FIVE THINGS: Street Paving Continues Through Sept. 27

1-    If you’re interested in learning how to make your own rain barrel, there’s a workshop in Reston on Sept. 23. You can sign up here.

2-    On Saturday the City of Falls Church will host Public Utilities Open House at the Property Yard (7100 Gordon Rd.) from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The free event includes activities for the entire family, including taking pictures on heavy-duty equipment. Visitors are invited to watch utility employees demonstrate equipment use, make water connections, and more.

3-    Street sweeping continues in the City of Falls Church through Friday. It is important that residents move vehicles off of residential streets between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. when street sweeping is scheduled for their area. Parked vehicles impede the street sweeping equipment, resulting in less efficient and effective service. See the schedule and locations of street sweeping here.

4-    Through Sept. 27, the city will be repaving streets as well as replacing sections of sidewalks, curbs, and gutters. The work will take place weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. A tentative schedule of timing and locations is here.

5-    If you are celebrating a birthday on Sept. 20, you share it with legendary NBA coach Red Aurebach, racecar driver Juan Pablo Montoya and Japanese prime minister Taro Aso. Happy birthday!