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SolarizeAlexandria Launches to Help Residents Go Solar

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SolarizeAlexandria, a program to make it easier and more affordable for residents to install solar power systems on Alexandria homes, launched September 7 and will run through November 10.

Where are they now? Report Out from the 2014 Green Ideas Challenge Winners

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Last June, ACTion Alexandria announced the winners of the Green Ideas Challenge, a competition to find the best ideas for making Alexandria greener and cleaner. Thanks to a generous sponsorship from The Dominion Foundation, ACTion was able to fund four projects benefiting Alexandria. Six months into the projects, ACTion went back to check in with the 2014 grantees.

Congratulations Green Idea Challenge Winners!

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From April-May, ACTion asked you for your best ideas for making Alexandria an even greener, more sustainable place to live. You rose to the challenge and submitted 17 amazing ideas. Thank you for your creativity and innovation!

Going Green in Alexandria!

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There's nothing like a warm weekend of outdoor activities to make you appreciate how beautiful Alexandria really is. From taking photos of the cherry blossoms to biking on the Mount Vernon Trail to bird watching by the Potomac River, Alexandria is full of opportunities to enjoy the outdoors.

Celebrate Our Nation's River: 2016 Gala

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Join the Potomac Riverkeeper Network for their 2016 Gala to celebrate the Nation's River aboard the Cherry Blossom. Learn more and RSVP at: http://www.potomacriverkeepernetwork.org/gala2016.

Enroll Today-Energy Masters Training Begins Soon!

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There's still time for Alexandrians to join Energy Masters - the award-winning program, which trains volunteers in energy efficiency, water conservation, and community education and outreach.

Be Cool- Plant a tree!

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The City of Alexandria Fall 2015 Tree & Shrub Sale and Community Planting Event: Be Cool – Plant a tree!

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The City of Alexandria Announces Fall 2015 Tree & Shrub Sale and Community Planting Event: Be Cool – Plant a tree!

Partnership for a Healthier Alexandria: Community Meeting

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Partnership for a Healthier Alexandria - Community Meeting

Please join Partnership members, community leaders and community mem

Groundbreaking-Four Mile Run Restoration Project

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Celebrate the beginning of construction on Four Mile Run Park with the community groundbreaking ceremony held at The Conservatory Center at Four Mile Run Park, 4109 Mount Vernon Ave. For more information, please visit: http://www.alexandriava.gov/recreation/info/default.aspx?id=84684.

The Green Ideas Challenge 2015

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ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS OF THE GREEN IDEAS CHALLENGE:

Cleantech Open Southeast Innovation Summit

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Community Shredding Event

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This Community Shredding Event is hosted by the YMCA, Patriot Shredding and Halt, Buzas & Powell on Saturday, May 17 from 9am-12pm at 420 E. Monroe St.

Bike to Work Day

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On Friday May 16, 2014 Commuter Connections and the Washington Area Bicyclist Association invite you to j

Build Your Own Rain Barrel Workshop

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Registration is required. At this workshop you will learn how to build, install and maintain a rain barrel, and take one home! Cost for a build your own barrel is $55 for each barrel with PayPal/credit card payment or by check. Limit 2 rain barrels per household at each workshop.

Early Childhood Outside: The Arts in Nature

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What better place for learning through the arts than outdoors? Exuberant and boisterous or contemplative and inspired, in all its forms-dance, music, storytelling, drama, poetry, drawing, painting, sculpture and weaving-there are many great reasons to experience the arts outdoors.

This year's conference will feature:

Come to the film screening! Resistance Film Premier and Forum!

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Healthy Farms, Healthy Families

Healthy Farms, Healthy Families: Resistance Film Premier and Forum

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Healthy Farms, Healthy Families

Save the Dandelions!

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Alexandria Earth Day 2013

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Green Ideas Winner Follow-Up: Lyles Crouch Elementary

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Daniel Waller and his students at Lyles Crouch Elementary are on their way to making their brilliant Green Idea happen!

