Tag: AEDP

Boosting business associations

By Kassidy McDonald │[email protected] The Alexandria Economic Development Partnership and the City of Alexandria will give out $535,000 in grants to eight different business associations...

Virginia Tech breaks ground on Innovation Campus

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Virginia Tech broke ground on the first of three academic buildings for its Innovation Campus in North Potomac Yard on...

AEDP launches next phase of grant program

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] With indoor operations still presenting health risks for businesses and the colder months approaching, the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership plans...

Amazon HQ2, VT Innovation Campus plans advance

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] The COVID-19 pandemic has forced some developers to hit the pause button or reevaluate their timelines, but two major projects...

The Business Plan with Bill Reagan: Alexandria’s changing landscape

It’s pretty amazing when you think about it. Pandemic necessity has become the mother of re-invention of Alexandria’s public landscape.  Nobody expected the pandemic’s ripple...

AEDP gives $3.5 million to local businesses for COVID-19 relief

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] The Alexandria Economic Development Partnership announced on July 30 the names of the 303 Alexandria businesses that will receive a...

The Business Plan with Bill Reagan: Benefits of pop-up retail

By Bill Reagan You no doubt are hearing more about pop-ups, and for good reason. It’s a trend that isn’t new but is really catching on...

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...