Tag: affordable housing
Controversial topics slated for council hearing
By Denise Dunbar and Missy Schrott
Although at 14 items the docket is fairly slim, Saturday’s city council public hearing is shaping up to be...
Councilor John Chapman seeks reelection
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
City Councilor John Chapman announced Jan. 3 that he will seek reelection for another term on council.
Since being first elected...
Our View: Hopes for a new city council session
City council kicks off 2018 – and the third year of this council term – with its first meeting of the New Year on...
Affordable housing project revitalizes local church
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
When a local church found itself in financial difficulty, there was one thing its congregation could agree on: the way...
Lionel Hope dies at 92
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
Lionel Hope, Alexandria’s first African American vice mayor and a World War II veteran, died in his sleep at his...
Our View: A visionary response to a tangible need
Too often in life, dealings seem to be zero-sum, meaning one side loses while the other wins. Issues at the national level regularly default...
Community Lodgings reflects on 30 years
By Denise Dunbar
What is now known as Community Lodgings Inc. was launched 30 years ago with literally a prayer and a shoestring budget.
Former board chair Barry...
Mayor: VDOT should have kept residents, city in the loop on...
By Derrick Perkins
Mayor Bill Euille chided the Virginia Department of Transportation last week for keeping the potential sale of Hunting Towers under wraps.
The mayor,...
Deal in works for south Old Town’s Hunting Towers
By Derrick Perkins
Hunting Towers resident Jim Mercury learned of the building’s potential sale not from a phone call or letter, but after picking up...
