Blue Park Candy Free Easter Egg Hunt

The Blue Park candy-free Easter egg hunt tradition continues this year! The egg hunt is open to kids of all ages though has largely been the 5 and under crowd in the past. If you're looking for such an event, please see the details below:

Date: Saturday, March 26, 2016

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Location: Blue Park Playground, (Rosemont) 22301

Your role: Drop off 10-12 candy-free eggs (please NO food items at all) per participating child by Friday, March 25 to

196 W. Uhler Terrace

or

106 E Linden St.

Suggestions for candy-free items: Stickers, tattoos, small packages of bubbles, pencils, erasers, silly putty, check the dollar section at Target, dollar stores, etc.

Join the Alexandria Pothole Patrol!

 For Immediate Release: March 7, 2016

On March 7, the City began a month-long effort to repair potholes across the City, and is asking residents and businesses to help find and report potholes using Call.Click.Connect., or by calling 703.746.HELP (4357).

Potholes form when water seeps into tiny cracks in pavement and expands during freezing temperatures. During the 2015 campaign, crews repaired more than 10,000 potholes throughout the City, and this year crews have already begun aggressively repairing damaged streets. This year’s severe winter weather has already caused more potholes than usual. A typical repair consists of digging out any loose material and installing a permanent hot asphalt patch. When the weather doesn’t allow for a permanent repair, a cold mix material is used for a temporary patch, followed by a permanent repair later in the season.

For more information about the City’s pothole repair efforts or paving program, including a short video to share via social media, visit www.alexandriava.gov/Potholes.

Public Meting on Operating Hours of Ben Brenman Dog Park

Please note a community meeting has been scheduled with the Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities for Thursday, March 3rd at 7 PM at Cameron Station to discuss the Brenman Park Dog Park expansion, operating hours and illumination. Currently the hours are from "sunrise to sunset" and now would be from 6 AM to 10 PM in all lighted areas of the park. The Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities is seeking a Special Use Permit to add lights to the Ben Brenman Park Dog Park located in the back corner of Ben Brenman Park across Holmes Run. Because the addition of lights at this location will extend the use of the park past sunset hours, there will be an associated change to the hours of the park that we wanted to make sure you are aware of. We would encourage all residents to attend but especially those residents who live on or near the park.   From Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities: The Department of Recreation, Parks, and Cultural Activities (RPCA) will hold a community meeting on March 3, 2016 at 7 p.m. at the Cameron Station Community Room, 200 Cameron Station Blvd. to seek input on the hours of use in Ben Brenman Park. The Planning Commission requested RPCA hold the meeting in conjunction with the Special Use Permit (SUP2015-0128) request to add lights to the Ben Brenman Dog Park, located in the back corner of Ben Brenman Park across Holmes Run. The original Special Use Permit for Ben Brenman Park (SUP98-0048) allows the hours of operation for the park to be 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. However, the hours have been more limited in large portions of the park to sunrise to sunset, except by permitted use. Because the new lights in the dog park will extend the use of that part of the park, RPCA proposes to change the posted hours of operation in the park as follows: * The current posted hours state that the park is open from "sunrise to sunset, except by permitted use." * The new posted hours will state that the park is open from "6 a.m. to 10 p.m. in all lighted areas of the Park." On April 5, the Planning Commission will hold a public hearing and action to consider the request to add lights to and to expand the Ben Brenman Dog Park. Individuals unable to attend the community meeting are encouraged to send written comments to Dana Wedeles, Urban Planner III, by email at dana.wedels@alexandriava.gov  or standard mail to RPCA, Attn: Dana Wedeles, 1108 Jefferson St., Alexandria VA 22314. All comments received by March 31, 2016 will be forwarded to the Planning Commission for consideration.  The City of Alexandria is committed to compliance with the City's Human Rights Code and the American with Disabilities Act. To request a reasonable accommodation or to request materials in an alternative format, please call Jack Browand at 703.746.5504 (VA Relay 711) or e-mail jack.browand@alexandriava.gov.