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City Hall eyes hiking real estate taxes

City Hall eyes hiking real estate taxes

By Melissa Quinn Property owners may want to start thinking about tightening their belts with city officials weighing hiking real estate tax rates by 5.5 cents. City Manager Rashad Young unveiled the proposed $626.6 million fiscal [...]

Developer weighs giving preservationists more time

Developer weighs giving preservationists more time

By Derrick Perkins Though the former Carver Nursery School building is about to revert to William Cromley’s control, the developer is poised to give community activists another chance to preserve the Parker-Gray neighborhood property. There’s just [...]

Mayor: City council will vote on waterfront plan again, pass it with supermajority

Mayor: City council will vote on waterfront plan again, pass it with supermajority

Editor’s note, this article was updated at 2:58 p.m. Friday By Derrick Perkins Alexandria City Council will take up the waterfront redevelopment plan again — and approve it with a supermajority vote sought by the blueprint’s [...]

Beauregard residents push city officials on redevelopment

Beauregard residents push city officials on redevelopment

By Derrick Perkins Frustration occasionally flared up during a town hall style meeting with Beauregard corridor residents at William Ramsey Elementary School on Saturday. Hosted by city officials, the meeting was designed to outline efforts to [...]

Clock is ticking on efforts to save Carver Nursery School

Clock is ticking on efforts to save Carver Nursery School

By Derrick Perkins Time is running short for residents and preservationists hoping to spare a Parker-Gray neighborhood landmark from redevelopment. The Carver Nursery School has sat largely untouched for a little more than two years while [...]

City council adjusts taxicab fares

City council adjusts taxicab fares

Getting around town by taxicab will get a little pricier after Alexandria City Council approved tweaks to the heavily regulated industry’s fare structure Tuesday night. Among the slew of changes, the standard drop fee will rise [...]

Carr Hospitality still ‘pursuing’ waterfront hotel project

Carr Hospitality still ‘pursuing’ waterfront hotel project

By Derrick Perkins Despite a “for lease” sign hanging outside the warehouse at 220 S. Union St., representatives with Washington-based Carr Hospitality say they have not abandoned plans to erect a waterfront hotel at the site. [...]

Mayor sees signs of economic recovery in restaurant projects

Mayor sees signs of economic recovery in restaurant projects

By Derrick Perkins Resident Connie Desrosiers’ plans to transform a Hume Avenue home into a combination wine bar and coffee shop got the green light from city council earlier this month. Desrosiers, who bought the property [...]

Alexandria rolls out the welcome mat for inauguration

Alexandria rolls out the welcome mat for inauguration

By Melissa Quinn With thousands expected to flock to the nation’s capital to mark President Barack Obama’s second inauguration Monday, city businesses are putting out the welcome mat for the impending visitors. Local hotels, restaurants and [...]

Affordable housing coming to East Reed Avenue

Affordable housing coming to East Reed Avenue

By Derrick Perkins An Arlington-based nonprofit’s affordable housing project on East Reed Avenue received city council’s approval Saturday — despite two members inadvertently voting against the proposal at first. Vice Mayor Allison Silberberg and City Councilor [...]