Sunday, May 12, 2013
PATCH CLIPS: Families were still able to enjoy the BBQ, sports, smores, stories around the campfire and more.
Friday was the City's first annual Mother-Son Campout, and luckily, the rain held out long enough for all the planned activities to take place. Families trickled in to Van Dyck Park between 5 and 6 p.m. to set up their tents in the large clearing, and their folding chairs around the makeshift fire pit. Hamburgers and hot dogs hit the grill at 6, alongside big bowls of potato salad, fruit and chips. Mayor Scott Silverthorne popped by to eat dinner with the families and enjoy a few tosses of the softball with some of the boys. To work off dinner, staff from the Parks and Recreation Department led activities such as kickball, basketball and a mother-son obstacle course. Then, it was time to relax around the fire with plenty of good, old-…
Thursday, February 14, 2013
The city will also move annual Easter Egg Hunt from Fairfax High to Van Dyck Park.
Fairfax City council members support the Park and Recreation Department's request to close North Street and return to the former Fall Festival route. They are split, however, on whether to move the annual Lunch with Santa event out of downtown Fairfax. Director Mike McCarty and events superintendent Leslie Herman presented new additions to the city's annual event line-up and changes to existing festivals at Tuesday's council meeting. This year, Parks and Recreation plans to utilize an old Fall Festival route rather than keep one the department has tried over the last two years. The shift would save the department $16,000 in staff and material costs. That old route, which opens North Street and closes Armstrong street to traffic, will shift…
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Submit your photos by May 17.
Grab your camera and visit Fairfax City parks for a chance to win a certificate and a place in a special showcase at Van Dyck Park. The Parks/Trails Photo Contest is open to all ages. Winners will be selected in three age categories (18 and older, 13-17, 12 and under) by the City of Fairfax Parks and Recreation Department. Photos ranked third place and up will get a spot at Van Dyck Park at Trails Day on June 2. The annual event offers a chance to clean up parks, take a tour bicycle ride through Fairfax City and participate in the Van Dyck-wide scavenger hunt. Submit your photos with captions detailing the subject, location and photographer credit. Photographers must get permission from any people in their photos before submitting them in…
Kim perry
8:39 am on Sunday, May 12, 2013
My son and I had a great time! Thank you to Leslie Herman and the others for being so organized and helpful. We are spreading the word and hope to have more friends attend with us next year. more ›