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<b>Thursday/March 12
</b>Park and Recreation Advisory Board, 7 p.m. at the City Hall Annex, 10455 Armstrong St., Fairfax. 703-385-7858.
<b>Monday/March 16
</b>Northern Virginia Community College Board Meeting, 4-6 p.m. in Room 307 at NOVA’s Reston Center, 1831 Wiehle Ave. in Reston. The agenda includes an update on the Reston Center by Provost Anthony Tardd and a briefing on the recent General Assembly session by Del. Chuck Caputo (D-67). Daniel G. LeBlanc, Senior advisor to the governor for Workforce, will discuss Virginia’s Career Pathways Strategic Plan. NOVA President Robert G. Templin Jr. will report on the implications of the Commonwealth’s economic downturn and update the board on the College’s Achieving the Dream initiative. Board meetings are open to the public. 703-323-3101 or churst@nvcc.edu.
<b>Tuesday/March 17
</b>Commission for Women, 7 p.m. at the City Hall Annex, 10455 Armstrong St., Fairfax. 703-385-7894.
<b>Wednesday/March 18
</b>Board of Architectural Review, 7:30 p.m. at the City Hall Annex, 10455 Armstrong St., Fairfax. 703-385-7820.
Open and Transparent Government Panel, 7:30 p.m. at George Mason University Johnson Center, Third Floor, Room C, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax. Co-sponsored by The League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area and the Department of Leadership and Community Engagement of George Mason University. Sen. George Barker (D-37), Del. Thomas Rust (R-86), Oakton High School government teacher Eliot Waxman, a George Mason University representative and a reporter from the Washington Post will discuss the Freedom of Information Act, the people who use it and what is being taught about it in our schools and universities. www.lwv-fairfax.org.