The Taste of Annandale Planning Committee thanks the Vistas of Annandale for signing on as the Title Sponsor of the 2019 Taste of Annandale. The Vistas, an attractive, conveniently located community of 1,065 garden apartments and townhomes behind the Heritage Mall shopping center, was a Silver sponsor at last year’s Taste of Annandale. This time,... Continue Reading →
Crescendo Studios, a brand-new, beautiful facility for music lessons, showed its commitment to community engagement by signing on as a Gold-level sponsor of the 2019 Taste of Annandale. Crescendo offers lessons in piano, guitar, drum, bass, violin, cello, viola, and voice to children, teens, and adults. It’s located in a former TV studio, Megahertz Network, at 8101-A Lee... Continue Reading →
A student project on the Taste of Annandale made it all the way to the international DECA competition. DECA, which stands for Distributive Education Clubs of America, prepares students for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality, management, and entrepreneurship. Three students at Oakton High School – senior Zach Weber and juniors Evan Schmader and Chris Hillen... Continue Reading →
The newly incorporated Annandale Mason Roundtable presented a check for $5,000 to the Youth Re-Imaging Community Project May 2 in the office of Mason Supervisor Penny Gross. The Roundtable is a nonprofit organization whose main activity is putting together the annual Taste of Annandale street festival. The $5,000 was raised from sponsorships and vendor sales... Continue Reading →
Planning for the fifth annual Taste of Annandale, scheduled for Oct. 5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Tom Davis Drive, is well under way. The Taste of Annandale has gotten bigger and better every year, and this one, promises to be the biggest one yet. More than 5,000 people attended the Taste of Annandale last year.... Continue Reading →
The Taste of Annandale was a huge success, drawing more than 5,500 people to Tom Davis Drive Oct. 13 for food, entertainment, and fun. About 130 people participated in the Taste of Annandale 5K Race, there were about seven food trucks, a dozen other food vendors, and nearly 50 tables hosted by sponsors, businesses, organizations, and vendors.... Continue Reading →
What kind of park/civic space would you like to see in Annandale? Fairfax County’s Office of Community Revitalization is seeking input from the public on a new park space planned for a county-owned area at 7200 Columbia Pike outside the ACCA Child Development Center. As part of this initiative, OCR is setting up a second “demonstration park”... Continue Reading →
The Taste of Annandale Planning Committee is pleased to announce that Diane Roadcap, the “animal communicator,” will be one of the judges at the best-dressed pet contest at the Oct. 13 street festival on Tom Davis Drive. The Taste of Annandale schedule hasn’t been finalized but the pet contest, hosted by Chico’s Natural Pet Market, is tentatively scheduled for... Continue Reading →
Coco the Couture Cat, a guest at the upcoming Taste of Annandale, is a star feline fashionista and and has her own closet full of 100 custom-designed outfits. But don’t worry, Coco won’t be competing in the best-dressed pet contest at the Oct. 13 street festival. That’s because her handler, Teri Thorsteinson, will be on... Continue Reading →
