Tag: national harbor

Our View: Vibrancy must be balanced with livability

The current favored buzzword in Alexandria is “vibrancy.” To be vibrant is to be full of energy and life. Who doesn’t want that? The question...

Visit Alexandria announces waterfront festival, arrival of tall ship

As part of the city's ongoing King Street Corridor Initiative program, Visit Alexandria is launching a waterfront festival and other programming throughout the fall...

Longtime teacher Amy Jackson to run for city council

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected] Amy Jackson, a former Fairfax County teacher and longtime Alexandria resident, is the latest to announce her candidacy for city council. Jackson filed...

Alexandria businesses discuss opportunity, competition at The Wharf

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected] Years before ground was broken to build The Wharf in southwest D.C., Alexandria-based Potomac Riverboat Co. was already preparing to head...