National Night Out: Over 30 Events Hosted In Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA, VA—Community members around Alexandria will gather for block parties for the 35th annual National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 7 from 5 p.m.-10 p.m.

More than 30 Alexandria neighborhoods are organizing block parties with cookouts and turning on their porch lights in support of National Night Out. Members of City Council, City Manager Mark Jinks, Police Chief Michael Brown, Fire Chief Robert Dubé, Sheriff Dana Lawhorne and other city officials and first responders will take part.

Alexandria Police's K-9 Unit, Motor Unit, Bike Patrol, Command Bus, Armored Personnel Carrier, and Crime Scene Mobile Lab will tour neighborhoods and provide demonstrations. Alexandria Fire Department engines and fire trucks will pay visits to various neighborhoods.

Sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW), National Night Out is part of a nationwide effort to prevent crime and drugs in local communities. The event generates support and participation in local anti-crime programs, boosts neighborhood price and partnerships with law enforcement and sends a message to criminals that neighborhoods are fighting back.

Here are the communities set to participate:

• 1400-1600 Oakcrest Drive | 6:30-9:30 p.m.
• 413 E. Howell Ave. | 5-9 p.m. (400 Block)
• 500 E. Luray Ave. | 6:30-10 p.m. (500 Block, entire block of East Luray between DeWitt and Leslie)
• ARHA - Charles Houston Recreation Center | 5-8 p.m. (901 Wythe St. parking lot)
• ARHA - Hopkins-Tancil | 5-8 p.m. (Ruby Tucker Family Center, 322 Tancil Court)
• ARHA - Ladrey High Rise | 5-8 p.m. (300 Wythe St.)
• ARHA - Princess Square | 5-8 p.m. (1500 Block of Princess St. rear parking lot)
• ARHA - Quaker Hill Apartments | 5-8 p.m. (Quaker Hill Community Center, 1100 Quaker Hill Drive)
• Arlandria | 5:30-8:30 p.m. (The Conservatory at Four Mile Run, 4109 Mt. Vernon Ave.)
• Armistead Boothe Park | 5-8 p.m. (520 Cameron Station Blvd.)
• Bashford Lane / Michigan Street Community | 6-8 p.m. (700 Avon Place)
• Brent Place | 5-7 p.m. (375 S. Reynolds St.)
• Canterbury Square | 6-8:30 p.m. (5201 Duke St. between 20 & 22 Canterbury Square next to the pool)
• Clover-College Park Civic Association | 5-8 p.m. (1000 Vassar Drive, between Yale & Cambridge)
• Del Ray Citizens Association | 5-7:30 p.m. (2701 Commonwealth Ave., adjacent fields)
• Edsall Bluff Pool Deck | 6:30-9:30 p.m. (6135 Edsall Road)
• EOS 21 | 5-7:30 p.m. (16 S. Van Dorn St., grassy area behind building)
• Fairlington Towne Unit Owners Association | 6-7 p.m. (North Dearing Street, common area behind row of homes in the green space between Jason and Ingalls Avenues)
• Father Rankin House | 6:30-8 p.m. (314 Duke St., courtyard)
• Green House Condominiums | 6-7:30 p.m. (5300 Holmes Run Parkway)
• Hume Springs Citizens Association | 6-8 p.m. (Hume Springs Playground Park,100 Dale St., between W. Reed Avenue and Dale St.)
• Lennox Place at Sunnyside Courtyard | 6-8 p.m. (Courtland Circle, Lennox Place; Common Area, intersection of Charles Ave., Shorter Lane and Courtland Circle)
• Lincolnia Hills | 6-8 p.m. (933 Moody Court)
• Lloyd's Apartments | 5-8 p.m. (800 Tennessee Ave., in front of rental office)
• Lynhaven | 6-8 p.m. (Lynhaven Gateway Park (Rock Park, 101 Lynhaven Drive)
• North Ridge Citizens Association | 5:30-8:30 p.m. (George Mason Elementary School, 2601 Cameron Mills Road, Tarmac/playground area behind school)
• Park Place Condominiums | 6-8 p.m. (2500 N. Van Dorn St.)
• Place One Condominiums | 6:30-8:30 p.m. (North Van Dorn St./ 5500 Holmes Run Parkway)
• Potomac Yard | 6-8 p.m. (Neighborhood Park near Main Line Blvd. next to Bluemont Ave.)
• Seminary Civic Association | 5:30-8 p.m. (1000 block of N. Quaker Lane, cul-de-sac at Woods Avenue/Place)
• Society Hill | 6-8 p.m. (3806 Vermont Court)
• Stone Gate Foundation | 6-8 p.m. (4659 Kinsey Lane)
• The Exchange at Van Dorn | 6-8 p.m. (4840 Eisenhower Ave., area across from the pool and visitor parking)
• Wakefield Tarleton Civic Association | 5:30-9 p.m. (Wakefield Tarleton Neighborhood)
• Warwick Village Citizens Association | 5:30-7:30 p.m. (Landover Park, 3301 Landover St.)
• Watergate at Landmark Community Center | 6-8 p.m. (211 Yoakum Parkway, multipurpose court next to the tennis courts, behind Building 3, 307 Yoakum Parkway)

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