May Happy Hour, Memorial Day Block Party, Housing for All: Virginia Village, and Farmers Market Expansion

Happy May, Falls Church Forward,

See below for upcoming events and ways to get involved!

🚲️ 🚶‍♀️ Bike FC X FCF, May Happy Hour, Thursday, May 21st, 5:30 pm-7 pm Helena’s Mexican Restaurant, 502 W Broad St #5, Falls Church, VA 22046

Join us this Thursday for our monthly happy hour to chat all things biking, walking, and rolling with members of Bike Falls Church.

🐎 🎉 Memorial Day Block Party, Monday, May 25th, 4 pm, 1100 Block of Seaton Ln

Don’t miss the Memorial Day Block Party! Join us for a day of fun, food, Donny the mini horse, and community. Everyone is welcome--bring your family, friends, and neighbors.

🏡 👨‍👩‍👦 Housing for All: Virginia Village, Give Public Comment, Tuesday, May 26^th, 7:30 pm, City Hall

The City of Falls Church is exploring whether reinvestment or redevelopment of the City owned Virginia Village properties could create modern, safe, affordable homes for current and future residents. This is an opportunity that would support housing options within the city so that neighbors of all ages, incomes, and family sizes can live, work, learn, return, and retire here. Please share your thoughts on Virginia Village with the city council, as it's important to have a good representation of views across the city (including both homeowners and renters). To create a welcoming culture, we must build a community co-created by and for everybody.

Find out more about Virginia Village here and check out this FAQ on how to give public comment or send in comments in writing for the May 26^th City Council meeting.

👩‍🌾🛒 Farmers Market Expansion — Sign the Petition! We’re just 61 signatures away from our goal of 400!

We love the Falls Church Farmers Market. We think it deserves more room. We're asking the city to pilot a Saturday morning street closure on Park Ave or Little Falls Street so the market can grow — more prepared food, community gathering space, kids' activities, and music. Alexandria, Mosaic District, and Westover in Arlington already close streets for their markets every week. Sign the petition and share it with your neighbors!  

Cheers,

Naudy, Pat, Evan, Andrea, Ross, Letty and Justine