Help Four Mile Run Park Community Tree Planting

FROM NEIGHBORHOOD LISTERVE:

Your clicks can help win a $2,000 grant to go toward a community tree
planting this Fall in Four Mile Run Park!!

The Four Mile Run Farmers & Artisans Market is already putting up $1,000
toward this effort and has entered to win through the "Green Idea
Challenge" sponsored by ACTion Alexandria<http://www.actionalexandria.org/about>

We need your clicks of support to help win the grant. Vote up to 3 times
before Friday.  

4MR Park Tree Plantings through
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Soon, we'll have news about how residents and businesses can help raise
more money for trees with matching donations...and watch for more info
about how to participate in the planting.

Open Space Celebration

FROM THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA:

For Immediate Release: May 22, 2014

City of Alexandria to Host Open Space Celebration on Saturday, May 31 at Four
Mile Run Park

The public is invited to the Alexandria Open House Festival on Saturday, May 31 at the Conservatory Center at Four Mile Run Park, 4109 Mount Vernon Ave. The City is hosting an afternoon of family activities and an opportunity for the public to learn about and share ideas on Open Space in Alexandria.

Activity Schedule:

• 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.: Public Open House
  • Learn about the success of the 2003 Open Space Master Plan, the Eco-City Plan
  • Provide ideas and recommendations on the future of Open Space in Alexandria
• 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.: Four Mile Run Clean-up
• “Competition” co-sponsored by the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust (NVCT)
• 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.: Soccer Field Open Play
• 6 p.m.: Movie night
  • Free viewing of the film “Green Fire” (Spanish subtitles) – sponsored by NVCT

For additional information, visit www.alexandriava.gov or contact Laura Durham, Open Space Coordinator, at laura.durham@alexandriava.gov or 703.746.5493.

Visitors are encouraged to walk or take DASH or Metro Buses For DASH schedule information, call 703.370.DASH or visit www.dashbus.com. For Metrobus schedule information, call 202.637.7000 or visit www.wmata.com. Bicyclists may visitwww.alexandriava.gov/localmotion for the City’s Bikeways Map, which features the City's best on street and off-road bikeways, as well as locations of grouped bicycle parking.

The City of Alexandria is committed to compliance with the City’s Human Rights Code and the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request a reasonable accommodation or to request materials in an alternative format, call Laura Durham of the Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities at 703.746.5493 (Virginia Relay 711) or e-maillaura.durham@alexandriava.gov.

City Seeks Public Input on Four Mile Run Park Name

FROM THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA:

City of Alexandria Seeks Public Comment on Proposal to Name the New Community Building at Four Mile Run Park

The City of Alexandria is seeking public comment on a proposal to name the new community building located at 4109 Mount Vernon Ave. the Conservatory at Four Mile Run Park. The Executive Committee of the Arlandria Action Plan Advisory Group forwarded the proposal.

In May 2011, the Arlandria Action Plan Advisory Group initiated a discussion on the future naming of the new community building. This building, formerly a Duron Paint store, was converted to a community building this past spring as part of the Four Mile Run Park Expansion project. The proposed building name, "Conservatory at Four Mile Run Park" received overwhelming support from the Advisory Group, which represents businesses and citizen leaders within the diverse community. The group agreed that the consensus highlights the unique nature of the location of the building and both the environmental and arts foundations of the community building. Their proposal states that the term "conservatory" also captures the facility’s origins as a conservation project, its adaptive reuse and its green elements.

A Special Use Permit (SUP) to convert the building from a commercial use to a community building was approved by City Council in June 2010. Potential community uses approved with the SUP include: community meeting space; community festival area, farmers and craft market building, Four Mile Run and related environmental education facility, art shows and markets, film viewings and festivals, City events, classes and summer camps, professional organization meeting space, and one-time health or bicycle clinics. For more information on the SUP, please see the staff report at

The public is invited to provide comment on the proposal to name the community building the "Conservatory at Four Mile Run Park" through Monday, August 29, 2011. Those interested in providing comments will be able to record their comments by email to jack.browand@alexandriava.gov, subject line: Conservatory at Four Mile Run Park, or in a notebook on display at the Cora Kelly Recreation Center, 25 W. Reed Ave. Comments may be mailed to Recreation and Parks, Attn: Jack Browand, 1108 Jefferson St., Alexandria VA 22314. All comments received or postmarked by Monday, August 29 will be reviewed by the City Council Naming Committee.

For additional information, contact Jack Browand, Acting Deputy Director, at 703.746.5504 or by email at jack.browand@alexandriava.gov.
http://dockets.alexandriava.gov/icons/pz/pc/CY10/060110/di8.pdf.