Tag: arlandria

Police investigate sudden death in Arlandria

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] On Wednesday morning, Alexandria police reported a sudden death in the 3900 block of Mount Vernon Avenue in Arlandria, according...

Community Lodgings to bring more affordable housing to Elbert Avenue Apartments

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Community Lodgings, a local nonprofit focused on providing stable housing to those facing homelessness and housing instability, announced plans to...

AHDC acquires Park Vue to provide committed affordable housing

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] The Alexandria Housing Development Corporation announced on Feb. 23 that it acquired Park Vue of Alexandria with the intent of...

City Council approves $10.5 million loan for Arlandria affordable housing project

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] City Council unanimously approved a $10.5 million loan to help fund the first phase of development on the Alexandria Housing...

City Council adopts Chirilagua plan

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] City Council took a major step toward providing more affordable housing for the Arlandria neighborhood, also known as Chirilagua, this...

Minister Matthew Ian Gillette dies at 39

By Denise Dunbar | [email protected] Matthew Ian Gillette, a pillar of Alexandria’s Del Ray community who was known for his work with Casa Chirilagua and...

City Council considers Chirilagua housing affordability plan

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] City Council discussed an ambitious draft housing affordability plan for the Chirilagua neighborhood and its majority Hispanic residents that would...

Your Views: A just reopening

To the editor: I commend the efforts to flatten the curve of the pandemic by the City of Alexandria and its residents, but we must...

Our View: Arlandria hit doubly by COVID-19

The worst devastation from COVID-19 – in Alexandria, statewide and nationwide – has been in long-term care facilities. A difficult conversation and drastic changes...

COVID-19 hits Chirilagua hard

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] It started with a headache and a little bit of a sore throat. It was late March and Silsa Ortiz...