City Of Alexandria: City Of Alexandria Accepting Applications For Organizations To Participate In PARK(ing) Day

Press release from the City of Alexandria:

Aug 26, 2021 at 7:18 PM

The City of Alexandria is currently accepting permit applications for “parklets”—temporary parks located in parking spaces around Alexandria—as part of PARK(ing) Day on September 17.

PARK(ing) Day is an annual global event, which is held on the third Friday of September. This event is aimed at reclaiming parking spaces by temporarily transforming them into exciting, imaginative park spaces or parklets. Local businesses, nonprofits and City departments typically design parklets, and then let the public imagine other uses for that space. The City has made great strides in reusing parking spaces as part of the
Temporary Outdoor Dining program and PARK(ing) Day seeks to continue finding more ways to reuse parking spaces to create public open space in urban areas.

On PARK(ing) Day, the public will be encouraged to explore parklets around Alexandria and learn more about the City agencies and private organizations sponsoring these pop-up spaces.

Visit the City’s PARK(ing) Day webpage for more information, including the permit process, applicable fees and guidelines for creating a parklet. A map of parklets will also be posted before the event.

For inquiries from the news media only, contact Andrea Blackford, Senior Communications Officer, at andrea.blackford@alexandriava.gov or 703.746.3959.

For reasonable disability accommodation, contact geralyn.taylor@alexandriava.gov or call 703.746.4990, Virginia Relay 711.

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This news release is available at alexandriava.gov/123897

This press release was produced by the City of Alexandria. The views expressed here are the author’s own.