Tag: business improvement district

By Kaitlin Murphy | [email protected] As reported in the Times’ April 7 article “Is business booming?,” a revised Business Improvement District is being considered in Old Town...

Sometimes change comes so slowly it’s almost imperceptible. Like beach erosion or the growth of a child, those who witness it daily don’t see the...

As two of the many vocal opponents of the proposed Old Town business improvement district, we applaud the decision by City Manager Mark Jinks to...

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...

We applaud the decision by City Manager Mark Jinks to drop consideration of a business improvement district for Old Town. The announcement, made at...

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected] City Manager Mark Jinks announced Tuesday night during a city council legislative meeting that Alexandria is dropping its attempt to...

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected] As city council’s summer recess winds down, discussions are beginning again on the future of the proposed Old Town business improvement...

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected]  After months of heated debate, plans for a business improvement district in Old Town are being put on hold for the...

By Evan Berkowitz | [email protected]   The Alexandria City Council voted unanimously at a public hearing on Saturday to allot further time at Tuesday's legislative meeting to discuss and...

 To the editor: We, the undersigned businesses and property owners, do not support the business improvement district as it is proposed and urge the city...