Tag: Taylor Run stream restoration
City, residents reach consensus on Taylor Run
By Wafir Salih | [email protected]
Phase III of Alexandria’s Chesapeake Bay Action Plan is set to reach City Manager Jim Parajon’s desk on Oct. 22....
Taylor Run project approved: Council vote ends four-year stream controversy
By Denise Dunbar | [email protected]
City Council unanimously approved a scaled-down restoration plan for Taylor Run, with an estimated cost of $2 million, during its...
A trustworthy process
To the editor:
I would like to express my appreciation to city staff – particularly Jesse Maines, Camille Liebnitzky and City Manager Jim Parajon –...
Our View: Setting an example
The relationship between a large minority of Alexandria’s residents on the one hand and city staff and elected officials on the other has been...
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...
Advisory commission and city clash over Taylor Run
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
When Alexandria’s Environmental Policy Commission members penned a letter to City Council on March 10 opposing the stream restoration project...
Your Views: A waste of public funds
To the editor:
It has become clear that the Taylor Run stream “restoration” project is an unjustified waste of public funds. The intellectual dishonesty of...
Your Views: Halt the Taylor Run project
To the editor:
On March 5, the city sent us a letter stating why it intends to pursue its proposed Taylor Run reconstruction project, despite...
Your Views: Overfunding Alexandria’s stream projects
To the editor:
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, the regulatory agency responsible for overseeing stream construction projects throughout the Commonwealth, no longer allows default...
Your Views: City’s environmentalism is greenwash
To the editor:
Greenwashing is expensive, whether it’s Taylor Run or DASH’s new electric buses, but may be less expensive than fixing the actual environmental...