Support Trail Improvements in NoVA Parks

Fri Apr 9 05:24:09 CDT 2004

Support Trail Improvements in NoVA Parks

This opportunity to advance trail project priorities with the Northern
Virginia Regional Park Authority and the Fairfax County Park Authority
occurs only once every four years.  Northern Virginia bicyclists must be a
significant presence at these hearings or trail improvements will
stagnate.  

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Northern Virginia Regional Park News
<http://www.nvrpa.org>

Headquarters:  The Walter L. Mess Building, 5400 Ox Road
Fairfax Station, Virginia 22039
703-352-5900; Fax 703-273-0905, Media Assistance 703-359-4603

Jurisdictions:  Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church; Counties of
Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun

For Immediate Release			
March 29, 2004				

Who:  Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority and Fairfax County Park
Authority
What:  Joint Park Bond Public Hearings
When:  April 13-May 6, 2004; Dates listed below
Where:  Fairfax County’s 9 Magisterial Districts
Why:  Discuss County and Regional Park Priorities

Media Assistance:

Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority
Carol Ann Cohen, NVRPA PIO: 703-359-04603; ccohen at nvrpa.org 	

Fairfax Co. Park Authority
Judy Pedersen, FCPA PIO: 703-324-8662; parkmail at fairfaxcounty.gov 

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Regional, Fairfax Park Authorities
Plan Joint Bond Public Hearings

The Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority, in cooperation with the
Fairfax County Park Authority, will meet with the public to discuss
regional and county park needs for 2005 through 2009 in a series of public
hearings in Fairfax County’s nine magisterial districts and in NVRPA’s
other five jurisdictions.

Citizens are invited to attend any of the hearings to comment, share ideas
and consider the Regional Authority’s proposed five-year Capital
Improvement Program (CIP).  A park bond referendum is scheduled in Fairfax
County in November 2004.  If approved, the bond will provide $10,000,000
for Fairfax County’s share of NVRPA’s CIP and $50,000,000 for the county
authority.  Both park organizations use bond funds for land acquisition,
capital development and renovation and upgrading park facilities.

All hearings scheduled in Fairfax County will begin at 7 p.m.:

Tuesday, April 13, 2004: Springfield District		
West Springfield Governmental Center, Richard Frank Room		
6140 Rolling Road, Springfield, VA				

Thursday, April 15, 2004: Sully District
Sully District Governmental Center
4900 Stonecroft Blvd., #100, Chantilly, VA

Tuesday, April 20, 2004:  Mason District
Mason District Governmental Center				
6507 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA				

Thursday, April 22, 2004: Providence District 
Providence RECenter
7525 Marc Drive, Falls Church, VA

Monday, April 26, 2004:  Mt. Vernon District		
Walt Whitman Middle School Lecture Hall			
2500 Parker’s Lane, Alexandria, VA				 

Tuesday, April 27, 2004:  Hunter Mill District
South Lakes High School
11400 South Lakes Drive, Reston, VA

Thursday, April 29, 2004:  Dranesville District		
McLean Community Center					
1234 Ingleside Avenue, McLean, VA			

Monday, May 3, 2004:  Lee District
Franconia Governmental Center
6121 Franconia Road, Alexandria, VA

Thursday, May 6, 2004:  Braddock District
Lake Braddock Secondary School
9200 Burke Lake Road, Burke, VA

The Regional Park Authority is scheduling hearings in May in NVRPA’s other
member jurisdictions, the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church
and the counties of Arlington and Loudoun and will announce the dates and
locations when the schedule is confirmed.  The Regional Authority operates
19 Regional Parks and preserves more than 10,000 acres of Northern
Virginia open space (see www.nvrpa.org).

Each hearing in Fairfax County will include a joint presentation about the
local and regional park systems, explanations of the bond program works
and a public comment period.  Speakers may pre-register by calling
703-324-8662 or email <parkmail at fairfaxcounty.gov>. The speaker should
provide contact information, note whether the speaker will represent him
or herself or an organization and indicate which hearing he or she wishes
to address.  Pre-registered speakers will precede those who register each
hearing night.

The Park Authorities will accept written or emailed comments until the
close of business on Monday, June 7, 2004.  Email comments for either
Authority to <parkmail at fairfaxcounty.gov>; mail comments to Ms. Lynn S.
Tadlock, Director, Planning & Development Division, Fairfax County Park
Authority, 12055 Government Center Parkway, Suite 421, Fairfax, VA 22035.

For more information, call Judy Pedersen, FCPA Public Information Officer,
at 703-324-8662, or Carol Ann Cohen, NVRPA Public Information Officer, at
703-359-4603, or visit the Fairfax County Park Authority’s website at
<http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks>.

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