Tag: taylor run

Inside the Taylor Run restoration: Passionate residents collaborate with willing city...

By Amy Will  | [email protected] Three million dollars slipped through the city’s fingers last week after City Council announced it would rescind two grants backing...

Streaming towards change

By Kassidy McDonald │[email protected] On Saturday, the city held the first Consensus Building Group meeting to discuss possible future design plans and outcomes for Taylor...

Your Views: Rethink stream restorations

To the editor: According to Mayor Justin Wilson, streams like Taylor Run, Strawberry Run and Lucky Run – which carry stormwater off city streets, parking...

Our View: Choose the right path

Some things are more important than money. That concept is perhaps an easier sell to individuals when appealing to their personal morality than it is...

Next steps for Taylor Run

By Kassidy McDonald │ [email protected]  The controversial proposed Natural Channel Design stream restoration project at Taylor Run was paused by City Council in April of...

Your Views: Split decision

To the editor: This is Alexandria’s continuing story of three watershed streams: Strawberry Run, Taylor Run and Lucky Run. It shows how our actions can...

Your Views: Kudos to council’s stream restoration decision

To the editor: For the moment, Alexandria has dropped its plans to reconstruct two local waterways – Taylor Run along King Street and Strawberry...

Our View: A breath worth taking

Sometimes all we need to do is slow down and take a deep breath. It’s not always easy, especially over the last two years of...

What’s next for Taylor Run?

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] The controversial Taylor Run stream restoration project is, for the moment, not part of the city’s pollution reduction plans, according...

Your Views: Not heeding differs from not listening

To the editor: I hear a great deal of complaining that the city leaders do not listen and for this reason they should be...