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Announcing Project Play!
ACTion Alexandria is teaming up with the Childhood Obesity Action Network, Get Healthy Alexandria, and Smart Beginnings Alexandria/Arlington to launch Project Play.What is Project Play?Project Play is...
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Project Play: Help Lyles Crouch Win Playground Grant
Since we announced Project Play, it seems like we hear about new efforts to improve local or build new playgrounds everyday. And we're all for it!Starting today, you can help the Lyles Crouch...
View ArticleProject Play Spruce Up Grants
Ends on:Fri, 01/13/2012 - 11:59pmYour playground could win a Project Play Spruce Up Grant!The nomination period is now over, but you can still vote for the playgrounds you think should win one of four...
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Project Play is Off to the Races!
*UPDATES and REMINDERS (((in our disco-pink)))*$15,000 in Spruce Up Grants are up for grabs.Project Playofficially launched on November 17th. Since, we have received a total of 11 playspaces for Ideas!...
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Project Play Playground Assessment Sneak Peek
Design Concepts rated 89 of Alexandria's playgrounds early in the Summer of 2011. Indoor, Outdoor, Public and Private playspaces were assessed. Each playground was rated based on a number of...
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Announcing Project Play Spruce Up Grant Winners!
The Alexandria Childhood Obesity Action Network, Alexandria/Arlington Smart Beginnings, and ACTion Alexandria teamed up to launch the Project Play Spruce Up Grants Competition to help residents improve...
View ArticlePlay in Alexandria Video
We know you've been waiting to see the Project Play Playground assessment results for a while, so have we. The good news is that the Project Play Playground Assessment results will be posted on...
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Project Play City-wide Playground Assessment Results
They're finally here! Below you'll find the final report on Project Play's city-wide playground assessment by Design Concepts.But first, a little background on how we got here.The Project Play...
View ArticleProject Play Taskforce Meeting
Event DateThursday, March 22, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:30pmEvent LocationDurant Center 1605 Cameron Street, Alexandria (Right next to Jefferson Houston Elementary School)RSVP...
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Project Play Playground Ideas
Banana-shaped slides and bee-hive-shaped jungle gyms - anything is possible when it comes to imagining playgrounds for kids!We just started a new board on Pinterest gathering fun and innovative...
View ArticleBring the Kids to Project Play Popup Play Date at Holmes Run Park Playground
Event DateTuesday, September 25, 2012 - 5:00pm - 6:30pmEvent LocationPlace: Holmes Run Park (Holmes Run Parkway at North Ripley Street) Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 Time: 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. It's...
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Join Project Play for Play Dates in Alexandria
Come play with us at playgrounds across Alexandria! Community at Play is a series of play dates to get parents and children to experience local playgrounds you haven't heard about yet or that have been...
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200 Volunteers + KaBOOM! + Washington Capitals + ARHA = New Playground
In just 6 hours on September 13, a new playground will be built in Old Town. More than 200 volunteers from Alexandria and surrounding communities will arrive at the site you see on the left and work...
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STARS Playground is a Dream Come True for Alexandria Kids
We did it!Before... And after!In less than six hours - from the Zumba warm-up to the Cupid Shuffle mulch stomp - almost 200 volunteers showed up to make dreams come true for kids of the ARHA...
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Kids Play for First Time at STARS Playground
Families came together on Sunday to try out the new STARS playground we helped build with KaBOOM!, So Kids Can, The Washinton Capitals and ARHA. Now, all children in the Hopkins-Tancil Court community...
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Sometimes, All It Takes Is You
In November, 2011, Ameena Hijazi heard about the Project Play Spruce Up Grant Contest we launched with Childhood Obesity Action Network and Partnership for a Healthier Alexandria and nominated her...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Playspace Improvement Grants: Improving play for everyone in...
Alexandria, VA - Project Play, an initiative of the Alexandria Childhood Obesity Action Network (ACOAN) and ACTion Alexandria, is pleased to announce the Playspace Improvement Contest! This contest is...
View ArticleIf You Hack, Hack for Change
Thank you to Lauren Houser from SPECTRUM for the following blog post: 118 events. 97 cities. And the numbers are still growing. May 31-June 1, 2014 marks the Second Annual National Civic Day of...
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Project Play launches Alexandria Plays! A new playground mapping website for...
Play where? Play how? Play NOW!Project Play has launched a mobile-friendly website to help parents and caregivers find places for young children to play in and around Alexandria. The site lets...
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