Newcomers & Community Guide 2019-2020 Maggie Wray with her son Jake, 3, who won the Little Liberty contest in this year’s Fourth of July cele- bration in Great Falls. Photo by Tom Manning/The Connection by Tom Photo Local Media Connection LLC online at www.connectionnewspapers.com Newcomers Where to Give Locally Hypothermia Prevention Program, ❖ Herndon-Reston FISH (Friendly pans, books, women’s designer clients also receive a voucher for List of Nonprofits in Thanksgiving Food Drive, Gifts for Instant Sympathetic Help), 336 clothing (clean and on hangers), coats and warm clothing. In Kids and annual Coat Drive. Alacia Victory Drive, Herndon, 703-391- puzzles, games, collectibles, small December, children 16 and under Earley at 571-323-9568 or 0105 herndonrestonfish.org electronics and much more. If you receive gifts. Fairfax County [email protected]. Herndon-Reston FISH has assisted have store questions, call 703-437- [email protected]. 703- ❖ Cornerstones, 11150 Sunset Hills ❖ SHARE of McLean operates a food local residents in short term crises by 0600. Herndon-Reston FISH also 437-1776 Road, Suite 210, Reston, serving pantry; provides assistance to since 1969. FISH provides Friendly provides Holiday Food & Gift Baskets www.linkagainsthunger.org. Reston and Herndon. 571-323-9555, families to avoid eviction, keep Instant Sympathetic Help by during the November and December ❖ Committee for Helping Others www.cornerstonesva.org. utilities on and meet other needs in a responding to emergency requests for season. (CHO), Vienna, organized in 1969 by Nonprofit providing support and crisis. Share of McLean will also rent, transportation, utilities, medical ❖ LINK, serving Herndon, Chantilly, a group of churches and individuals advocacy for those in need of food, provide holiday assistance to more prescriptions and other needs. FISH Loudoun and more. Every year the in the Dunn Loring, Merrifield, shelter, affordable housing, quality than 250 needy families this year. operates The Bargain Loft, a thrift goal is to provide each family with a Oakton, Vienna community to childcare, and other human services. [email protected] for more store, which needs donations of good week’s worth of non-perishable food provide simple, loving charity to Programs and services include the information. Visit quality saleable items, accepting and in November and again in December. those in need. Last year 450 children Embry Rucker Community Shelter, www.shareofmclean.org selling art, furniture, jewelry, When funds allow, grocery gift cards Emergency Food Pantry, household linens, dishes, pots and are also included. In November, See Giving, Page 7 SHOP GREAT FALLS! Great Falls Village Centre www.GreatFallsVillageCentre.com Adeler Jewelers ......................................703-759-4076 AdGen Telecom .....................................703-757-6757 Aquarian LLC ......................................... 703-438-8838 Artists on the Green ................................703-609-3092 Arts of Great Falls ...................................703-232-1575 Capital Realty Services ..........................703-759-4900 Dent Asset Management .......................703-286-7555 Dr. C. Ayers ............................................ 703-757-6445 Executive Suites at Great Falls ................703-865-2500 Falls Beauty & Day Spa ..........................703-261-6660 Federated Realty. .................................. 703-454-8835 The HEART Of The Great Falls Georgetown Learning Centers ...............703-759-3624 lost (adj): 1. unable to find Great Falls Creamery. ............................703-272-7609 the way. 2. not appreciated Community & Proud Location Great Falls Cycle Studio. ........................703-585-5631 or understood. 3. no longer Great Falls Family Dentistry..................... 703-759-4707 owned or known Of The Following Events: Great Falls Physical Therapy. ..................703-349-1030 Great Falls Pilates ...................................703-480-0281 Great Falls Pools .....................................703-250-5585 4th of July Parade Jinny Beyer Studio ..................................703-759-0250 Adopt Concerts on the Green John Nugent and Son Plumbing & Heating. ..............................703-291-1926 Donate Halloween Spooktackular Katie’s Coffee House ..............................703-759-2759 Celebration of Lights Loebig Chiropractic ...............................703-757-5817 Volunteer Cars and Coffee New Paradigm Capital Mgmt. ...............703-757-4802 Farmers Market Old Brogue Irish Pub ...............................703-759-3309 Volunteers needed for Pio Pio Restaurant .................................. 703-865-7700 adoption events, Property Collective ................................ 