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...