To have community events listed in Centre View, mail to 7913 Westpark Drive, McLean, VA 22102, e-mail to centreview@connectionnewspapers.com or fax to 703-917-0991. Photos, especially color, are encouraged. Deadline is one week before publication. Call Steve Hibbard at 703-917-6434 with any questions.
<lst> First Horizon Bank will host its First Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, April 30, from 10 a.m. to noon at First Horizon’s Centreville Financial Center, 14260j Centreville Square. Guests have the chance to sign up for a free First Horizon checking account. Guests will also enjoy a live music remote from radio station 98.7 WMZQ, balloons, a moon bounce and refreshments while vying for the chance to win $15,000 by guessing the correct combination on the bank vault.
Noodles and Noggins is selling "TV Turnoff Week Survival Kits" for use during National TV Turn-off Week this week. Noodles and Noggins is an independently owned, educationally oriented, toy store in Clifton. Owner and creator Jacquie Lambertson has designed three age-targeted kits: pre-school, ages 5 to 7, and age 7 and up. Each is sold for approximately $25 and inside you will find everything from fun recipes to arts and craft and puzzles. For further information stop by the store at 7145 Main St., Clifton, call 703-815-8600 or e-mail info@noodlesandnoggins.com.
Verizon will soon bring a fiber-optic network to parts of the Centreville area. The technology promises to deliver faster data speeds, clear voice and video phone services to home and businesses. The company will seek a franchise agreement from the local authority before offering cable service in a particular community. Known as fiber-to-the-premises, or FTTP, the fiber-optic network uses hair-thin strands of fiber and optical electronics to directly link homes and businesses to Verizon's network. Verizon has begun or will be building its FTTP network in the following locations: Chantilly, Country Club Manor, Cedar Spring, Faircrest, Fairlakes Glen, Hampton Chase, Hampton Forest, Hampton Woods, Little Rocky Run, Pleasant Valley, Ratcliffes and Sully Station. Residents will be notified in advance with letters and door-hangers when construction is scheduled in their neighborhoods. Call Verizon's contractor, Ivy H. Smith Co., on 800-768-8831 with questions.
Business After Hours, a monthly reception by the Herndon Dulles Chamber of Commerce will be held Thursday, May 5 from 5-7 p.m. at Staybridge Suites Hotel in Chantilly. Join in the networking, explore partnerships, gain exposure and meet new clients. Food provided by Bungalow Billiards. RSVP to Michelle Plaia at 703-435-8090 or RSVP@axar.net.
In recognition of Earth Day celebrations, the Fair Lakes Promenade won the Best Community Partnership (Small Shopping Center) award in the "America's Marketplace Recycles" program. It is sponsored by the International Council of Shopping Centers and the Environmental Protection Agency. The award recognizes outstanding achievements by ICSC members to conserve resources, recycle, and purchase recycled content products at shopping centers across the country. U.S. shopping centers generate a wide variety of materials that are prime candidates for recycling; including corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, glass, plastic, metals, food waste, landscape trimmings and shipping pallets. The shopping center was built by the Peterson Companies, Fairfax.