And a Fall Fun Day was Had by All!
Thursday October 23, 2025

The clouds cleared to bring in a beautiful day in Milian Park on Saturday, October 18 for Fall Fun Day! It was a treat to see so many friends, families, and neighbors stop by Milian Park to enjoy the fall weather, show off their costumes, get their faces painted, take photos, decorate pumpkins from Sunnyside Farm, and enjoy apples and cider provided by Black Rock Orchard! As an added bonus, the market also recorded its highest-ever 11am customer count, which further showcases the positive benefits these fun and free community events provide to businesses across the neighborhood.




Additionally, we’re so grateful to have such amazing community partners that help make our events feel so welcoming and joyful! We want to thank the following Mount Vernon Triangle businesses and residential properties for generously donating their time (and candy!) for the little monsters parade—ensuring that our youngest community members left with full bags of sweets and treats: 425 Mass Apartments, 450K Apartments, 455 Eye Street Apartments, Baan Siam, Bar Chinois, bartaco, Chez Lily, Cucina Morini, Hampton Inn, Meridian at Mount Vernon Triangle, RASA, and Tropical Smoothie Cafe.


Finally, we want to extend our warmest a”paw”s to the winners of the 2025 Dog Costume Contest:

First Place: “Pope Paws the 13th” blessed the crowd with his presence on Saturday and took home the top prize of $100 in MVT Bucks!

Second Place: “Hobbs the Showdog” had no need to knock on wood – his bejeweled Taylor Swift-inspired costume will never go out of style!

Third Place: Roe the Elvis said, “Thank you, thank you very much.” after he took home $50 in MVT Bucks for our third place prize this year!

Thank you to all the Hallo”weenies” that participated, and thank you once again to ANC 6E01 Commissioner Sam Alhadeff, RASA co-founder Rahul Vinod, and Dr. Allen Nafisi of GoodVets for graciously agreeing to judge the contest! With so many “fur”bulous costumes on display, we think you “hound” the top dogs!








