Park At North Hill Development In Hybla Valley Set To Open

HYBLA VALLEY, VA — After the North Hill affordable housing and market-rate townhouse community opened this summer in Hybla Valley, a new park has joined it.

The Fairfax County Park Authority announced the North Hill Park will have a ribbon cutting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16. The 12-acre park, which opened earlier this summer, is located at 230 Nightingale Hill Lane, Alexandria, VA.

North Hill, a formerly vacant site at the Richmond Highway and Dart Drive, was developed into affordable and market-rate housing after decades of planning. The land had previously been home to the Woodley-Nightingale Mobile Home Park before the Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority purchased it in 1981. Part of the land became the Woodley Hills Estates mobile home community, while the remainder became the Residences at North Hill development.

As part of the redevelopment effort, a 12-acre property was given to the Fairfax County PPark Authority to create a public park. The new park has a large community playground, outdoor fitness area, basketball and pickleball courts, a large open lawn, pavilion and accessible trails. The park cost $3 million.

The ribbon cutting on Sept. 16 will happen at the pavilion up the trail from the park entrance. Event parking will be available at the North Hill Park parking lot and down Nightingale Hill Lane. Community members and officials like Mount Vernon District Supervisor Dan Storck, Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay, the Fairfax Count Park Authority Board will attend.

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