Good Thursday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Widespread haze. Widespread smoke, mainly before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. North wind around 8 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. At night: Widespread haze. Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph.
🚨 You need to know
Alexandria’s Duke Street Transitway Advisory Group has filed its long-awaited recommendations for how to reconfigure transit along Duke Street, Alexandria Living Magazine reported.
The goal, the report said, would be a center-running bus lane throughout the corridor, but the report acknowledge this wasn’t feasible in the short term. As a result, some sections of the transitway will be mixed in with traffic and others will have center-running lanes.
The full breakdown of which sections will include center-running lanes is available at Alexandria Living Magazine, but the gist is that some of the central parts of the corridor will have buses in mixed traffic or with a single eastbound center-running bus lane, while either end of the corridor will have center-running lanes.
Those recommendations are headed to City Council on Tuesday, June 27.
📈 Wednesday’s most read
The following are the most-read ALXnow articles for Jun 7, 2023.
- Alexandria advises locals to ‘limit their time outside’ due to smoke (1063 views)
- Man shot in West End early Sunday morning (933 views)
- Popular Arlandria bar Hops N’ Shine faces scrutiny from Planning Commission (786 views)
- Pickett’s Change: New signs call for renaming of Confederate-honoring street | ALXnow (771 views)
🐦 Tweets of note
Today is a Code ORANGE Air Quality alert day for Northern Virginia. Please be careful and avoid strenuous outdoor activities. If you need to travel around Alexandria, consider hopping on your nearest DASH bus, which provides FREE and FREQUENT service all around town. #SpareTheAir pic.twitter.com/DzoFGweVJK
— DASH Bus (@DASHBus) June 7, 2023
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on today in Alexandria, from our event calendar.
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If you have been thinking about buying your first home or haven’t owned one in the last three years, THIS IS FOR YOU!
In the DMV area, it can be difficult to save the downpayment necessary for you to get into your own home. We have a solution. The Funder’s Summit!
We have assembled a summit with different municipalities to tell you how to access their funds for your home purchase.
Our local therapy practice is delighted to welcome Stacey Cali, Resident in Counseling, who has openings now for new clients. Stacey specializes in therapy for women, couples, teens and families. A graduate of George Mason University’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling Masters Program, Stacey is also passionate about working with people with addiction.
Stacey’s approach: “Therapy’s a powerful combination of reflection, support and action. You’ll find sessions are filled with empowerment, compassion, goal setting and a metaphorical shovel to dig deep to find the root of your difficulties and how to move past them.”
Adds Stacey, “As a therapist who works with women, teens, couples and families, I use a personalized style of counseling, tailored to you as an individual. You’re the expert in your life, I’m just here to guide you towards transformation and healing.”
2023 Alexandria Fall Festival
Food trucks, bounce houses, pony rides, magic shows and more at the 2023 Alexandria Fall Festival, an Alexandria Living event presented by The Patterson Group. Join us at River Farm on Sunday, Nov. 5 from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
