Alexandria is set to celebrate Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week from June 7 to June 15, 2025.
The city plans to participate in the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Clean the Bay Day, an annual event dedicated to preserving the bay’s ecosystem.
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Plans to partially demolish the former Big Wheel Bikes property in Old Town and replace it with a taco restaurant are heading to Alexandria’s Board of Architectural Review.
On June 5 (Thursday), the Board will assess a permit to demolish and a certificate of appropriateness for proposed alterations for the property located a block away from the Potomac River.
A plan to convert a former motel on N. Washington Street into a multifamily building and a townhouse is heading to the Board of Architectural Review on Thursday (June 5).
Maryland-based PT Blooms is asking the Board of Architectural Review to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness to redevelop the property at 802 and 808 N. Washington Street into The Whitley — Phase 2, a 48-unit building with one- to three-bedroom condos. That’s the former Towne Motel property, which closed in 2017 and didn’t reopen as a Holiday Inn Express as planned.
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Good Tuesday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Sunny, with a high near 84 degrees. Calm wind becoming south around six mph in the afternoon. Mostly clear tonight, with a low of around 62 degrees. Southeast wind 3 to 5 mph.
Alexandria Mayor Alyia Gaskins will join ALXnow for a live one-on-one virtual video conversation on Monday, June 9, at 4 p.m.
Our “Ask The Mayor” series provides Alexandria residents with regular opportunities to hear directly from Mayor Gaskins on pressing city issues and to submit their questions for consideration.
Alexandria is hosting an Open House on June 11 to share design details for four infrastructure projects near Sanger Avenue and North Beauregard Street in the city’s west end.
The event runs from 6 to 8 p.m. at William Ramsay Recreation Center (5650 Sanger Avenue). Residents can drop by to learn about construction plans, work schedules, parking changes, and trail detours for projects starting this summer.
Alexandria Mayor Alyia Gaskins and Del Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D-5) will join the Virginia chapter of Moms Demand Action onstage at Market Square (301 King Street) on Friday (June 6).
Friday is National Gun Violence Awareness Day, and the annual rally is part of Wear Orange Weekend. Gun violence victims will be honored in events throughout the country by affected families and supporters. The city’s new Poet Laureate, Cristi Donoso, will also speak at the event, which includes an on-site blood mobile and a community resource fair.
It took three years to finish, and on Saturday (June 7), Alexandria will officially recognize the completion of the Hooffs Run Interceptor and a rejuvenated African American Heritage Park.
The large project at 500 Holland Lane transports millions of gallons of raw sewage for processing at AlexRenew, and included a “full-scale restoration of the area surrounding Hooffs Run, including enhancements to the riparian buffer, the establishment of native trees and plants, and the creation of new wildlife habitats,” according to the city.
The date has been set for the ribbon cutting for a new vintage gift shop in Del Ray.
Stardust Vintage & Gift (1904 Mount Vernon Avenue) will formally be unveiled to the world at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 14. The event will include a continental breakfast, cake, and a toast to the business’s good fortune.
Alexandria City Councilman Canek Aguirre is stepping into a new role as Vice President of the Virginia Transit Association (VTA). His election, which took place at the VTA’s 48th Annual Conference and Expo in Richmond, was unanimous.
According to its website, the VTA provides public education and legislative advocacy to support public transportation systems throughout the Commonwealth. The VTA has 125+ total members, which include transit properties, businesses, regional entities, and non-profit and organizational associate members.
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The list including the City of Alexandria as a “Sanctuary Jurisdiction,” has been removed from the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) website.
President Donald J. Trump’s administration initially published the list, which included hundreds of communities across thirty-five states and the District of Columbia, on Thursday (May 29). At some point over the weekend, the list was unpublished from the website. The list included multiple errors, like listing localities multiple times, and incorrectly listing towns with small populations as cities.