Tag: city council

City pulls minority business program

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] The City of Alexandria recently pumped the brakes on a small business program aimed at supporting minority owned organizations after...

Opening of Potomac Yard Metro nears

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] A string of controversies and delays have long dogged the Potomac Yard Metro Station, but Andy Off, vice president and...

Tying the knot: Simmer to boil

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] Monika and John Chapman’s love story is a slow burn. Though they married in 2019, the couple had known each...

Property assessments presented to council

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] City Council discussed real property assessments for this year at its Tuesday night legislative meeting, which included a 3.82% increase...

Your Views: Political rhetoric, not history

To the editor: In 2016, the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Confederate Memorials and Street Names recommended, and City Council concurred with, renaming portions of...

Our View: An erosion of trust

There are two distinct facets to the ongoing controversy surrounding renaming of streets in Alexandria and, as with many issues, the fault line is...

Our View: A collective bargaining conundrum

Collective bargaining is a complex issue with myriad facets that vary from locality to locality and from department to department within a given city....

City and firefighters reach an accord

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] The Alexandria City Council approved a resolution last week to commit funding toward a collective bargaining agreement between the City...

Second bargaining agreement reached

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] On Tuesday evening, City Council unanimously approved a resolution to commit funding toward a collective bargaining agreement between Alexandria and...

City Council approves King Street apartment conversion

By Jackie Fishman Residential issues, DASH bus routes and use of public right-of-way space were front and center at City Council’s Saturday public meeting. At the...