This week, Alexandria streets were under the microscope as the city eyes changes both in their design and their names.
Five years after adopting Vision Zero, the city’ total number of crashes has continued to trend downward, but the number of crashes resulting in severe injuries or death has remained consistent.
Part of the city’s changing approach to transportation infrastructure has been creating more pedestrian and cyclist-focused streetscapes. Nowhere has that change been more extreme than the pedestrian zones construction at the 100 and unit blocks of King Street. But while those changes have proven popular, city staff said it won’t be easy to take those same ideas and apply them to the 200 block.
Lastly, the city is looking at expediting the current process for renaming streets that honor confederate leaders, with a current goal of renaming three streets per year.
The top stories this week, by readership, were:
- Notes: New bill could kill snow days in Virginia for good
- SCOOP: A new French bistro is opening in the heart of Del Ray in two weeks
- D.C. man arrested after armed carjacking on S. Van Dorn Street
- Alexandria aims to rename three Confederate-honoring streets per year
- ‘The most blighted property in the West End’ gets redevelopment recommendation from Planning Commission
- Saving herself: Alexandria author kidnapped by Somali pirates to publish second book
- Notes: Popular D.C. brewery opening new location in the Carlyle neighborhood
- Poll: Should Alexandria implement more ‘no turn on red’ restrictions?
- Next week sees the return of dueling ‘restaurant weeks’ in Alexandria
- Fairfax County man arrested after residential burglary near Fort Ward
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Monarch Montessori School is now enrolling infants, toddlers and three year-olds for its full-time Montessori program. We offer a seamless enrollment process which involves submitting an application for review, paying the enrollment fee and submitting the remaining enrollment materials before your proposed start date.
At Monarch Montessori School, we aim to provide an authentic Montessori learning experience. At our Alexandria location, we currently have 8 openings in our Primary classroom (ages 3-6), and 6 openings in our Toddler classroom. Additionally, there are 3 infant openings at this time.
Our first floor space is an open concept. Infants and toddlers share the same large classroom. Children ages 3-6 are in two classrooms on our second floor. Each classroom has one lead and assistant guide. We offer a year-round program, with intermittent breaks for Spring Break and Winter Break.
Scholarship Fund of Alexandria Annual Gala & Auction
Do good while having a good time at the Scholarship Fund of Alexandria’s 38th Annual Gala and Auction at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center. The fun begins with a 2-hour open bar reception while mingling with 499 other Alexandrians who
