Message from Providence District Supervisor Dalia A. Palchik
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Dear Providence Residents,
After six weeks as your Providence District Supervisor, I’ve enjoyed hearing from many of you and listening to your ideas and concerns. I’m looking forward to sharing our work and announcements with you in this month’s newsletter.
We held a productive Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, February 11
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, where the Board designated February as Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month and African American History Month in Fairfax County. For highlights of our Board Meetings, you can watch
video on demand
,
listen to the BOS Highlights Podcast
or read the highlights
transcript
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I’m also looking forward to cohosting the 2020 Fairfax County Teen Job Fair and Resume Building Workshop on March 7
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at Woodson High School. This is an opportunity for students to learn more about potential employers and volunteer organizations in our area.
To get daily updates and news of what’s happening in our community, please follow us on social media. Find us @SupvPalchik on Twitter and Facebook. Lastly, please reach out to our office with any questions, comments, or ideas you may have. We always love hearing from you!
With gratitude,
Dalia Palchik
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The Board of Supervisors designated Feb. 2020 as African American History Month in Fairfax County.
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The
2020 Census
is quickly approaching. In March, a postcard will be mailed to residents with directions on how to fill the census out and additional information. It only takes a few minutes, but the impact will be felt for years. For every person who isn’t counted in the 2020 Census, our region will lose $1,200 per year in federal funding. Funding could be lost for federal student loans, highway planning and construction, and Medicare and Medicaid. To plan your participation, visit our
Census Toolkit.
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Absentee Voting in the 2020 Democratic Primary
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Voting for the 2020 Democratic Presidential primary has officially begun.
The election is on March 3
, but you may vote absentee by mail and in-person at the Fairfax County Government Center and here at the
Providence Community Center from February 22 – 29, Monday – Friday 3:00pm – 7:00pm and Saturday 9:00am – 5:00pm.
Starting February 22, other satellite voting locations will also open. You can get more information about what you need to vote absentee
here
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Metro Wants to Hear From You!
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Metro is requesting feedback through this
online survey
to get input on newly proposed Metrobus and Metrorail fares, routes, and operating schedule.
- 6:30pm on Feb 24 at the Hilton Arlington, 950 N. Stafford Street, Arlington, VA 22203 (Ballston Metro)
- 6:30pm on Feb 25 at the Metro Points Hotel, 8500 Annapolis Road, New Carrollton, MD 20784 (New Carrollton Metro)
- 4:30pm on Feb 26 at the Metro Headquarters Building, 600 5th St NW, Washington, DC 20001 (Gallery Place Metro)
WMATA has proposed Metrobus Service Changes to some routes affecting Providence District community members.
The changes include:
- Route 2A (Washington Blvd – Dunn Loring): Eliminating the last trip in each direction on Friday and Saturday nights
- Route 3A (Annandale Rd): Eliminating the entire line
- Route 3T (Pimmit Hills): Eliminating the entire line
Fill out this
Form
to provide feedback on these proposed Metrobus Service Changes.
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Clean up Providence: Let’s Work Together for a Green Future
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County Glass Recycling Program
Thank you for bringing your glass recyclables to the
purple bins at the Providence Community Center.
Four million pounds of clean glass have been collected by Fairfax County. The glass is taken to a processing plant and sold to manufactures of varying glass products. Glass-to-glass recycling uses less energy than making bottles from original material, reduces carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, and supports hundreds of jobs.
Doing yard work this weekend? Think twice before using plastic bags for yard waste!
Plastic bags are bad for the environment—they get torn and mixed in with yard waste. That becomes part of the mulch that we use in our gardens, and those microplastics end up in local streams, affecting water quality.
What can you do instead?
• Let the grass clippings fertilize the lawn.
• Use tarps to move leaves, clippings, and other yard waste from the lawn to the truck.
• Use durable cans or
paper yard waste bags
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Beginning this spring, Fairfax County will be working towards ending the use of plastic bags for yard waste.
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Fairfax County Launches Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy and Resiliency Program
Fairfax County officials announced the launch of a Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy and Resiliency (C-PACE) program, a financing tool designed to encourage building owners to pursue energy-saving, water-saving and resiliency projects within commercial properties. C-PACE allows building owners to make substantial improvements to older buildings, or to add sustainable technologies to new buildings, with little or no up-front cost
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Get more details →
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Oakton HS Students Remove Invasive Plants from Difficult Run
Students from the Oakton High School Environmental Club spent two hours removing invasive shrubs from Difficult Run Stream Valley Park in Oakton, VA.
The students removed 15 bags of Japanese Barberry as part of the Fairfax County Park Authority Invasive Management Area (IMA) program.
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Tax Relief Workshops for Seniors and People with Disabilities
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The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is hosting a series of free tax relief workshops where staff from the Fairfax County Department of Tax Administration (DTA) will assist members of the community.
The Providence District Workshops
will be
February 27th
and
March 12th
, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the
Providence Community Center:
3001 Vaden Drive, Suite 218, Fairfax, VA. No appointment necessary.
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The Friends of Oakton Library have two major book sales each year, one in the spring and one in the fall. In addition, an ongoing book sale is available in the library lobby during all open hours offering selected youth and adult fiction and non-fiction.
Donations may be left on the Friends’ green cart near the information desk at Oakton Library 10304 Lynnhaven Place, Oakton 22124.
The dates of the sales this spring:
- Wed. March 25th 2-5:30 p.m. Friends of Oakton Library Members Pre-Sale
- Thurs. March 26th 1-8 p.m.
- Fri. March 27th 10 am-5:30 p.m.
- Sat. March 28th 10 am-3 p.m.
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We want to hear from you! Please reach out to us with questions, comments or just to say hello.
Office Phone
: (703) 560-6946
Email us
HERE
if you would like events included in our newsletter or you would like a member of our team to join your HOA meeting.
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