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...