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CATEGORIES:Awards
CATEGORIES:Community Outreach
CATEGORIES:Del Ray
CATEGORIES:Earth Day
CATEGORIES:Eco-City
CATEGORIES:Environment
CATEGORIES:Environmental Policy Commission (EPC)
CATEGORIES:T&ES Events
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 ar/Detail.aspx?si=58920\n\nThe Ellen Pickering award\, presented by AlexR
 enew and the Environmental Policy Commission\, recognizes community membe
 rs that have had significant\, positive impacts on our environment.  Join
  us at the Del Ray GardenFest\, hosted by the Del Ray Citizens Associatio
 n\, to celebrate the award recipient's achievements in helping protect ou
 r environment and enjoy a fun\, free\, educational afternoon of garden-ce
 ntric demonstrations\, informational booths\, and activities!  \nAward pr
 esentation will occur at 1:00pm.\nLocation: Colasanto Park Baseball field
 \, 2600 Mount Vernon Avenue\, Alexandria VA 22301  \nhttps://delrayalx.wi
 xsite.com/gardenfest2025\n\n\nLocation:  No Location Specified\nContact P
 erson: Melissa Atwood\nContact Email: melissa.atwood@alexandriava.gov\nAu
 dience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Awards\, Community Outreach\, Del Ray\, 
 Earth Day\, Eco-City\, Environment\, Environmental Policy Commission (EPC
 )\, T&ES Events\n\nWeb resources:\n\nEllen Pickering Environmental Excell
 ence Award\nhttps://www.alexandriava.gov/earth-day/ellen-pickering-enviro
 nmental-excellence-award\nThe award is named in honor of Ellen Pickering'
 s lifelong dedication to preservation and conservation in the City of Ale
 xandria. Mrs. Pickering was a longtime City activist who first gained rec
 ognition for her lobbying efforts more than 40 years ago that ultimately 
 helped create the Mount Vernon Trail between Alexandria and Washington\, 
 DC.\n\nEnvironmental Policy Commission\nhttps://www.alexandriava.gov/EPC\
 nEstablished in 1970 by the Alexandria City Council under Chapter 4\, Art
 icle M\, of the City Code\, the Alexandria Environmental Policy Commissio
 n (EPC) advises and makes recommendations to the City Council and\, where
  appropriate\, to the Planning Commission and City Manager\, on matters r
 elating to the following as defined in the EPC Bylaws:\nThe Climate crisi
 s and its effects\nClean air\nLand use\nNoise pollution \nPesticides\, he
 rbicides and contaminants\nSolid waste\nWater quality and supply\nOther t
 opics relating to conservation and protection of environmental conditions
  in the City of Alexandria\, and\nSuch other matters as may from time to 
 time be referred to it by the City Council.\n\n\nEarth Month Events\nhttp
 s://www.alexandriava.gov/EarthDay.html\nJoin us to celebrate and recogniz
 e Earth Day as we take "Steps to a Greener Alexandria."  Each week of Ear
 th Month focuses on our Eco-City principles and initiatives as we celebra
 te a month focused on Transportation\, Water Resources\, Energy & Climate
  Mitigation\, Air & Land\, and Solid Waste.\n\nDel Ray GardenFest\nhttps:
 //delrayalx.wixsite.com/gardenfest2025\nGardenFest is a fun\, free\, educ
 ational afternoon of garden-centric demonstrations\, informational booths
 \, and activities! Celebrate sunshine and springtime by learning about al
 l sorts of gardening topics\, including at-home composting\, growing nati
 ve plants\, beekeeping\, and much more!\n
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SUMMARY:Ellen Pickering Environmental Excellence Award
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=58920">https://apps.alexandri
 ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=58920</a><br />\n<br />The Ellen Pickerin
 g award\, presented by AlexRenew and the Environmental Policy Commission\
 , recognizes community members that have had significant\, positive impac
 ts on our environment.  Join us at the Del Ray GardenFest\, hosted by the
  Del Ray Citizens Association\, to celebrate the award recipient?s achiev
 ements in helping protect our environment and enjoy a fun\, free\, educat
 ional afternoon of garden-centric demonstrations\, informational booths\,
  and activities!  \n<br />Award presentation will occur at 1:00pm.\n<br /
 >Location: Colasanto Park Baseball field\, 2600 Mount Vernon Avenue\, Ale
 xandria VA 22301  \n<br />https://delrayalx.wixsite.com/gardenfest2025\n<
 br />\n<br />\n<br />Location:  No Location Specified\n<br />Contact Pers
 on: Melissa Atwood\n<br />Contact Email: melissa.atwood@alexandriava.gov\
 n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Awards\, Community Outrea
 ch\, Del Ray\, Earth Day\, Eco-City\, Environment\, Environmental Policy 
 Commission (EPC)\, T&amp\;ES Events<br>\n<a href="https://www.alexandriav
 a.gov/earth-day/ellen-pickering-environmental-excellence-award">Ellen Pic
 kering Environmental Excellence Award</a><br>\nThe award is named in hono
 r of Ellen Pickering&#39\;s lifelong dedication to preservation and conse
 rvation in the City of Alexandria. Mrs. Pickering was a longtime City act
 ivist who first gained recognition for her lobbying efforts more than 40 
 years ago that ultimately helped create the Mount Vernon Trail between Al
 exandria and Washington\, DC.<br>\n<a href="https://www.alexandriava.gov/
 EPC">Environmental Policy Commission</a><br>\nEstablished in 1970 by the 
 Alexandria City Council under Chapter 4\, Article M\, of the City Code\, 
 the Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission (EPC) advises and makes re
 commendations to the City Council and\, where appropriate\, to the Planni
 ng Commission and City Manager\, on matters relating to the following as 
 defined in the EPC Bylaws:\nThe Climate crisis and its effects\nClean air
 \nLand use\nNoise pollution \nPesticides\, herbicides and contaminants\nS
 olid waste\nWater quality and supply\nOther topics relating to conservati
 on and protection of environmental conditions in the City of Alexandria\,
  and\nSuch other matters as may from time to time be referred to it by th
 e City Council.\n<br>\n<a href="https://www.alexandriava.gov/EarthDay.htm
 l">Earth Month Events</a><br>\nJoin us to celebrate and recognize Earth D
 ay as we take ?Steps to a Greener Alexandria.?  Each week of Earth Month 
 focuses on our Eco-City principles and initiatives as we celebrate a mont
 h focused on Transportation\, Water Resources\, Energy &amp\; Climate Mit
 igation\, Air &amp\; Land\, and Solid Waste.<br>\n<a href="https://delray
 alx.wixsite.com/gardenfest2025">Del Ray GardenFest</a><br>\nGardenFest is
  a fun\, free\, educational afternoon of garden-centric demonstrations\, 
 informational booths\, and activities! Celebrate sunshine and springtime 
 by learning about all sorts of gardening topics\, including at-home compo
 sting\, growing native plants\, beekeeping\, and much more!<br>\n
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