DPCA Fourth of July


Join us for the 42nd Annual Douglas Park Fourth of July Parade and Potluck.

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The Douglas Park neighborhood sign at Walter Reed Dr and S Randolph St.

DPCA Newsletter June 2024

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We are excited to share the Douglas Park Civic Association June 2024 Newsletter. Read it here:
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The Douglas Park neighborhood sign at Walter Reed Dr and S Randolph St.

DPCA Meeting & County Board Candidate Forum – Tuesday, May 28 2024

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Join us for our next Douglas Park Civic Association meeting featuring an Arlington County Board Candidate Forum on May 28th 6:00-8:30pm at Randolph Elementary School. Last year’s County Board candidate forum was standing room only – so we are expanding to Randolph Elementary School this year – RSVP here.
Agenda:
6:00-7:00pm – Informal neighbor meet-and-greet with County Board candidates and and a local business spotlight, spend time one-on-one with the candidates before the debate
7:00-7:15pm – Civic Association business, including voting for Secretary
7:15-8:30pm – County Board Candidate Forum/debate, neighbors can submit written questions ahead of time during the 6-7pm meet-and-greet, DPCA President will moderate
We will also stream the event on our Facebook page, but residents are highly encouraged to attend in-person. Don’t forget to RSVP so we know how many people to expect.

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Easter Egg Roll, Saturday 30th March 2024

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We’re happy to announce the first ever Douglas Park Spring Egg Hunt! The Douglas Park Civic Association is looking forward to your family joining us for this new neighborhood event. We will have eggs to find, an Easter Bunny kids can take pictures with, and a glitter face paint station. The event will take place the Saturday before Easter, March 30th, from 10:00am – 12:00pm, with the Egg Hunt starting promptly at 10:30am. Participants can enter Douglas Park near the corner of South Quincy Street and 16th Street South (1602 S Quincy St, Arlington, VA 22204).

RSVPs are required so we can plan to accommodate all of the kids. There will be three separated egg hunts by age group. The first group will be for 1-2 year olds, who can turn in empty eggs for a little toy. The second age group will be 2-7 year olds, who will hunt for eggs filled with candy. The third age group will be 7+ year olds, who will also hunt for eggs filled with candy.
 
We are asking families to bring a food donation for the Arlington Food Assistance Center, or families can make a monetary donation to AFAC at the event. Please bring your own bag to hold eggs during the egg hunt. Please remember to return the empty eggs as they exit the event so we can re-use them next year. We are also in need of volunteers, so please sign up to set up, help out with the Easter Bunny and egg hunts, and clean up. In the event of spring showers, we will reschedule the event for the following Saturday April 7th. 
 
We would like to especially thank our neighbor Tim and Louise Blasius who are making this event happen!
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The Douglas Park neighborhood sign at Walter Reed Dr and S Randolph St.

Civic Association Meeting Monday 26th February 2024

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Join us for our next regular meeting, where we will learn about neighborhood happenings, connect with each other, and elect our Douglas Park Civic Association leadership for the next year.

New Location: Studio Pause, 4710 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA 22204 (Come and check out Douglas Park’s newest art studio). Residents are highly encouraged to attend in-person, however we will also broadcast live on our Facebook page.

Snacks provided by Arifa’s Taste, a Douglas Park-based Bengali catering business.
Treasurer Position Open – We will be electing our next set of Civic Association officers. While anyone can run for any position (President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary), our current Secretary Lilly Mancilla will not be running for re-election and the position will be open. If interested for running for any elected positions, please email president @ douglasparkca.org (no spaces) ahead of time.
Agenda:
1. Studio Pause overview (Sushmita Mazumdar)
2. Arlington County DPR (Tim McIntosh)
  a. Monroe Park engagement update
  b. Douglas Park Phase I update, neighborhood decision point to either proceed with Douglas Park Phase II with capital maintenance funding or long-term planning for major infrastructure.
  c. Doctor’s Run Park update
3. Arlington County Vision Zero update (Brian Shelton)
4. Thank you to the Holiday Fund Drive Team
5. Officer updates and transportation update
6. Thank you for Barcroft Park Cleanup and Tree Mulching event
7. Call for Neighborhood Sign Committee Members
8. Bylaws update (votes from dues-paying members). Draft by-laws attached, this will be the first update since 2005, changes include: adjusting association objectives, defining Board of Directors roles and allowing for additional Board members, simplifying duties of Treasurer, eliminating committees since we do not have enough volunteers, eliminating Roberts Rules.
9. Douglas Park Civic Association Officer Election (votes from dues-paying members)
10. Thank you to Lilly Mancilla and Adam Henderson for their neighborhood service!
12. Announcement of new DPCA Board of Directors
13. New Business

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The Douglas Park neighborhood sign at Walter Reed Dr and S Randolph St.

