Tag: Small business

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...

Crashes continue, businesses shattered

By Leslie Golden | [email protected]  According to a dispatch call, a driver was hospitalized after crashing her car into Bradlee Shopping Center’s Robcyns at 3660...

To the editor: The Times’ recent article “City pulls minority business program” outlines a well-intended and greatly needed program to support local small businesses which...

Wearable florals: A floral artist on designs to don on your...

By Leslie Golden | [email protected] Flowers have always featured prominently at the altar, as reception table centerpieces and as bouquets for the bride. Now flowers...

With this ring: Partners in business and life share their story

By Kaitlin Murphy Old Town boasts history and charm. Tim Shaheen and Meaghan Foran perfectly capture those ideals in their life, work and marriage. The...

City Creatives: Moving forward: Local Motion Project merges dancing and teaching...

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] At a recent Local Motion Project dance rehearsal, nine women clad in earth-toned flowy dresses leapt, darted and splayed across the...

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...

Foraging for a Thanksgiving feast

By Kassidy McDonald │[email protected] With Thanksgiving right around the corner, now is the perfect time to start thinking about how to prepare your holiday meals....

Keeping pizza in Old Town local

By Kassidy McDonald │[email protected] Handover by the Slice, a new pizza joint in Old Town, had its soft opening during the first week of September...

Bill Reagan bids adieu

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] At the end of this month, Bill Reagan, the executive director of the Alexandria Small Business Development Center, will retire following...