January 22, 2025
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: community organizations

Sponsor a family for the holidays

#community organizations, #holidays, #volunteers

Volunteers help with the Britepaths Holiday Program. [Britepaths] Fairfax-based non-profit Britepaths is seeking help from community members, companies, and organizations to sponsor Fairfax County area families in need for the December holidays. The deadline to sign up for the Holiday Program is Dec. 14. Sponsors provide a holiday meal and/or gifts for children under 18. … Continued

Every bit of unused land doesn’t need to be developed: Conservation Trust offers an alternative

#community organizations, #environment, #land use, #nature, #redevelopment
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By Alan Rowsome, executive director of the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust.  As residents of Northern Virginia, we’re witnessing our communities develop rapidly with an influx of new businesses that are soon to call this region home. There are many positives to living and working in such a thriving area, but it is also crucial that … Continued

Sediment problems at Inova construction site not resolved, volunteer charges

#community organizations, #environment, #Inova, #redevelopment, #stormwater
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Sediment found in a stream washed downstream from the Inova construction site. [Kris Unger] While Fairfax County officials insist controls put into place at the construction site for the Inova Center for Personalized Health on Gallows road are keeping sediment out of a Holmes Run tributary, environmental activists say the problem has not been adequately … Continued

Rotary Club and students bring Thanksgiving meals to Culmore families

#community organizations, #Justice High School, #volunteers

Justice High School students join Rotary Club members in packing meals for needy families.  The Rotary Club of Bailey’s Crossroads and students from the Justice High School Interact Club delivered 100 meals to families in the Culmore area of Bailey’s Crossroads. This has been a Thanksgiving tradition for the Rotary Club for decades. This year, … Continued

Residents come out in force against 55+ housing development on Gallows Road

#community organizations, #housing, #land use, #redevelopment, #seniors, #zoning
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Residents of Holmes Run Acres and nearby communities oppose a housing development on Gallows Road. Residents of Holmes Run Acres and nearby communities packed a meeting of the Mason District Land Use Committee Sept. 25 to oppose a plan for a 72-unit housing development on Gallows Road. The biggest concern is traffic, but neighbors also … Continued

The Taste of Annandale is just one of many Rotary Club service projects

#community organizations, #Taste of Annandale, #volunteers
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Volunteers hard at work at the Annandale Rotary Club’s food-packaging event.  The Annandale Rotary Club has been serving the community and providing networking opportunities for the past 53 years. One big way the service organization is showing its community support is by signing on as a Gold-level sponsor of the Taste of Annandale. The club’s … Continued

Just Neighbors advises new residents on immigration issues

#community events, #community organizations, #immigrants, #Taste of Annandale
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An immigrant counseling session. [Just Neighbors] Just Neighbors, a nonprofit organization that provides legal services to immigrants, wants the public to understand its work and the immigrant populations who live in our community. Just Neighbors relocated from Bailey’s Crossroads to 7630 Little River Turnpike in Annandale last October. The group’s offices had been in the … Continued