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Demolition, displacement and redevelopment come as news to many Beauregard residents

Demolition, displacement and redevelopment come as news to many Beauregard residents

Despite the controversy surrounding the Beauregard redevelopment plan, many neighborhood residents remain unaware of the blueprint’s implications. The Alexandria City Council approved the contentious proposal in a 6-0-1 vote Saturday, paving the way for property owners [...]

Waterfront legal fight heads to circuit court

Waterfront legal fight heads to circuit court

City officials made good on promises to challenge the board of zoning appeals’ waterfront redevelopment plan decision in circuit court earlier this month. By reversing Planning Director Faroll Hamer’s rejection of a protest petition filed by [...]

What will the future hold for Alexandria’s GenOn site?

What will the future hold for Alexandria’s GenOn site?

The future of a major waterfront parcel is vague, but it could transform the Potomac’s banks in the coming years — once its owners decide what do with it. Pepco owns the land at 1400 N. [...]

Beauregard plan opponents to step up protests before city council decision

Beauregard plan opponents to step up protests before city council decision

Critics of the Beauregard redevelopment plan vowed to step up pressure on Alexandria’s elected officials as the proposal heads to city council. The city’s planning commission approved the measure 6-0 following a marathon public hearing Thursday. [...]

Planning commission OK’s controversial Beauregard plan

Planning commission OK’s controversial Beauregard plan

Despite pleas from West End residents, the controversial proposal for redeveloping the Beauregard corridor earned the planning commission’s stamp of approval early Wednesday morning. By a unanimous vote, the planning commission sent the blueprint – with [...]

Though passed by council, waterfront plan remains fluid

Though passed by council, waterfront plan remains fluid

The city council may have approved the contentious waterfront plan, but that doesn’t mean Alexandria’s elected officials can’t tweak the blueprint in the coming months, years, or even decades. “The power that had last [...]

Civic group says power plant site must be addressed before waterfront plan’s completion

Civic group says power plant site must be addressed before waterfront plan’s completion

Planning for the future of the GenOn power plant must be included in the city’s controversial waterfront blueprint before it’s approved, say members of the Old Town Civic Association. Specifics for the roughly 25-acre property in [...]

As vote on waterfront plan looms, supporters look to dispel myths of City Hall’s blueprint

As vote on waterfront plan looms, supporters look to dispel myths of City Hall’s blueprint

As the city’s contentious vision for the Potomac shoreline heads into the home stretch, a resident group has scheduled meetings designed to drum up support for the plan and dispel “misinformation.” Waterfront For All, a group [...]

Editorial: On the waterfront, knee-jerk reactions are not solutions

Editorial: On the waterfront, knee-jerk reactions are not solutions

The waterfront plan work group hadn’t yet released its long-awaited, 142-page dossier of recommendations for improving the city’s blueprint for the Potomac shoreline before critics were rallying, once more, against anything and everything connected to City [...]

Gentrification fears fuel debate in Arlandria

Gentrification fears fuel debate in Arlandria

City planners and developers have long viewed Arlandria as a neighborhood in need of a facelift, but as two massive, six-story buildings move closer to reality, local residents worry gentrification is on the horizon. Arlandria, a [...]