Santa Visit Saturday 16th December 2023

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A little elf recently let me know that Santa plans to visit Fire Station #9 in Douglas Park again this year, and that he’s looking forward to another cruise around the neighborhood to check up on all the neighborhood girls and boys! Starting at 11:30 AM on Saturday, 12/16, Santa will ride through Green Valley, Columbia Heights and Douglas Park for an hour, ending back at the fire station at 12:30PM.
The route is nearly identical to last year’s with two small changes. Santa will circle John Robinson Jr Town Square during the Green Valley Community Holiday Fellowship event, and he will ride down 17th Rd in east Green Valley as opposed to 17th St. See planned route here.
The following is an estimated timetable of Santa’s ride:
11:30 – Santa leaves FS #9
11:40 – John Robinson Jr. Town square in Green Valley
11:50 – Through Eastern Green Valley near OLQP
11:55 – Columbia Heights
12:05 – 16th St in Douglas Park
12:10 – Barcroft Apartments
12:15 – Quincy by Abingdon
12:20 – 14TH and Oakland
12:25 – Santa returns to FS #9.
Note that upon returning to the station, Santa may have some time to meet with kids provided he and the fire crew are not called upon. I will provide additional updates on that and any other info as his return nears.
As a reminder, the members of ACFD Station #9 are excited to share their holiday cheer, so please, let’s show them how much we appreciate them! If you can, spread the word to any local listservs, message groups or social media pages you can to ensure a big turnout for both Santa and our neighborhood protectors!
 
Cheers,
 
Steve Jordan Tomaszewski

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The Douglas Park neighborhood sign at Walter Reed Dr and S Randolph St.

Civic Association Meeting Monday 13th November 2023

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Please join us for our next Douglas Park Civic Association meeting on Monday 13th November at 7 pm at Fire Station #9 (1900 S Walter Reed Dr, Arlington, VA 22204). We will have a neighbor meet-and-greet and Holiday Fund Drive Kickoff. All are welcome to attend.

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The Douglas Park neighborhood sign at Walter Reed Dr and S Randolph St.

Civic Association Meeting Monday 18th September 2023

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Please join us for our next Douglas Park Civic Association meeting on Monday 18th September at 7 pm at Fire Station #9 (1900 S Walter Reed Dr, Arlington, VA 22204). This meeting will be in-person, however for the first time we plan on live streaming the event on our Facebook page.
The agenda:
  1. State Senator Barbara Favola – Senator Favola will have opening remarks and then open up to a question and answer session from residents.
  2. Officer updates
  3. 1001 S. Glebe Road Developer Update – Learn about plans to re-develop the current Exxon gas station and Midas at the corner of Glebe and Columbia Pike.
  4. Trail of Terror Update – Get ready for the 13th Trail of Terror event happening in Douglas Park!
  5. Transportation Update
  6. Neighborhoods Program Update – 18th Street sidewalk project and a call for new project ideas
  7. Parks Update
  8. Call for volunteers

All residents are welcome.

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41st Annual Fourth of July Parade and Potluck

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Neighbors, We hope you can join us this year for our 41st Annual Douglas Park Civic Association Fourth of July Parade and Potluck on Tuesday 4 July 2023! All neighbors are invited to attend, and the event is free of charge. We just ask if you are planning on attending the potluck that you bring […]

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The Douglas Park neighborhood sign at Walter Reed Dr and S Randolph St.

Civic Association Meeting Tuesday 20th June 2023

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The next Douglas Park Civic Association [DPCA] meeting will be held from 7:00-8:00 pm on  Tuesday, June 20th, 2023, in-person at Fire Station #9 (1900 S Walter Reed Dr).

This meeting will feature special guest Arlington County Manager Mark Schwartz, who will speak to us about the County budget and take questions from residents. There will not be a Zoom or virtual option available.

The June 2023 Douglas Park Neighbor News is available here.

All residents are welcome.

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