Tag: parks
Neighborhood comes together to raise funds for new playground
This old playground will be replaced. The Olde Forge and Surrey Square neighborhoods in Fairfax are getting a new playground, thanks a grant from Fairfax County, donations from local businesses, and a huge amount of work by local residents. The design for the new playground. When Olde Forge resident Joanne Elder’s son was a toddler … Continued
Volunteers needed for meadow project at Americana Park
This grassy field at Americana Park will be transformed into a meadow. Annandale’s Americana Park is getting a facelift. A grassy field in the park that is subject to frequent flooding will be transformed into a meadow while invasive species will be replaced with native plants. Friends of Accotink Creek (FACC) is spearheading a planting … Continued
Boardwalk renovations at Luria Park to start in a few weeks
Holmes Run near Luria Park. The Fairfax County Park Authority plans to begin construction within the next month of the second phase of the boardwalk renovation project at Luria Park and Holmes Run Stream Valley Park near the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood. Workers will demolish approximately 320 feet of boardwalk deck and railing and install … Continued
Eakin Park neighbors consider forming friends group
Park needs a refresh. Residents of neighborhoods near Eakin Community Park would like to see improvements in the park, but with no money available from Fairfax County, they are considering forming a friends group to coordinate volunteer projects. The park is in Fairfax, just outside Annandale, and encompasses a portion of Accotink Creek and the … Continued
Extensive vandalism at community garden plots in Annandale
Fencing destroyed at the Bo White Community Gardens. There has been extensive vandalism at the Bo White Community Gardens in Pine Ridge Park in Annandale in recent days. One gardener reports that about 50 of the 160 garden plots were vandalized in two separate incidents – late on the night of Jan. 22 or in … Continued
Man arrested for indecent exposure
Fairfax County Police officers arrested a 32-year-old Falls Church man Feb. 8 in Munson Hill Park for indecent exposure and felony exposure toward a child under age 15. “Police occasionally receive reports of indecent exposure in family-friendly parks across Fairfax County. Often, suspects flee and are not found when police arrive,” states a police notice … Continued
Audrey Moore has some new friends
The organizational meeting for a new citizens’ group to advocate for improvements at Audrey Moore RECenter drew lots of support. About three dozen residents – and several county officials – came to a Feb. 5 meeting to explore the formation of a group called Friends of Audrey Moore RECenter (AMRC). Built in 1976, Audrey Moore … Continued
Improvements to Green Spring Gardens proposed
Looking forward to spring at Green Spring. Several people who spoke at a meeting on improving Green Spring Gardens Jan. 29 urged the Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA) to keep the trees on a 2.5-acre piece of land that’s been added to the park. The meeting launched FCPA’s efforts to revise the Master Plan for … Continued
New friends group forming to support Audrey Moore RECenter
The pool at the Audrey Moore RECenter. A new Friends of Audrey Moore RECenter group is being formed to obtain community input to identify, encourage, and advocate for improvements to the recreation center at Wakefield Park in Annandale. The public is invited to a meeting, Feb. 5, 7:30 p.m., at Braddock Hall in the King’s … Continued
Fee increases proposed for park users
The pavilion at Round Tree Park. [Fairfax County government] The Fairfax County Park Authority is proposing fee increases for some of its facilities. The Park Authority Board is holding an annual public comment meeting on the fee changes Jan. 21, in room 106 of the Herrity Building, 12055 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, at 7 p.m. … Continued
Public input sought on new plan for Green Spring Gardens
The new land is the green section on top. [Fairfax County Park Authority] The Fairfax County Park Authority is seeking public input as it begins a planning process to integrate a newly acquired piece of property into Green Spring Gardens Park. The public is invited to a meeting Jan. 29, 7 p.m., at Parklawn Elementary … Continued
New park planned for Mason District
Monch Farm Park is the triangular-shaped plot along Canard Street. [Image from Google Maps] Fairfax County has acquired a vacant 10-acre piece of land at 6570 Edsall Road in the Alexandria area of Mason District for use as a park, the Fairfax County Park Authority announced Dec. 17. The park will be known as Monch … Continued
Improvements planned for Eakin Park
The proposed design for a pavilion at Eakin Community Park. Improvements are planned for Eakin Community Park, but the work would be funded mostly by private sources rather than Fairfax County. At a community meeting earlier this month, staff from the Fairfax County Park Authority presented plans for a picnic pavilion at the Tobin Road … Continued
Neighborhood Spotlight: The Pinecrest
The Pinecrest, with the golf course in the foreground. The Pinecrest community features a mix of housing types in a bucolic setting adjacent to the nine-hole Pinecrest Golf Course in the Alexandria section of Mason District. “We are the other nine holes,” says Pinecrest Homeowner Association President Rod Speer, referring to the fact that the … Continued
Tysons redevelopment will transform the entire region
Part of the proposed Arbor Row development in the Westpark Drive area of Tysons. A hundred and fifty years ago, Tysons Corners was literally the intersection of two roads, with not much else. It’s now a traffic-clogged employment center poised to become a big city with a lot more residents. And its name is being … Continued