News and events
Heritage Square Homes Association
Established 1972 ~ Burke, Virginia
Next Board Meeting: Wednesday, April 10, 6:30PM
The April meeting of the Heritage Square Homes Association will be held Wednesday, April 10, 6:30 PM, via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83505681858?pwd=WFdibG0ybVVPekd6VGovczNBd2tNUT09
Meeting ID: 835 0568 1858
New Visitor Parking Passes
New visitor parking hang tags have been mailed to all residents. The old tags are no longer valid as of January 15, 2024, and should be discarded. Vehicles parked in visitor parking spaces without a current, valid hang tag will be towed. See notice here.
Holiday Trash Collection 2023
Please note that Patriot Disposal Services has shifted trash/recycle collection dates by one day for Christmas and New Year's weeks:
Wednesday Dec 27: Trash pickup
Thursday Dec 28: Recycles pickup
Saturday Dec 30: Trash pickup
Wednesday Jan 3: Trash pickup
Thursday Jan 4: Recycles pickup
Saturday Jan 6: Trash pickup
Christmas tree pickup will be done the first two weeks of January on the scheduled trash pickup days. All tinsel and decorations should be removed.
New Property Management
As of June 1 2023, Heritage Square is managed by American Management of Virginia, Inc.
Property manager:
Amanda Stevens
astevens@amvirginia.com
(703) 530-1550 ext. 112
Mailing Address:
Heritage Square Homes Association
c/o American Management of Virginia, Inc
7900 Sudley Road Suite 600
Manassas, VA 20109
For new payment options, please see Payment Options
New Trash Service and Schedule, effective May 1, 2021
Heritage Square HOA will be changing trash collection companies, effective May 1, 2021. The new company will be Patriot Disposal. New recycle toters will be delivered to the front of each home on the morning of April 30th, 2021. Please mark your container with your house number for easy retrieval. If you do not want a recycle container, please let Management know by April 26.
Trash will be collected on Tuesdays and Fridays. Recycling will be collected on Wednesdays. Please put trash out on Monday evening or Thursday evening AFTER 6:00 p.m. or on the morning of a pickup prior to 7:00 a.m. The same process is expected for recycling pickup. Recycling must be clean and not in plastic bags. Patriot Disposal will begin trash pickup on Tuesday, May 4, 2021.
Yard Waste collection is on Friday. Fairfax County customers must use brown paper bags or a personal container for yard waste collection. Plastic bags are not permitted. Containers are not to exceed 50 pounds each. Tree trimmings mush be bundled.
For complete details, please see: New Trash Service Details
Fairfax County Request For Easement
The Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County has requested Heritage Square Homes Association to grant the County certain easement rights over a portion of the Association’s Common Area property in relation to the realignment of Burke Road. Please see the Fairfax County Easement Request here: Fairfax County Easement Documents
Car Break-ins in Heritage Square Community
There have been reports of thieves or groups of thieves roaming through area communities overnight recently searching for unlocked vehicles from which they can steal money or personal property.
The police always advise us to make sure you never leave valuables in your vehicles in plain sight or otherwise and make sure it is locked at all times when not in use.
If you should become a victim of one of these thieves it is definitely advisable to inform the West Springfield District Police via their non-emergency number at (703) 691-2131.
Glass Containers No Longer Accepted in Curbside Recycling
Due to a change in Fairfax County recycling policy, Republic Services will no longer accept glass bottles and jars in curbside recycling bins (effective Oct. 1).
Accordingly, please do not place glass in recycling bins. There are now two options for recycling glass:
- Bring to one of 21 purple recycling containers.
- Place used glass in trash.
See the Fairfax County web site for details:
Change In Policy for Fairfax County Recycling (Glass No Longer Accepted)
Trash Policy Reminder
Please see the following guide regarding trash pick-up.
Heritage Square Trash Removal Guide
Hazardous Household Waste Disposal
Please see the following guide from Fairfax County in reference to disposing of household hazard waste such as paint, batteries, automotive fluids, etc.
Fairfax County Hazardous Household Waste Guide
PARKING CHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT
The parking spaces in the cutout at the Liberty Bell Court end of the Burke Road service road have been changed to VISITOR PARKING. These spaces are for visitors only and must display a Heritage Square Visitor Parking hangtag. Vehicles parked in these spaces without a Visitor Parking hangtag are subject to towing.
See the mailing of 8/16/2018 for details: Heritage Square Parking Change.pdf
POHICK STREAM VALLEY TRAIL CONSTRUCTION
The Fairfax County Park Authority has begun work on the Pohick Stream Valley Trail in Burke Station Park. This project may impact parking and access to trails.
See the Fairfax County Parks website for details:
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/park-news/2018/z-ir099
or contact Project Manager Tom McFarland at Thomas.McFarland@fairfaxcounty.gov or 703-324-8688.
NEW ARCHITECTURAL GUIDELINES ADOPTED
The Board of Directors adopted Policy Resolution (PR) 2017-01, "Architectural and Environmental Guidelines and Regulations," at its regular meeting held on 03/21/2017. The new resolution, which is effective 04/21/2017, replaces PR 10-01 (of the same name) as well as PR 2016-01 (which pertains to storage sheds). A copy of the new resolution was mailed to all homeowners and is also available from the "Documents" page of this website.