[Archived] Alexandria Celebrates 34th Annual National Night Out

For Immediate Release: July 24, 2017

On Tuesday, August 1, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., the Alexandria Police Department and other City of Alexandria agencies will partner to celebrate the 34th Annual National Night Out. The special celebration is part of a nationwide crime and drug prevention effort sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW).

To heighten awareness of crime prevention, residents in more than 30 Alexandria neighborhoods will turn on their porch lights, host neighborhood cookouts and sponsor block parties in support of National Night Out. Members of City Council, City Manager Mark Jinks, Police Chief Michael Brown, and other officials will reaffirm the City's commitment to fighting crime by visiting residents throughout Alexandria.

The Alexandria Police Department's K-9 Unit, Motor Unit, Bike Patrol, Command Bus, Armored Personnel Carrier, and Crime Scene Mobile Lab will tour neighborhoods and offer special demonstrations.

National Night Out, a year-round community campaign, is designed to heighten crime prevention awareness; generate support for and participation in local anticrime programs; strengthen neighborhood spirit and law enforcement community partnerships; and send a message to criminals that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.

National Night Out Participating Communities

LOCATION	TIME
1400 to1600 blocks of Oakcrest Dr.	6:30-9:30 p.m.
413 E. Howell St.	5-9 p.m.
500 block of E. Luray St.	6:30-10 p.m.
ARHA - Quaker Hill Apartments Quaker Hill Community Center 1100 Quaker Hill Dr.	5-8 p.m.
ARHA Charles Houston Recreation Center 901 Wythe St. (parking lot)	5-8 p.m.
ARHA Ladrey Highrise – 300 Wythe St.	5-8 p.m.
ARHA Princess Square – Old Town Pool / 1609 Cameron St.	5-8 p.m.
Arlandria (The Conservatory at Four Mile Run) 4109 Mt. Vernon Ave.	5:30-8:30 p.m.
Armistead Boothe Park - 520 Cameron Station Blvd. (If raining: Cameron Station Clubhouse, 200 Cameron Station Blvd.)	5-7 p.m.
Brent Place - 375 S. Reynolds St.	5-7 p.m.
Canterbury Square - 5201 Duke St. (between 20 and 22 Canterbury Square next to the pool)	6-8:30 p.m.
Clover-College Park Civic Association - 1000 block of Vassar Dr. (between Yale and Cambridge)	6-8 p.m.
Del Ray Citizens Association 2701 Commonwealth Ave. and adjacent fields	5-7 p.m.
Edsall Bluff Pool Deck - 6135 Edsall Rd.	6:30-10 p.m.
Fairlington Towne Unit Owners Association (across from 2306 N. Dearing St.)	6-8 p.m.
Green House Condominiums - 5300 Holmes Run Pkwy.	6-7:30 p.m.
Hermitage of Northern Virginia - 5000 Fairbanks Ave.	4-6 p.m.
Hopkins-Tancil / ARHA - 322 Tancil Ct. Ruby Tucker Family Center	5-8 p.m.
Hume Springs Citizens Association Hume Springs Playground Park - 100 Dale St. (park lies between W. Reed Ave. and Dale St.)	6-8 p.m.
Lennox Place at Sunnyside Courtyard Common Area (at intersection of Charles Ave., Shorter Ln. and Courtland Cir.)	6-9 p.m.
Lincolnia Hills (Moody Court)	6:30-8:30 p.m.
Lloyd’s Apartments - 800 Tennessee Ave. (in front of rental office)	5-8 p.m.
Lynhaven Gateway Park - 3525 Wilson Ave.	6-8 p.m.
North Ridge Citizens Association George Mason Elementary School - 2601 Cameron Mills Rd.	5:30-8:30 p.m.
Park Place Condos - 2500 N. Van Dorn St.	6-8 p.m.
Place One Condominiums Van Dorn St. / 5500 Holmes Run Parkway	6-8:30 p.m.
Seminary Civic Association Cul de sac of Woods Ave., off the 1000 block of N. Quaker Ln.	5-7 p.m.
Society Hill - 3806 Vermont Ct. & 3814 Usher Ct.	6-8 p.m.
Stone Gate Foundation - 4659 Kinsey Ln.	6-8 p.m.
The Exchange at Van Dorn - 4840 Eisenhower Avenue (area across from the pool and visitor parking)	6-8 p.m.
Wakefield-Tarlington Association Holmes Run Parkway between S. Jordan St. & S. Jenkins St. (secondary location – Tarleton Park at the intersection of Holmes Run Parkway & S. Jenkins St.)	6:30-9 p.m.
Warwick Village Citizens Association Landover Park - 3301 Landover St.	5:30-7:30 p.m.
Watergate at Landmark Community Center - 211 Yoakum Pkwy.	6-8 p.m.

For more information about National Night Out 2017, contact the Alexandria Police Department’s Public Information Office at 703.746.6600.

The news release is available at www.alexandriava.gov/98764.