[Archived] City of Alexandria Announces Schedule of Services for the Thanksgiving Holiday on Thursday, November 23, and Friday, November 24

ALEXANDRIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Public Information Office
2003 Mill Road
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
(703) 838-4636

MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NOVEMBER 20, 2000

City of Alexandria Announces Schedule of Services for the Thanksgiving Holiday on Thursday, November 23, and Friday, November 24

City government offices, including the administrative offices of the Alexandria Police Department, will be closed on Thursday, November 23, and Friday, November 24 in observance of Thanksgiving. Full police patrol and emergency services will be in place during these days.

In accordance with Virginia State Law, the Alexandria Police Department will suspend enforcement of parking restrictions at metered spaces, as well as time restrictions in residential permit parking districts and other areas with signed parking time limits, on Thursday, November 23, and Friday, November 24. All other parking regulations will be in effect. Additionally, HOV restrictions on Washington Street and Route 1 will be lifted on Thursday, November 23, and Friday, November 24.

The Treasury and Revenue Divisions of the Finance Department, which are regularly open on Saturday mornings for payment of property taxes and parking tickets, will be closed on Thursday, November, 23, Friday, November 24, and Saturday, November 25.

City schools will be closed on Thursday, November 23, and Friday, November 24.

There will be regular residential trash and recycling collection services on Thursday, November 23.

All recreation centers will be closed on Thursday, November 23. On Friday, November 24, Charles Houston, Cora Kelly, Mount Vernon, William Ramsay and Nannie J. Lee recreation centers will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Chinquapin Park Recreation Center will be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Charles Barrett and Patrick Henry recreation centers will be closed on Friday, November 24.

City libraries will be closed on Thursday, November 23, and Friday, November 24.

There will be no DASH bus service on Thursday, November 23, but DASH will operate on a regular weekday schedule on Friday, November 24.

State offices in Alexandria, including the Circuit, General District, and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District courts, the Clerk of Court Office and the Alexandria Health Department, will close at noon on Wednesday, November 22, and will reopen on Monday, November 27.

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