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Alexandria park near JD Vance’s house back open on ‘modified’ schedule

Judy Lowe Neighborhood Park in Northern Virginia had become part of a Secret Service setup to guard the nearby home of the GOP vice-presidential candidate.

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Judy Lowe Neighborhood Park in Alexandria was closed on a request from the Secret Service, but it's now open on a limited basis. (Teo Armus/The Washington Post)
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Just one week after the U.S. Secret Service closed down a Northern Virginia park near Sen. JD Vance’s house, the facility is now open again to the public — sort of.

Judy Lowe Neighborhood Park, a small patch of grass in Alexandria’s Del Ray neighborhood, is now operating on a “modified schedule” with “intermittent closures” that will be announced by signs adjacent to the park and on the city government’s website.

It is something of a reversal in policy for the parklet in the aftermath of Vance’s nomination as the GOP vice-presidential candidate. Concrete barriers went up Aug. 25 around the facility, which is down the street from Vance’s home. In a predominantly liberal community that prizes its small-town vibe, some neighbors threw “an impromptu celebratory wake” and their dogs and toddlers struggled to understand why it was suddenly closed off.

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