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The Arlington Public Library's 2010 Arlington Reads program has been selected to receive an Outstanding Achievement in Local Government Innovation Award for 2011, from the Alliance for Innovation!
Innovation Awards are bestowed annually to programs that successfully and creatively address important public service dilemmas and positively impact their communities. The awards recognize Alliance members who have shown extraordinary commitment to bringing innovative ideas to life.
Arlington Reads 2010 examined our relationship with where our food comes from.
Our featured author was literary legend and Kentucky farmer Wendell Berry - author of The Memory of Old Jack - who made a rare appearance at the Central Library. We also hosted urban farmer Novella Carpenter, author of Farm City.
Arlington Reads 2010 also created our first (and ongoing) Library Vegetable Garden.
With the help of volunteers from Arlington Food Assistance Center, the Northern Virginia Master Gardeners and other enthusiastic folks from the Arlington community, our garden was such a success that it was even named a USDA People's Garden.
- Don Weber, Library Volunteer Extraordinaire
Meet Don Weber, research entomologist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service, longtime Arlington resident and über volunteer at the Central Library. Don shows Pink Lady Beetles to Mrs. Vilsak and Library Director Diane KreshLast year, Don spearheaded...
- Columbia Pike Celebrates Arlington Reads
Check out the Columbia Pike Branch Library's collection of materials on locally produced food and sustainable living that compliment this year's Arlington Reads theme "Know What You Eat." For the 2010 Arlington Reads, we will be reading The ...
- Vegetable Garden At The Library
Come visit the Central Library for a first-hand look at what it takes to create an urban vegetable garden. Inspired by the Arlington Reads 2010 theme of food sustainability, the Library is partnering with a variety of community organizations and agencies...
- Cherrydale To Discuss "the Memory Of Old Jack"
The Cherrydale Branch Library's book group invites you to join them in reading this year's Arlington Reads 2010 featured title, Wendell Berry's The Memory of Old Jack. This group usually meets on the second Monday of the month, but for April...
- 'the Art Of Food' Submission Deadline Friday
Arlington Public Library's Art Committee is seeking artists from the Metro DC region who create art related to Food and Food Sustainability, for a juried exhibition April 2 - April 30, 2010. This exhibition will be held in conjunction with the...
Library
Arlington Reads Wins Outstanding Achievement in Local Government Innovation Award
The Arlington Public Library's 2010 Arlington Reads program has been selected to receive an Outstanding Achievement in Local Government Innovation Award for 2011, from the Alliance for Innovation!
Innovation Awards are bestowed annually to programs that successfully and creatively address important public service dilemmas and positively impact their communities. The awards recognize Alliance members who have shown extraordinary commitment to bringing innovative ideas to life.
Arlington Reads 2010 examined our relationship with where our food comes from.
Our featured author was literary legend and Kentucky farmer Wendell Berry - author of The Memory of Old Jack - who made a rare appearance at the Central Library. We also hosted urban farmer Novella Carpenter, author of Farm City.
Arlington Reads 2010 also created our first (and ongoing) Library Vegetable Garden.
With the help of volunteers from Arlington Food Assistance Center, the Northern Virginia Master Gardeners and other enthusiastic folks from the Arlington community, our garden was such a success that it was even named a USDA People's Garden.
- Don Weber, Library Volunteer Extraordinaire
Meet Don Weber, research entomologist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service, longtime Arlington resident and über volunteer at the Central Library. Don shows Pink Lady Beetles to Mrs. Vilsak and Library Director Diane KreshLast year, Don spearheaded...
- Columbia Pike Celebrates Arlington Reads
Check out the Columbia Pike Branch Library's collection of materials on locally produced food and sustainable living that compliment this year's Arlington Reads theme "Know What You Eat." For the 2010 Arlington Reads, we will be reading The ...
- Vegetable Garden At The Library
Come visit the Central Library for a first-hand look at what it takes to create an urban vegetable garden. Inspired by the Arlington Reads 2010 theme of food sustainability, the Library is partnering with a variety of community organizations and agencies...
- Cherrydale To Discuss "the Memory Of Old Jack"
The Cherrydale Branch Library's book group invites you to join them in reading this year's Arlington Reads 2010 featured title, Wendell Berry's The Memory of Old Jack. This group usually meets on the second Monday of the month, but for April...
- 'the Art Of Food' Submission Deadline Friday
Arlington Public Library's Art Committee is seeking artists from the Metro DC region who create art related to Food and Food Sustainability, for a juried exhibition April 2 - April 30, 2010. This exhibition will be held in conjunction with the...