Tag: zoning
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...
City Council gears up for fall business
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
Alexandria City Council will reconvene on Sept. 8 for what is sure to be an interesting autumn in city government,...
City council approves new Avanti Holdings project
By Margo Wagner | [email protected]
Alexandria City Council voted to amend the Braddock Road Metro Station Neighborhood Plan and rezone to allow for the construction...
