Tag: zoning
Zoning for Housing, explained: What to know ahead of the November...
By Mark Eaton and Caitlyn Meisner | [email protected]
The city’s “Zoning for Housing/Housing for All” proposal is approaching a planned vote from City Council on...
Council poised to eliminate single-family neighborhoods
By Eric R. Wagner
City Council is preparing to implement wide-ranging changes to the city’s zoning code that would effectively eliminate single-family neighborhoods in Alexandria....
Not on track
There’s an old adage about someone who “cuts off their nose to spite their face.” While certainly a bizarre image, it means that someone...
Your View: Goodbye American Dream
To the editor:
I challenge anyone who thinks housing affordability is not a problem. However, I also challenge anyone who thinks there is a simple...
Your View: A poisoned tree or a biased outlook?
To the editor:
This past week at a symposium on housing in Alexandria, Mayor Justin Wilson characterized the city’s zoning codes as “a poisoned tree.”...
Housing for all
By Leslie Golden | [email protected]
The first of three community meetings for the Zoning for Housing initiative will take place at 5650 Sanger Ave. on...
Your Views: How about a population cap?
To the editor:
Get ready for a more costly city with more and taller structures, less open space, more people, their cars and youngsters and...
Our View: The voice of integrity
Integrity is a word that’s tossed around a lot, including by us. Do we aspire to be people of integrity, a community of integrity,...
What’s up with Inova?
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
What started as murmurings around what will happen to the Inova Alexandria Hospital site off Seminary Road when Inova builds a...
Your Views: An open letter to city council
To the editor:
I have just learned about the new rules for zoning density variances and affordable housing requirements recently approved by City Council. I...