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🌱 Patch AM: How could a 2026 bond reshape rec centers after Mount Vernon’s makeover?

Also check out Heirloom- Silver & Brass Restoration Services: THURSDAYS 10-4 on the Mount Vernon Patch calendar

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What's up Mount Vernon! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How could a 2026 bond reshape rec centers after Mount Vernon’s makeover?

Also on today's calendar: Heirloom- Silver & Brass Restoration Services: THURSDAYS 10-4 and 6 more events.

Find out what's happening in Mount Vernonfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

Find out what's happening in Mount Vernonfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Thursday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, with a high of 53 and low of 46 degrees.
  • Friday: Increasingly windy, temps: high: 61, low: 25.
  • Saturday: Cooler with periods of sun, with a high of 44 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Fairfax County Park Authority rec centers may have to wait in line for upgrades (ffxnow.com) — Fairfax County is weighing which aging rec centers get major renovations next, using the recently overhauled Mount Vernon Rec Center as a model. Officials are eyeing a 2026 park bond that could steer tens of millions toward upgrades, while Mount Vernon District Supervisor Dan Storck pushes to ensure future projects aren’t done on the cheap.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Thursday December 18
  • Preschool Story Time
    Potomac Library - Potomac Community Room
    2:00 pm
  • Marshall Pond Lights & Bunnyman Brewery (Rating: D FUN)
    Burke Centre , 10399 Premier Ct , Burke
    5:00 pm
  • Cardio Sculpting
    Occoquan Regional Park , 9751 Ox Rd , Lorton
    6:30 pm
    • Friday December 19
  • Preschool STEAM Play at Courthouse
    Courthouse Library Children's Area ,
    10:00 am
  • Family Storytime at Central
    Central Library Barbara M. Donnellan Auditorium,
    10:15 am
  • Family Storytime at Westover
    Westover Library Children's Area ,
    10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Earl Enterprises posted a job opening for Bertucci's-Janitorial Bertucci's Springfield in Springfield. Apply here.
  • CACI International posted a job opening for Senior Generator Technician - TS/SCI in Springfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mount Vernon here.

🗞 Nearby News

Fort Belvoir

  • Army soldier home for the holidays in emotional Fairfax family reunion (wusa9.com)
  • Morning Notes for December 17, 2025 (ffxnow.com)

Springfield

  • Fairfax board backs DMV Moves proposals for sustainable Metro funding (ffxnow.com)
  • Teen Arrested for Stabbing at Woodbridge Apartment (potomaclocal.com)
  • Holidays Start with the Fairfax Chorus at The Fairfax at Belvoir Woods (mountvernongazette.com)

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