July 3, 2012
Neighborly Style.
On Friday afternoon, June 29, swim team representatives from the Northern Virginia Swim League busily prepared for Saturday morning swim meets, with no idea of the impact the coming storm would have over the next days. At Parklawn Pool, in the west end of the Alexandria part of Fairfax County, lack of power Saturday morning caused the cancellation of a swim meet with the Burke Station team. Emails flew back and forth as the meet was rescheduled and ultimately swum at the Burke Station pool after their power was restored on Monday. With the 4th of July holiday looming, the Parklawn Pool obtained a generator to get the pool running again. Generator installation services were donated by Rosendin Electric. As many pools in the area were without power, Parklawn Team Rep Stephanie Liller reached out to the NVSL team at Dowden Terrace with an offer of pool space for swim practice. Dowden Terrace, in the City of Alexandria, and Parklawn are within waving distance of each other, across Holmes Run. The Dowden Terrace Dolphins and the Parklawn Piranhas shared the pool for a morning workout on the 4th of July, kicking off the holiday in true neighborly style.
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