Tag: BID
My View: It’s time to withdraw the BID proposal
By Boyd Walker
Welcome to Alexandria where we support small businesses and public engagement! With one number, 311, you can contact city hall (alexandriava.gov/Alex311) and
we aim to...
Is business booming? New BID initiative causes ripples down King Street
By Brianne McConnell | [email protected]
First in a series
For the second time in six years, a business improvement district is being considered in Old Town.
Many...
Asana becomes a lead partner in King Street Corridor Initiative
Asana Partners, which has entered into the King Street real estate market in a major way over the past two years, has become a...
Letter to the Editor: Wilson did advocate for a BID
To the editor:
I am writing in response to the letter written by Judy Guse-Noritake, Victoria Vergason and Danielle Romanetti, which appeared in the May...
Letter to the Editor: A call for truth in campaigning
To the editor:
As the candidates for mayor and city council inevitably step up their campaign efforts leading to the June 12 primary we would...
Letter to the Editor: City hall decisions harm small business
To the editor:
Alexandria’s small business community is struggling. Increasingly, one sees on residential doorsteps, items purchased online and delivered by parcel service trucks. Retail...
Robert Ray discusses campaign for city council
By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected]
Robert Ray’s city council run revolves around community.
Ray is the the second-generation owner of Cavalier Antiques in Old Town, and...
Our View: A sea of change for Old Town
Sometimes change comes so slowly it’s almost imperceptible.
Like beach erosion or the growth of a child, those who witness it daily don’t see the...
Letter to the Editor: City’s top-down BID approach doesn’t work
As two of the many vocal opponents of the proposed Old Town
business improvement district, we applaud the decision by City Manager Mark Jinks to...
City’s Old Town BID decision met with mixed reactions
By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected]
More than a year after an exploratory committee began developing plans to create a business improvement district in Old Town, City...