Vision Zero Pedestrian Safety Initiative and Hooff’s Run Flood Plain Information. Thanks to all who attended the RCA meeting on January 24, and our speakers from the City, Jessica Pfeiffer and Brian Rahal. For more information about the City’s “Vision Zero” pedestrian safety initiative, please visit https://www.alexandriava.gov/VisionZero. For more information about flood plain and related insurance issues in Rosemont, please visit https://www.alexandriava.gov/FloodMap (note that the map specifically documenting the flood plain for Rosemont is available at https://www.alexandriava.gov/uploadedfiles/tes/info/maps/5155190041E.pdf). 

Stormwater Fee Credits and Workshops. The deadline to apply for a credit against the City’s stormwater fees, based on mitigation measures, is February 15.  The City will be holding workshops on February 2 and (after the deadline) on March 2.  For more information, please visit https://www.alexandriava.gov/Stormwater.

Metro Closure. It’s still in the future, but are you ready for the closure of the Metro south of the airport doing the summer of 2019? For the most recent planning information, please visit https://patch.com/virginia/delray/planning-continues-summer-metro-shutdown-alexandria.

Keeping Informed. We try to provide regular updates on local news, Rosemont history, and general happenings in the neighborhood and Alexandria via our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/RosemontCitizensAssociation), cross-posted to Twitter (https://twitter.com/RosemontCitizen) and our web page (http://rosemontcitizensassoc.org/facebook). Please consider following one or another (as well as the independent Rosemont email list, https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/rosemontva/info, and the community forums at https://nextdoor.com).

Membership. Please renew! (See http://rosemontcitizensassoc.org/join/.)

Jol Silversmith
President, RCA