[Archived] City of Alexandria Celebrates Building Safety Month 2015

For Immediate Release: April 23, 2015 

The City of Alexandria invites the public to the third annual Building Safety Month Kick-Off Event on Friday, May 1 in Market Square (301 King St.), from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Building Safety Month, a nationally recognized event, celebrates the best practices that keep places where we live, work and play safe. This free event will include vendors from the local building community, exhibits from multiple City departments, food, and fun!

The kick-off event, which includes a cookout and the presentation of a proclamation by Mayor William D. Euille, will showcase new and innovative products and technology from local wholesale and retail building product suppliers and highlight the work of local non-profit organizations that focus on improving housing conditions for City residents. 

Building Safety Month, founded by the International Code Council, is celebrated by jurisdictions worldwide during the month of May. Building Safety Month is a public awareness campaign to help individuals, families and businesses understand what it takes to create safe and sustainable structures.

Residents wishing to learn more about building safety, best practices, and about the building permit process can talk with City Code Administration staff members at the following locations during Building Safety Month:

• Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3 – Home Depot, 400 S. Pickett Street, 8 a.m. to noon
• Saturday, May 9 -- Old Town Farmers’ Market, 301 King Street, from 7 a.m. to noon
• Sunday, May 10 -- Four Mile Run Market, 4109 Mt. Vernon Avenue, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Saturday, May 23 – Del Ray Farmers Market, Parking lot at E. Oxford and Mt. Vernon Avenue, 8 a.m. to noon

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

This news release is available at: www.alexandriava.gov/84373.