Taste of Annandale raises funds for youth art project
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| 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 Penny Gross.
The Roundtable is a nonprofit organization whose
main activity is putting together the annual Taste of Annandale street
festival. The $5,000 was raised from sponsorships and vendor sales at the
Taste.
main activity is putting together the annual Taste of Annandale street
festival. The $5,000 was raised from sponsorships and vendor sales at the
Taste.
The fifth annual Taste of Annandale will be Oct. 5, 2019, on
Tom Davis Drive in the heart of the community. There will food trucks and
restaurants, live entertainment, a 5K race, a children’s program, chili cook-off,
pet show, and an expanded beer garden.
The Youth Art Re-Imagining Community Project brings students
from local high schools together to explore the meaning of community through
art and public dialogues. It’s a collaboration of the Fairfax County Departmentof Neighborhood and Community Services (NCS), the George Mason University
School of Art, and the Fairfax County Police Department.
from local high schools together to explore the meaning of community through
art and public dialogues. It’s a collaboration of the Fairfax County Departmentof Neighborhood and Community Services (NCS), the George Mason University
School of Art, and the Fairfax County Police Department.
“The Taste of Annandale has evolved so much; it’s truly phenomenal,” said Elsa Lueck of the NCS.
Gross spoke about how the Taste of Annandale has become a
broader community effort over the years and said it’s grown so much that it
needs a bigger space.
The Roundable is exploring options for expanding the Taste of Annandale along a larger area
along Tom Davis Drive, but they don’t want to move it beyond that area, because
it needs to be close to the ACCA Child Development Center, which hosts the
children’s program, a key part of the festival.
along Tom Davis Drive, but they don’t want to move it beyond that area, because
it needs to be close to the ACCA Child Development Center, which hosts the
children’s program, a key part of the festival.
The Annandale Mason Roundtable board members are Bob Kahane
(president), Nancy Hall, Steve Lee, Ellie Ashford, and Peter Huyn.
(president), Nancy Hall, Steve Lee, Ellie Ashford, and Peter Huyn.
