed. The seven parcels are … Continued

Boy Scout Troop 150 could lose its charter with Annandale United Methodist Church

#Annandale, #children, #churches, #community organizations, #volunteers, #youths
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Troop 150 takes part in a Memorial Day ceremony in front of Annandale United Methodist Church. [AUMC] The following piece is a lightly edited version of an article published in Braddock Buzz. By Austin Wright Boy Scout Troop 150, based at Annandale United Methodist Church, is at risk of losing its charter with AUMC over a … Continued

Local churches stepping up aid for Afghan refugees

#churches, #community organizations, #immigrants, #Skyline, #volunteers

Volunteers work with children in the Homework Club.  Church members who’ve been aiding refugees from Afghanistan for years are stepping up their support as many more Afghanis fleeing the Taliban are expected to settle in Northern Virginia. A group of churches that are members of the Annandale Christian Community for Action (ACCA) formed a Homework … Continued

Bailey’s Rotary Club provides school supplies for the needy

#Bailey's Crossroads, #community events, #community organizations, #schools, #volunteers

Volunteers stuff backpacks with school supplies at the Great Assembly. By David F. Borowski On Aug. 7, after last year’s COVID-19 hiatus, the Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club resumed its Great Assembly school supply project.  With the help of 70 volunteers, including more than 35 Rotarians and their friends and family members, the club assembled 2,300 … Continued

Public engagement, transparency lacking in selection of new police chief, NAACP charges

#Board of Supervisors, #community organizations, #equity, #police
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Kevin Davis [NBC Washington] The Fairfax County NAACP is disappointed with the appointment of Kevin Davis as the new chief of the Fairfax County Police Department and charges the selection process excluded meaningful public participation, transparency, and accountability.  Board of Supervisors Chair Jeffrey McKay announced the appointment of Davis April 23. 

Volunteers tackle trash along Americana Drive

#community events, #community organizations, #environment, #litter, #trash, #volunteers

Despite the rain, 15 volunteers put in two hours of work on Veterans’ Day to clean up trash and construction debris along Americana Drive in Annandale.  The event was sponsored by Friends of Accotink Creek and the Fairfax County Restoration Project (FRCP). Conrad Mehan of the Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services … Continued