SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY, JULY 4^TH

All City of Alexandria government offices will be closed on Monday, July 4, in observance of the Independence Day holiday.

• Health Facilities: The Alexandria Health Department, 4480 King St.; the Flora Krause Casey Health Center, 1200 N. Howard St.; and the Teen Wellness Center, 3330 King St., will be closed on July 4.
• Hotlines: All emergency hotlines operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, including the child protective services hotline at 703.746.5800; the domestic violence hotline, 703.746.4911; the emergency services for mental health or substance abuse crisis hotline, 703.746.3401; and the sexual assault hotline, 703.683.7273.
• Libraries: All Alexandria Library branches will be closed on July 4.
• Parking: On July 4, the Alexandria Police Department will suspend enforcement of parking restrictions at metered spaces, as well as time restrictions in residential permit parking districts and other areas with signed parking time limits.
• Recreation Centers: The Chinquapin Park Recreation Center will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on July 4. All other City recreation centers will be closed. 
• Refuse Collection: Residential trash and recycling will not be collected on July 4. Scheduled collections will be delayed by one day during the week of July 4. The household hazardous waste and electronics recycling collection site will be open on July 2 and closed on July 4.
• State Offices: The following Commonwealth of Virginia offices located in Alexandria will be closed on July 4: the Circuit, General District, and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts, the Clerk of Court Office, and the DMV Office at 2681 Mill Road.
• Transit: Alexandria Transit Company’s DASH bus service will operate on a Sunday schedule on July 4.

For more information, contact Jennifer Harris, Communications Officer, Office of Communications, at 703.746.3961 or jennifer.harris@alexandriava.gov. 

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DEL RAY MUSIC FESTIVAL – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Volunteers are needed for the Fifth Annual Del Ray Music Festival scheduled for Saturday, June 25, 2011. The festival runs from 10am to 10pm on the Mt. Vernon Recreation Center Fields at 2701 Commonwealth Avenue and includes a diverse line up of music, food and games.

Volunteer opportunities are available throughout the day in 2-3 hour shifts. Volunteers are especially needed for set up (8-10 am) and clean up (8 – 10:30 pm).

More information, including the line-up of bands playing the festival, is available at www.delraymusicfestival.com.

If you are interested in volunteering please let me know – it is a great community event and a lot of fun.

Thanks, Stacy Biddinger, sbiddinger@gmail.com

ALEXANDRIA WATERFRONT COMMITTEE SCHEDULES WATERFRONT PLAN WORKSHOP

The Alexandria Waterfront Committee will hold a workshop to discuss the Waterfront Small Area Plan on Wednesday, June 29. The workshop will be held in the Chet and Sabra Avery Conference Room, City Hall Room 2000, 301 King St. at 4 p.m.

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DEL RAY MUSIC FESTIVAL – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Volunteers are needed for the Fifth Annual Del Ray Music Festival scheduled for Saturday, June 25, 2011. The festival runs from 10am to 10pm on the Mt. Vernon Recreation Center Fields at 2701 Commonwealth Avenue and includes a diverse line up of music, food and games.

Volunteer opportunities are available throughout the day in 2-3 hour shifts. Volunteers are especially needed for set up (8-10 am) and clean up (8 – 10:30 pm).

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eNOTES NOTICE

There will be no edition of the Warwick Village eNotes for the week of May 30^th through June 3^rd.

CITY OF ALEXANDRIA SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY

• Health Facilities: The Alexandria Health Department (4480 King St.), the Flora Krause Casey Health Center (1200 N. Howard St.) and the Teen Wellness Center at T.C. Williams High School (3330 King St.) will be closed.
• Libraries: All Alexandria Library branches will be closed.
• Parking: The Alexandria Police Department will suspend enforcement of parking restrictions at metered spaces, as well as time restrictions in residential permit parking districts and other areas with signed parking time limits.
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ALEXANDRIA LIBRARIES

Reminder: All Alexandria Library branches are closed this Friday, May 20, for Staff Education Day.

ALL ALEXANDRIA READS “THE SHADOW OF THE WIND” TOGETHER IN MAY

The Alexandria Library system invites the community to participate in the fourth annual All Alexandria Reads program in May. Enjoy reading a thrilling mystery, a love story, and historical fiction, all bound up in one book: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. The story takes place in the 1950s in Barcelona, Spain, where the son of a bookstore owner discovers a lost novel, written by a writer whose death is shrouded in mystery. Throughout the month of May, all branches of the Alexandria Library will host numerous events based upon the themes in the book.

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ARLANDRIA ACTION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE

Duron Building Renovation

On May 6, 2011, as part of Spring for Alexandria 2011, a team of volunteers including city staff from RPCA, GS, PZ, Sherwin Williams, community members and Alexandria firefighters came together to continue the transformation of the old Duron paint building at 4109 Mount Vernon Avenue to a neighborhood community center. The interior was given a fresh coat of white paint while the exterior was transformed with a vibrant tomato red.

City Holds Grand Opening Ceremony for the Four Mile Run Park and Community Building on Sunday, May 15

The City of Alexandria invites the public to join Mayor William D. Euille and members of City Council to celebrate and dedicate the opening of the renovated community building located at 4109 Mount Vernon Ave., on Sunday, May 15 at 1PM. The event will occur rain or shine.  More information may be found here.

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PUBLIC HEARING

The Departments of General Services and Transportation & Environmental Services announce a public hearing before the Planning Commission concerning the relocation of part of the City’s impound lot operation from Eisenhower Avenue to 3000 Business Center Drive.  The relocated impound lot will be built on a vacant portion of property currently part of the site used by the DASH bus system for bus parking and their operations and maintenance work.  The impound lot will be located here for a temporary period until a permanent location can be found.

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WARWICK VILLAGE EARTH DAY SPRING CLEAN-UP

SATURDAY, 23 APRIL 2011, 10:00 AM

followed by

volunteer social & egg hunt

1pm at the poolhouse

Calling all willing and able Warwick Village Residents!  We need your help!  Spread the word! Clean up your median and our Parks!

If you’ve been walking around the neighborhood lately you’ve seen lots of litter on the streets and medians, and maybe even in our parks.  If we all pitch in, we can clean up the bits of broken glass, plastic, paper, metal and wood on our streets, and maybe even scoop out the leaves and sticks from the drains.

What do you have to do? Start spreading the word to other Warwick Village residents. Then, on Saturday, 23 April around 10am, meet up with your neighbors, don some gloves (if you want), grab a trash bag (paper or plastic, your preference) and work together to clean up your street for an hour or two.  What you pick up will need to be put into your personal trash bins or just put out with your trash the following Wednesday.

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