Judy’s family would like to invite you to the official dedication of the Judy Lowe Neighborhood Park on Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 8:30 am.
Judith “Judy” Utterback Lowe loved Alexandria and the Del Ray neighborhood. She believed intensely in preserving and enhancing a sense of community. Judy was well known as the “First Lady of Del Ray,” because of her involvement in many civic activities. While alive, Judy appreciated the fact that it was a grassroots effort of neighborhood activists who convinced the City to buy the land at 1 & 7 E. Del Ray Ave. for the creation of a neighborhood pocket park.
After her death, the Del Ray Citizens Association collected $7500.00 for a memorial to Judy, and Del Ray Citizens Association members agreed that investing the money in the pocket park would be the kind of neighborhood-oriented decision Judy would have championed. In 2013, the DRCA and the City agreed to a public-private partnership to pay for further construction of the community-supported park design.
