Notes: Potomac Yard’s Amazon Fresh fate uncertain with future locations ‘paused’

Good Tuesday morning, Alexandria!

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⛅ Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy throughout the day. High of 59 and low of 44. Sunrise at 7:09 am and sunset at 5:38 pm.

🚨 You need to know

Amazon has been shutting down some of the Amazon Fresh grocery stores, raising questions about the future of the planned Potomac Yard and Baily’s Crossroads store, Alexandria Living Magazine first reported.

Amazon said in a fourth-quarter earnings call last week that some Fresh supermarkets will be closed and that future expansion plans are on pause.

The Amazon Fresh store in Potomac Yard was first announced in 2021 to replace the Shoppers supermarket and would be located adjacent to the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus — about a mile and a half away from the new HQ2 development in Arlington.

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🐦 Tweets of note

Winter Bike to Wherever Week begins today! Visit https://t.co/K2HRIOjQQC to find out how you can get involved and win some prizes! #wbtww pic.twitter.com/KEaotT3efx

— Alexandria Transportation & Environmental Services (@AlexandriaVATES) February 6, 2023

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Here is what’s going on today in Alexandria, from our event calendar.

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