Community info on 95 Express Lanes

FROM THE ARLANDRIA NEIGHBORHOOD LISTSERV: 

Hello Arlandria Residents --

I work for Transurban, the Virginia Department of Transportation's private partner on the 95 Express Lanes project. As you might know, the state recently announced plans to extend the 95 Express Lanes about eight miles north<https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/hot-enough-for-you-virginia-has-a-new-plan-for-interstate-toll-lanes/2015/11/19/8347d8de-8ef3-11e5-baf4-bdf37355da0c_story.html> on I-395 to the D.C. line. This project will convert today's two HOV lanes into three Express Lanes within the existing roadway.

We hope to meet with your association over the coming weeks to provide information about the project. We are happy to join one of your upcoming meetings and present, distribute informational brochures or take questions.

As public input from communities is key during the project development phase, we want to ensure you're kept in the loop from the very beginning and have project officials' contact information throughout the entire process. Your feedback is critical to advancing the project's final design and scope.

Please let me know when we can meet with your group over the coming weeks.

In the meantime, more information is available at www.395ExpressLanes.com<http://www.395ExpressLanes.com> or click here<http://395expresslanes.com/pdfs/brochure.pdf> for a brochure about the coming improvements.

Thank you,
Mike

Mike McGurk
Senior Corporate Relations Associate
6440 General Green Way
Alexandria, VA 22312
Phone: +1 (571) 419 6105
Mobile: +1 (571) 421 5364
Email: mmcgurk@transurban.com<mailto:mmcgurk@transurban.com>

T.C. Williams Teacher "For the Love of Reading" Fund Needs Your Help

We are trying to get books in students' hands before an author visit in March. 

***For the next 3 days if donor's use the code SPARK their donation will be matched***

Thank you for your support!

For The Love Of Reading

My students need the book All American Boys so they can read about characters, places, and themes that reflect their lives.

My Students

For students who have yet to have books change their lives, they often don’t believe me when I say it has happened to me. 

While all the students in our school have access to the library, and plenty of them take advantage of the resources we have, some of them go home to book deserts.

This project aims to give them a book(All American Boys) that can be the beginning of their own library--something they can keep, write in, own. 

My Project

We are very excited to be able to participate in the NOVA Teen Book Festival and while we would love for all of our students to participate in the day’s activities, our targeted students would have no way of getting to and from the events of the festival. This project allows us to bring the festival to our students by bringing two young adult authors to speak at our school. We really want students to fall in love with Jason Reynold’s compelling stories, and we also want them to catch his vision--to believe their words can change people’s lives.

Bringing Jason Reynold’s to our school, and giving our students a chance to own one of his books and come to the author’s visit ready to really talk about it, could be the catalyst for getting some of our students to see themselves as writers.

And giving our students a chance to talk to him about his writing process could help them start to consider themselves as potential writers.

Here's the link: goo.gl/HvYaX5 

Scottish Walk Weekend of Events

·      Heather and Greens Sales, The Campagna Center, 418 S. Washington Street

December 4, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, 

December 5, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm 

·       The Taste of Scotland, George Washington Masonic Memorial, 101 Callahan Drive

December 4, 6:30 pm – 11:00 pm 

·      Holiday Marketplace, The Campagna Center, 418 S. Washington Street

December 5, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm  

·      The Scottish Walk Parade at Market Square, King St.

December 5, Begins 11:00 am 

·       Holiday Designer Tour of Homes, Tickets at various locations.

December 5, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm 

·      Deck the Halls with Santa, The Campagna Center, 418 S. Washington Street

December 6, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm 

·      16^th Annual Boat Parade of Lights, The Torpedo Factory, 105 N. Union Street

December 6, 5:30 pm

For more information visit

 www.ScottishChristmasWalk.com 

www.visitalexandriava.com

or 703-549-0111