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Chapel Square West
Community Association
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Project Details
Location
Awarded Funds
Awarded Date
Completed
Leveraged Funds
4627 Holborn Ave.,
Annandale
$5,000.00
March 2010
July 2010
$21,260.50
Volunteer Hours contributed in
completion of this project.
Value of Volunteer Labor: $4,576.50
Turkey Run Footbridge
The Chapel Square West Communication Association built a 40 ft. foot-bridge to span Turkey Run
between the Chapel Square West Community Association Parkland paths and the Wakefield Chapel
Recreation Association property. The project will be professionally engineered and erected, meeting
Fairfax County code requirements. Future bridge maintenance will be provided by the Chapel Square
West Community Association, as necessary.
The new footbridge over Turkey Run connects the three community organizations to the neighborhood recreation facilities by way of footpaths already in place within the flood-plain parkland maintained by the applicant. Further, it provides a connection between communities by people who like
to walk in the park-like area paths now existing within the communities.
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Dunleigh Homeowner’s
Association
Project Details
Location
Awarded Funds
Awarded Date
Completed
Leveraged Funds
5264 Dunleigh Drive,
Burke
$5,000.00
August 2008
March 2010
$15,608.17
237
Volunteer Hours contributed in
completion of this project.
Value of Volunteer Labor: $4,441.43
Tot Lot Expansion
The Dunleigh Tot Lot is the only common area for the community. Originally designed only for a narrow age group, the tot lot had not seen any significant modification in more than 20 years. The rennovation and addition provides a new 5 to 12 year old play area, addresses current safety codes, and
provides easier access for seniors and strollers.
The NEPP project has seen the largest volunteer turnout for a community project.
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Fair Ridge Recreation
Association
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Project Details
Location
Awarded Funds
Awarded Date
Completed
Leveraged Funds
12305 Donaldson Ct.,
Fairfax
$5,000.00
August 2008
January 2009
$4,747.02
Volunteer Hours contributed in
completion of this project.
Value of Volunteer Labor: $2,532.60
Bus Shelter Area Enhancement Program
This project focused on enhancing the busy commercial road/traffic corner of Rt. 50 and Fair Ridge
Drive by: (a) refurbishing bus stop shelter utilized by Fairfax Connector bus routes, and (b) improving
the landscape in the immediate vicinity.
Especially noteworthy was our ability to secure volunteer labor to procure & install a ‘home-use’
solar powered motion sensor light vice a commercial-grade solar panel unit installation as originally
proposed since final estimates for this portion of work was significantly higher than projected. The
‘home-use’ unit has proven to be effective and is main driver for the decrease of total project cost.
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Ilda Recreation Association
Project Details
Location
Awarded Funds
Awarded Date
Completed
Leveraged Funds
8900 Braeburn
Drive, Annandale
$5,000.00
August 2008
June 2009
$86,122.00
2,240
Volunteer Hours contributed in
completion of this project.
Value of Volunteer Labor: $42,022.40
Community Pavillion
Ilda Community Recreation Association, Inc. serves as the ‘town square’ for the more than 600 families in the Willow Woods community. Ilda has long been a gathering place for community activities
since 1964. Our facility also provides a safe and healthy environment for the children of our community to grow and develop. As social activities have expanded over the past few years to include a
broader specturm of the community, we have outgrown our current fabric canopy shelter and found
it necessary to expand. There is strong community support for a larger and more durable permanent
shelter to better serve the growing needs of our community. A fixed pavilion structure enables us to
further increase the range of activities offered beyond the current season as well as provide a welcomed refuge from inclement weather.
The greatest accomplishment the Pavilion provided was the amount of time the community spent together constructing this project and bringing neighbors together otherwise unknown to each other.
The pavilion was designed, planned, reveiwed and constructed solely by volunteers. The pavilion
will be a place for many years for new friends and families to enjoy and gather at Ilda.
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Kings Park Civic Association
205
Project Details
Location
Awarded Funds
Awarded Date
Completed
Leveraged Funds
5200 Kings Park Dr.,
Springfield
$5,000.00
March 2010
April 2011
$8,916.25
Volunteer Hours contributed in
completion of this project.
Value of Volunteer Labor: $4,151.25
Kings Park Neighborhood Beautification Partnership Project
The Kings Park Civic Association Neighborhood Enhancement Partnership initiative included: (1)
brick entrance sign Restoration, and (2) new plants for the entrances. The two brick signs at each
entrance to Kings Park at Southampton Drive and Kings Park Drive were crumbling and in desperate
need of repair and restoration. Signs were better stabilized, lettering was replaced, and some bricks
were replaced. Signs will be cleaned and inspected each year, and brick repairs will be done on a yearly basis to avoid severe deterioration. New plants were purchased and planted at both entrances.
The new plantings greatly improved the appearance of the entrances. The very active Landscaping
and Beautification Committee made up of residents from Kings Park residents maintains the plants.
The team had many successes. The amount of volunteer help was overwhelming. Our residents care
deeply about how the entrances look, and it shows by how many people volunteered their time and
donated money. This project never would have been completed without our team leaders, Cheron
and Rita. They worked tirelessly organizing meetings, cajoling contractors, and recruiting volunteers.
It is through their efforts, and people like them, that make Kings Park such a wonderful place to live.
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Southport Homeowner’s
Association
Project Details
Location
Awarded Funds
Awarded Date
Completed
Leveraged Funds
9101 De Soto Court,
Burke
$5,000.00
March 2010
March 2011
$9,385.22
150
Volunteer Hours contributed in
completion of this project.
Value of Volunteer Labor: $3,847.50
Southport HOA (SHOA) Common Area Beautification, Invasive Plant Management
and Chesapeake Bay Resource Protection Area Restoration
The project removed invasive plants and trash, and then re-introduced native plants within the Chesapeake Bay Resource Protection Area of SHOA common area to beautify the area near the stream and
the trail used by LBSS students, SHOA residents and neighbors.
SHOA engaged the community, including Lake Braddock Secondary School, Burke Estates HOA, and
a local Eagle Scout candidate in helping with our efforts. The NEPP effort appeared to encourage
Southport HOA residents to be more involved in discussing the SHOA Common Area, beautification
of the entrance to SHOA, and resulted in creating awareness of common area issues and its use, especially individual resident encroachment beyond their property into the common area and RPA.
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Truro Homes Assocication
190
Project Details
Location
Awarded Funds
Awarded Date
Completed
Leveraged Funds
4146 Elizabeth Lane,
Annandale
$2,020.00
March 2010
March 2011
$4,648.50
Volunteer Hours contributed in
completion of this project.
Value of Volunteer Labor: $3,847.50
Alternatives to Asphalt Paths
The project consisted of three subparts, each dealing with the problem of needing an improved surface for walking but having different solutions because of different constraints presented by surface
contour and surface water during storms. In each case the solution involved an alternative to the
existing asphalt paths in the parkland. This project also gave us prototypical experience in use of alternate methods that are amenable to local repair using volunteer labor to do the work. Each of the
methods is suitable for both foot and wheeled (bicycle and stroller) traffic on the parkland trails.
On December 4, 2010, we have completed work on the two segments of walkway connecting the
bottom of a flight of steps at a parkland access point to the existing asphalt trails in the parkland.
One segment is comprised solely of compactible aggregate, the other has permeable pavers embedded in the compactible aggregate.
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