6. Education outreach by the Board of Supervisors: on August 24, 2022, the Fairfax County Government News Center published a short article on phasing out gas-powered leaf blowers. Subsequently, in their e-newsletters to constituents, all of the county supervisors, except one, included notices on the desirability of moving away from gas-powered leaf blowers in favor of electric tools, or alternative methods for dealing with leaves.
Newsletter from Supervisor Walter Alcorn, Hunter Mill District, on August 31, 2022.
- Newsletter from Supervisor James R. Walkinshaw, Braddock District, on September 2, 2022.
- Now that leaf season is in full throttle, Quiet CleanNOVA is asking the county supervisors for another round of education outreach.