Tag: Alexandria environment

Inside the Taylor Run restoration: Passionate residents collaborate with willing city...

By Amy Will  | [email protected] Three million dollars slipped through the city’s fingers last week after City Council announced it would rescind two grants backing...

Upcoming Potomac River cleanup

By Leslie Golden | [email protected] On April 15, all are welcome to join the Friends of Dyke Marsh and the National Park Service from 10...

Our View: The big station that might

More than four years passed between City Council’s approval of a Metro station on the “Alternative B” site at Potomac Yards in May 2015...

AlexRenew names new manager and CEO

By Leslie Golden | [email protected] Justin Carl became AlexRenew’s fifth general manager and chief executive officer on Feb. 6, the organization announced in a statement. For the past...

A peek at Alexandria’s tree canopy

By Mark Eaton | [email protected] Alexandria’s tree canopy – the branch and leaf cover provided by the city’s trees – is more than a pleasant...

Beautification Commission seeks nominations

By Kassidy McDonald │[email protected] The Beautification Commission is looking for nominations for public properties or individual or group activities/efforts that promote the beautification of Alexandria...

Your Views: Address climate change head on in Alexandria

To the editor: This summer we learned without a doubt that the world is facing a climate disaster. There have been droughts and fires across...

Your Views: Silberberg is the one

To the editor: I am writing to express my concern about the future of Alexandria. The failure of Mayor Justin Wilson and most City...

Your Views: Preserving what matters

To the editor: It is often difficult to strike a balance between progress and preservation. Alexandria is a city that has vast experience with...

Our View: Acting like an Eco City

Protecting the environment is not easy, nor cheap. A person or entity can say they’re for environmental protection – or for a city to...