Tag: Environmental Action Plan

Your Views: Landmark site needs an integrated environmental approach

To the editor: The proposal to redevelop the defunct Landmark Mall site, to include an Inova medical campus, is an exciting development for the...

Your Views: A healthy, prosperous post COVID-19 Alexandria

To the editor: The primary concern and focus now for Alexandria, indeed each of us, must be for the health and financial welfare for all...

ACPS receives grant for five electric school buses

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Alexandria City Public Schools will be purchasing five electric school buses thanks to a recent grant from Dominion Energy, ACPS...

Your Views: Implement the EAP

To the editor: Once again, as I write this, Alexandria is suffering a heat humidity index over 100, though not as bad as temperatures of...

Council adopts Environmental Action Plan 2040

By Arya Hodjat | [email protected] Council voted unanimously to adopt the city’s updated Environmental Action Plan 2040 at its July 9 public hearing, pledging a 50...

Your Views: Time to declare climate emergency

To the editor: On June 3, the Alexandria Democratic Committee passed a resolution to declare a climate emergency and take action to reduce carbon emissions....

Final add/delete session results in no tax rate hike

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Council agreed on a combination of budget adds and reductions in new spending that will allow the city to maintain...

Letter to the Editor: Feedback needed tonight for waste plan

To the editor: The global recycling market is facing challenges. Recyclables are commodities, and their value fluctuates over time. Recycling of some materials, such as...