Volunteer at Huntley Meadow Park on National Public Lands Day

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Virginia, Maryland and D.C. are filled with beautiful and bountiful trees, flowers, gardens and wilderness. Why not help preserve some of the beauty by volunteering for National Public Lands Day this Saturday, September 29th.

Announcing the Alexandria Green Ideas Challenge

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How would you make Alexandria a greener, more sustainable community?

Eco-City Alexandria, Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission, and ACTion Alexandria have teamed up to launch the Alexandria Green Ideas Challenge. We asked Alexandria citizens to share their ideas for creating a greener, more sustainable community.

All the ideas have been submitted and now it's time to vote for the winners!

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The best three citizen ideas will win a total of $500 in cash prizes and a chance at $2,000 in mini grants to turn their Green Idea into a reality.

Fall Holmes Run Parkway Clean-Up

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Come one, come all! It's time to get dirty. On November 12th, we'll be cleaning up the Holmes Run Parkway area with a rain date set for November 19th. It is a great way to give back to the community and to teach our kids about littering. We'll be meeting at the Beatley Bridge. Garbage bags will be available for you to use, but you'll want to bring your own gloves to the site.

What Are You Up To This Weekend?

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Check out one of these events this weekend!

Invasive Removals at Dora Kelley Park - This Saturday!

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Each month, Northern Virginia Conservation Trust (NVCT) holds an invasive plant removal event at Dora Kelley Park. This month will be a little different. The park greatly needs help repairing some of the trails. After Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Nate rolled through our area, the park received a great deal of water and flooding. Many of the trails were damaged as a result, and the staff has had to spend a lot of time returning them to a user-friendly state.

Bike Repair Fair in Chirilagua

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The Bike Repair Fair will be a free event held Sunday, October 23rd starting at 12:00PM in the Arlandria Community on Elbert Avenue. This event will provide the tools and volunteer support to locals who need their bike fixed or have questions about their bikes.

Bike Repair Fair in Chirilagua

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This event will provide free bike maintenance and support to local Arlandrians. This event is sponsored by Velocity Bike Cooperative, which will provide the tools necessary for this repair fair.

2011 Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities Needs Assessment Findings Are In!

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The Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities conducted a Parks and Recreation Needs Assessment Survey during May and June of 2011. The purpose of the survey was to establish priorities for the future development of parks, recreation, cultural facilities, programs and services within your community.

Fun, Indoors & Eco-friendly

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With all this rain and flooding, I'm not too crazy about being outside right now. Though the rain may let up a bit for the weekend, it's still pretty soggy, muddy and flooded around town. What to do?

Alexandria City Hall Green Roof Project

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Starting Monday, August 8th, you will see an exciting new addition under construction at City Hall. The City is installing vegetative “green” roofing on the East and West courtyard structures of City Hall, funded by a grant received through the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s, Department of Energy’s, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program.

Fall 2011 Master Naturalist Program Now Accepting Applications!

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Applications now being accepted for volunteer training for the Fall 2011 Class of Arlington Regional Master Naturalists!

GW Middle School Goes to Work!

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George Washington Middle School sponsored science and service work day project at Four Mile Run Park in the City of Alexandria, with Earth Force and the City of Alexandria Dept. RPCA, Horticulture and Natural Resources Section. On June 13, GW Middle School students, instructors, and site leaders gathered along the tidal shore and mudflats of Four Mile Run to remove the invasive exotic Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), collect water quality data, study macroinvertebrates, and clean-up litter.

Film Screening of "Gasland: There's Something In The Water"

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Go Green! Alexandria is starting their summer film series with "Gasland: There's Something In the Water."

This Weekend's Enviro Events!

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Friday, May 6th

NVCT Invasive Plant Pull

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Chinquapin Park Rec Center, Alexandria

Join TC Williams students for an invasive plant removal

Spring for Alexandria!

Clean City and Environment

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The Clean City and Environment Quality of Life Indicators help us measure the extent to which we live in an Alexandria where our houses, streets, neighborhoods and parks are clean and well-kept, free of garbage, environmental hazards and pests so that everyone can fully enjoy our beautiful city.