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Wednesday, November 23, 2022
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I wish you and your family a fun and safe Thanksgiving! I am thankful to represent a district home to countless residents who give back to their community and help their neighbors.
To celebrate the spirit of Thanksgiving, I joined my friends at the Journey Church for their annual Grocery Store Buy-Out at the Giant in Springfield Plaza. Thanks to the generosity of our residents, we donated over 4,000 pounds of food for Thanksgiving baskets to our local food pantries!
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Fairfax County Government offices are closed Thursday, Nov. 24, and Friday, Nov. 25, for the Thanksgiving holiday. However, some facilities are open and schedules vary.
For specific schedule information: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news/2022-thanksgiving-holiday-schedule?fbclid=IwAR0jFOZkLjyZR5HsRo1OfAk7F8Rux3ME4Gwyv7o0kXl51357eDZ-0f-VSK8
Please have a safe and happy Thanksgiving! Here are some tips to avoid an unexpected visit to your home from our Fairfax County firefighters.
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Please contact my office if we can assist you. | |
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Email: leedist@fairfaxcounty.gov (My team is working on an updated email)
Phone 703-971-6262
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- Supervisor Lusk in the Community
- Board Matter Recap
- Franconia Police District Traffic Townhall
- Now Accepting Spring Internship Applications
- Operation Warm Partnership with Fairfax County Fire and Rescue
- Volunteer for the Richard Byrd Winter Book Sale
- Community Post: Managing larger properties for birds, butterflies, and people & Keeping Our Wooded Areas Beautiful by Plant NOVA Trees
- Victim Services Division 9th Annual Holiday Gift Card Drive
- Mason Vision Series
- COVID-19 Resources
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Supervisor Lusk in the Community | |
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I was honored to join my Board colleagues and other leaders from across the D.C. region to celebrate the long-awaited Silver Line extension!
The extension now connects customers to six new stations, including Reston Town Center, Herndon, Innovation Center, Washington Dulles International Airport, Loudoun Gateway, and Ashburn.
The Silver Line extension was one of the largest capital construction projects in the country. The extension provides residents high-quality transit services, a viable alternative to automobile travel, and supports future development.
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Congratulations to Dynamhex and their CEO Sunny Sanwar for winning the 2022 Pitch and Pilot: Fairfax County Innovation Challenge! Dynamhex was chosen because its platform can help county-owned facilities with carbon accounting and management and also support residents to understand their individual carbon footprint and incentivize reduction actions. | |
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Did you miss the most recent 5-hour long Board of Supervisor meeting? My latest Board Matter Recap video covers my Board Matters and remarks around:
1️⃣ (0:06) Street Lights: I am aware of recent incidents involving vehicle break-ins in our community and introduced a Board matter that will improve our street light infrastructure across the county. My Board Matter is just one step my office is taking to discourage vehicle break-ins and enhance public safety. Read the full Board Matter here: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/lee/sites/lee/files/assets/public%20streetlight%20information%20and%20planning%20request%20board%20matter.pdf
2️⃣ (2:45) An Update on our District Renaming Process: On December 6th, the Board of Supervisors will hold a final public hearing and vote to formally approve changing the name of our district to Franconia.
3️⃣ (5:27) My Board Matter requesting a proclamation for Judge Dipti Pidikiti-Smith, a renowned community advocate and the first Asian American woman to be appointed Judge to the Fairfax County General District Court.
4️⃣ (6:39) My remarks recognizing our nonprofit partners' contributions during the pandemic.
5️⃣ (7:42) My remarks on Fairfax Recycle Day and thanking public works staff for their tireless work.
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Franconia Police District Traffic Townhall | |
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Mark your calendars: On Wednesday, December 7th at 6PM, Supervisor Walter Alcorn, Franconia Police District Commander, Captain Lieb, and I will be hosting a Franconia Police District Traffic Town Hall.
Topics that will be discussed include, traffic safety, enforcement, pedestrian and bicycle safety, junk vehicles, speed limits, and traffic calming. A map of the Franconia Police District is provided in the comment section for your reference.
Please email questions regarding traffic safety in the Franconia Police District to leedist@fairfaxcounty.gov.
Register for the event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/franconia-district-police-traffic-town-hall-virtual-tickets-458606523457
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Now Accepting Spring Internship Application | |
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My office is seeking an undergraduate or graduate student to serve as an intern in our office at the Franconia Government Center. This is an in-person internship opportunity for highly motivated students who are interested in local government and would like to learn how a Fairfax County Supervisor’s office runs. Interns will be responsible for assisting staff on a variety of tasks and projects which can be tailored to their interests. Examples may include:
✅Constituent casework
✅ Land use projects
✅Community outreach
✅Social media management
✅ Event coordination
✅ Front office responsibilities
✅ Administrative tasks
✅ Other duties as assigned
We are looking for interns who can commit to working 10-20 hours per week in our office for a period of 8-12 weeks. This internship can be flexible based on the intern’s needs, interests, and availability.
To apply, please send a resume and cover letter to leedist@fairfaxcounty.gov by December 16th.
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Operation Warm Partnership with Fairfax County Fire and Rescue | |
Volunteer for the Winter Book Sale | |
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The Friends of Richard Byrd Library are excited about their upcoming winter book sale and need your help!
Please look at the below schedule and let them know when you can volunteer. They request that volunteers sign up for two-hour blocks or more or even volunteer on more than one day.
Please email bfriends@gmail.com with questions or concerns.
VOLUNTEER TO SET UP FOR THE BOOK SALE:
Saturday, November 26:10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Monday, November 28: 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday, November 29: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday, November 30: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
VOLUNTEER DURING THE BOOK SALE:
Wednesday, November 30: 2:00 PM- 5:00 PM (Preview Sale $10 Admission)
Thursday, December 1: 10:00 AM - 8:30 PM (After hours, side entrance)
Friday, December 2: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday, December 3: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday, December 4: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Bag Sale $5 per bag)
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Community Post: Managing larger properties for birds, butterflies, and people & Keeping Our Wooded Areas Beautiful by Plant NOVA Trees | |
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Managing larger properties for birds, butterflies, and people
The outdoor space on larger properties in Northern Virginia, whether residential or commercial, is typically divided into formal landscaping close to buildings and natural areas at the periphery. New practices are emerging on how to manage both areas, practices that protect the ecosystem and support the birds and the butterflies while better satisfying human needs.
Learn More: https://www.plantnovatrees.org/post/managing-larger-properties-for-birds-butterflies-and-people
Keeping our wooded areas beautiful
If your community owns some wooded common land, or if you yourself own a wooded property, you may have noticed that the woods around here have been slowly changing, and not for the better. They may still look green, but the devil is in the details: much of that “green” is now made up of invasive non-native plants that damage the ecosystem and bring down the trees.
Learn more: https://www.plantnovatrees.org/post/keeping-our-wooded-areas-beautiful
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Victim Services Division 9th Annual Holiday Gift Card Drive | |
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In 2022, the Victim Services Division worked over 350 cases involving child victims and witnesses of domestic & sexual violence as well as children who lost a loved one to homicide. Many of these children will not get to celebrate holidays this year due to the financial burden that comes with being a victim of crime. In the true spirit of the season, they ask you to please join them in brightening the holidays for our courageous children by participating in this drive.
Now through Friday, December 16, 2022, they are seeking gift cards for our child victims (both young and teenagers) to places like Giant, Amazon, Safeway, Walmart, TJ Maxx, Target, Kohl’s, local restaurants, and clothing stores. Gift cards will allow parents/guardians to be active participants in purchasing gifts for each child and practical needed items that they would normally go without.
Your generous donation of gift cards will help those families most impacted by crime bring a smile to the faces of their children who have had a tough road due to the violence they have witnessed or been a victim of themselves. Each child victim selected for the holiday gift card drive has been affected by crime and has been vetted by their assigned Victim Specialist. All the families we select are truly those in need. For some, the gift cards can be used to purchase toys and other gifts. For others, the gift cards will be used to purchase winter clothing for the children or to purchase food for their holiday meal.
Thank you in advance for your support! Your generosity will brighten the eyes and hearts of our child victims, will bring so much joy, and most importantly will make an impact this holiday season.
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George Mason Vision Series | |
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The Mason Vision Series, a forum for Mason scholars to share their work with university colleagues and the community, continues on December 7 from 7-8 p.m. with Real Characters, Imagined Events: Celebrities and Historic Figures as Fodder for the Stage featuring Djola Branner, Director of the School of Theater. The discourse will examine how contemporary playwrights and directors are weaving fact and fiction, and creating theater that is at once entertaining, thought-provoking, and inspiring. The presentation will be accessible on GMU-TV. Learn more and register at https://bit.ly/3T9UbyE.
What’s happening at George Mason University? Check out Today @ Mason, the university’s online calendar. View the overall calendar or sort by audience or location. Learn about Mason events at https://www.gmu.edu/today-mason.
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Fairfax County COVID-19 Resources | |
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Rodney L. Lusk
Franconia District Supervisor
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