Dear Fellow Braddock District Council Members, Scouting taught me many lessons when I was a kid, and the motto “be prepared” stuck with me all these years. My primary focus back then was to make sure I remembered to pack all the right gear for a campout. Nowadays my focus is on the wellbeing of my family and community. How prepared are we for unforeseen emergencies? Recently we experienced a microburst storm in Burke, and just two days ago there was a gas line rupture along Ox Road that...

Dear Fellow Braddock District Council Members, The past two weeks have been a challenging time for many of our residents due to the excessive heat, followed by the microburst storm. If you are in need of support, please check out the latest Braddock Beacon from the District Supervisor’s office for a list of resources available to residents. Thanks go to last month’s guest speakers on volunteering in our local community. You can help the Fairfax County Agency on Aging determine what services...

Dear Fellow Braddock District Council Members, Thank you for supporting our Annual Legislative Update last month. Many of our state legislators that evening drove straight back from Richmond in rush-hour traffic to join our meeting! Our panel of speakers included Delegate Laura Jane Cohen, Delegate Kathy Tran, Delegate Vivian Watts, and State Senator Stella Pekarsky. Thanks go to all of them for spending their evening with us, and taking the time to thoroughly answer every question we asked....