This year’s event takes place on Wednesday, Nov. 30 on the Ellipse in President’s Park. Free tickets are awarded through an online lottery, which opened today at 10 a.m. and closes at 10 a.m. on November 1.
To enter the lottery, visit ecreation.gov and click “TICKET LOTTERY.” You may also call 877-444-6777 to enter the lottery. Lottery applicants will be notified about their ticket status on Nov. 8.
Greetings, Prince William – You can run, walk and move to support affordable housing! Catholics for Housing (CFH) is holding their annual 5K Run/Walk for Affordable Housing October 23, 9:30am at Occoquan Regional Park, 5400 Ox Road, Fairfax Station 22039. You can participate either in-person or virtually! All funds raised from this event will fund CFH’s housing programs. You’ll feel great as you and your friends exercise in the Fall weather while making affordable housing possible for local vulnerable residents! Please visit www.cfhva.org/2022-cfh-5k/ to register, email[email protected] to learn more.
Do you love wildlife? Animal Education and Rescue Organization (A.E.R.O.) has a variety of volunteer opportunities for volunteers age 16+ including Wildlife Transporter, Licensed Wildlife Caregiver and Licensed Wildlife Rehabber. Volunteers age 18+ are also needed to provide program support. It’s a wonderful opportunity to help sick and injured animals gain back their health so they can be returned to the wild! Please visit www.aeroanimalrescue.org/volunteer/ for more information.
At 500 acres, the park outside Manassas will be the county’s most extensive and will cater to passive users like hikers, kayakers, and birdwatchers.
The county’s parks and recreation department says the park build-out will cost about $10 million and will be completed in phases. It will pay $2.4 million to design the newly-expanded park. Plans include a $4 million pedestrian bridge over the Occoquan River, new picnic shelters, bathrooms, dual kayak launches, and a second parking lot.
Residents surrounding Cloverdale Park in Dale City have much to celebrate and enjoy now that the Cloverdale Bridge improvements have been completed and the bridge has been reopened. It’s been a little over four years since the bridge was severely damaged from flooding in July 2018, which led to the subsequent closure of the bridge due to unsafe conditions.
In October of last year, construction for the project to raise the bridge began and was completed last month. Many improvements were made including: removal of trees and underbrush; installation of erosion controls; installation of a stone-based access road; demo & removal of existing concrete bridge abutments and removal of existing bridge; and the formation and construction of new concrete pedestrian bridge abutments, resetting the bridge, filling & grading slopes up to the new bridge.
Six Flags America bills itself as the thrill capital of Washington, D.C.
However, some thrill-seekers headed to the regional amusement park in Maryland could find some areas of the capital off limits.
Brendon Hannafin is the new development director for the Fairfax County Park Authority.
He will oversee the development and master planning for new parks and facilities in Virginia’s largest jurisdiction.
Beginning on August 25, Manassas National Battlefield Park will observe the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Second Manassas. For five days, through August 30, events will remember the cost of battle and include the destructive impact on area families and African Americans.
A few highlighted events include:
