On April 12, 2023, Annaburg Manor, 9201 Maple Street, will hold a public "meet and greet" event at noon. Annaburg is considered to be one of the most historical places in Manassas.
It is hosted by the City of Manassas Virginia Parks Culture & Recreation Department to connect the Manassas community with the archeologists working on the historic site. It is open to the public and does not require registration beforehand.
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The Stafford County Government is beginning work on a $990,000 stream restoration project in St. Clair Brooks Memorial Park, located at 80 Butler Road in Falmouth. It will begin near the pedestrian bridge below the overhead power lines and meanders south toward Pratt Park.
The project will prevent pollutants from reaching the Rappahannock River and the Chesapeake Bay by restoring an unnamed 1,500-foot tributary, decreasing erosion, and promoting natural habit, a press release states. The press release adds that the effort will reduce the amount of runoff, sediment, and pollutants and make the stream more sustainable.
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We've been reporting on the process of developing Stafford County's newest park -- Musselman Park -- since January.
Today, we have an update following a second in a series of public meetings designed to get feedback from residents on what should be built at the 40-acre park at 791 Truslow Road, two miles from Stafford High School.
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The Stafford County Museum and Cultural Center, the organization we told earlier this week that is developing a new virtual reality tour of the county, is holding a scavenger hunt.
The scavenger hunt will run from February 1 to May 1, 2023.
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Will virtual reality draw more visitors to Stafford County's historic sites?
Stafford County Museum and Cultural Center Director Sue Henderson say so, and she and a team from Access VR demonstrated a new virtual reality program for some Stafford County supervisors on Tuesday, Mach 7, 2023.
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In a unanimous vote during the town council meeting on March 7, 2023, the town council decided to fund the concrete Fitness Court with fitness equipment next to the old Dumfries-Triangle Rescue Squad on Graham Park Road. The National Fitness Campaign, the firm selling outdoor gyms, will install the facility and provide a $30,000 discount to the town for installing its product.
Town documents refer to the discount as a grant.
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Mayor Derrick Wood says the Fitness Court park would be built on land next to the old Dumfries-Triangle Rescue Squad. The cost will be $270,000. The National Fitness Campaign, the firm selling the outdoor gyms, will provide a $30,000 discount to the town for installing its product.
Town documents refer to the discount as a grant. According to the Fitness Court website, the outdoor gym has seven exercises. Similar Fitness Courts have been built in 500 communities across the U.S.
If built, the park will be open to the public. The cost of the would equate to about three percent of the town’s overall $7.2 million budget.
The Dumfries Town Council meets at 7 p.m. at the town hall, 17739 Main Street, Suite 200. The meeting is open to the public and will be streamed on the town’s YouTube channel.
Here’s the resolution before the town council:
Hundreds gathered to learn more about the Prince William County Parks system on Thursday, March 2, 2023.
Agency Director Seth Hanlder Voss delivered the system's inaugural state of the parks report at the county school division headquarters, 14715 Bristow Road. The agency served refreshments and put on display images and Civil War artifacts from various parks and historic sites across the 348-square-mile county.
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Join us to celebrate the transformative power of parks in our community as
Seth Hendler-Voss, Director of Prince William County Parks, Recreation and Tourism delivers the state of the parks address and shares findings from our 2022 annual report.Thursday, March 2, 2023
7 p.m.
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