703-253-8505 fostering, River Nail and Spa .................................703-746-8886 transportation, Robert Mobley, AIA Architect ................. 703-759-1927 Rossen Landscapes ...............................703-327-2284 adoption center School of Theatrical Dance ................... 703-759-5652 caretaking and more. Spectrum Property Management .......... 703-307-2965 The Saddlery ..........................................703-759-3500 Village Centre Mgmt Office ...................703-759-2485 Village Retreat/Massage Therapy ..........703-638-4852 Wells Fargo Bank ....................................703-757-1040 Wild Ginger Restaurant ..........................703-759-5040 Follow us on Facebook for event announcements! Facebook.com/GreatFallsVillageCentre Photos by Walt Lawrence Retail ࠮6ɉJL:WHJL࠮ Available for Lease ࠮ 703-759-2485 ࠮ [email protected] lostdogandcatrescue.org 2 ❖ Great Falls Connection ❖ Newcomers & Community Guide 2019-20 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Newcomers and Community Guide My Last Welcome Letter For Connection Newcomers By Sharon Bulova, Board of Supervisors — 11 years as ❖ Reengineered our police policies to in- in partnership with the School Board, es- Chairman Chairman and 20 years before that clude more transparency and de-escalation tablished One Fairfax, a social and racial Fairfax County Board of as the Braddock District Supervisor. tactics with a focus on the sanctity of life; equity compact, to ensure that ALL residents Supervisors What I have come to understand ❖ Created Diversion First, a program for of Fairfax County have access to equitable over these many years is that the one people with mental illness or developmen- opportunities for success. hen I was first thing you can be certain of is that tal disabilities, experiencing an encounter I have been deeply honored to serve the elected to the things will change. Indeed, a lot has with law enforcement to receive treatment residents of Fairfax County for these many Board of Su- changed over that span of time. instead of incarceration; years. I will really miss this job! Jurisdic- W ❖ pervisors in 1987 the During the past decade while I have had Updated the County’s Environmental tions throughout the country look to Fairfax Braddock District was called Annandale. the honor to serve you as Chairman, Fairfax Vision to include a new focus on Energy County as a leader and innovator, and I am Fairfax County’s population (now 1.15 mil- County has: Efficiency and Climate; proud, working with my colleagues on the lion) was approximately 746,600. There ❖ Navigated the financial crises caused ❖ Strengthened collaboration between Board and our excellent County staff, to was no VRE (Virginia Railway Express Com- by the Great Recession with the County’s the Board of Supervisors and the School have led our county to where it is today. muter Rail System) nor was there a Spring- coveted triple A bond rating by all three Board in the areas of budget development, Fairfax County is an awesome place, with a field Franconia Metro Station or a Fairfax rating agencies still intact; land use planning and joint environmental culture of engagement, acceptance of dif- County Parkway. When I took office as a ❖ Welcomed Metro’s Silver Line to Tysons initiatives; ferent cultures and backgrounds and a will- freshman Supervisor in January 1988, and Reston, with a station at Dulles Airport ❖ Reduced homelessness by nearly 50% ingness to work together to resolve conflicts. Fairfax County was, for the most part, a to open next year; employing a Housing First strategy to put a Fairfax County is poised for many exciting rapidly growing suburban bedroom commu- ❖ Ushered in new land use plans for roof over homeless individuals’ heads and opportunities ahead. I am confident the next nity. Tysons was still just a shopping mall. Tysons and other aging commercial and connecting them to resources needed to Board of Supervisors, in partnership with I will be retiring at the end of December, industrial areas of the County in need help them get back on their feet; members of the community, will continue the after serving 31 years on the Fairfax County of revitalization; ❖ Lastly, and most importantly, our Board, positive momentum we are known for. Rich Heritage and Strong Sense of Community Supervisor welcomes newcomers to Dranesville District. By Supervisor John W. Foust Dranesville District he Dranesville T District includes McLean, Great Falls, Herndon and some areas of Vienna and Falls Church and has about 125,000 residents. It runs from the Arlington County border to the Loudoun County border along the beautiful Potomac River. Herndon is a quintessential small American town with a rich heritage and strong sense of commu- nity. It also has a vibrant transit area