Alexandria’s Workforce Development Center (4850 Mark Center Drive, 8th floor) is hosting a pop-up event this week helping locals in need access business attire.
The pop-up will offer “gently used professional attire, business casual clothing, and accessories for men and women.”
Good Tuesday morning, Alexandria!
It’s about to get a little brighter in Alexandria.
On Saturday (Nov. 23), city leaders will count down to illuminate Alexandria’s Christmas tree in front of City Hall at Market Square (301 King Street).
No one was injured, but a fire this weekend has shuttered three Old Town businesses.
The Friends to Lovers Bookstore opened four days ago at 103 S. St Asaph Street, and closed along with Madam Coco — Emporium and Everything Chocolate and the Little Birdies kids boutique.
The Alexandria City Council on Saturday unanimously approved a measure banning new vape and smoke shops from opening 1,000 feet from schools and daycare centers with minors.
Council’s approval of the text amendment follows a bill by Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-3) that was approved by the General Assembly in April.
Alexandria is seeking $3.5 million in state funding for a new feature that could improve bus stops across the city.
Hillary Orr, deputy director of the Department of Transportation and Environmental Services, said in a letter to the Transportation Commission that the city is proposing to apply for a grant from the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) improvement program and the Regional Surface Transportation Program (RSTP).
Get your walking shoes on, because the Alexandria City Council voted Saturday to shut down the 200 block of King Street this holiday season, as well as next spring and summer.
The unanimous vote was made without discussion, and the closure will happen in two phases. The 200 block will first close from Nov. 22 to Jan. 6, and the second phase is from March 14 to Sept. 30.
Good Monday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Expect sunny conditions and a high of 67 degrees with light west winds transitioning to a northwest direction at 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Monday night will be partly cloudy with a low temperature around 46 degrees, accompanied by a gentle northwest wind at 3 to 5 mph.
Washington Commanders wide receiver Terry McLaurin dedicated a fully-stocked laundry room at Mount Vernon Community School on Friday.
McLaurin launched the nonprofit “Terry’s Locker” earlier this year with the goal of helping kids not worry about wearing dirty clothes.
Another week down in Alexandria. This week, some of the top stories were restaurant related.
One of the bigger stories was BRABO Brasserie at 1600 King Street getting replaced with Midwest breakfast/brunch restaurant chain HomeGrown: A Daytime Eatery. There was some contention over whether or not Kansas counts as “mid-west” and whether or not sweet potatoes are appropriate materials for pancakes. On the latter part, at least, the only way to answer that will be to try it when HomeGrown moves in.
At a City Council meeting this week, more details emerged about plans to convert the Eisenhower Valley’s long-beleaguered Victory Center into a new bastion of affordable housing.
The developer, Stonebridge, proposes to convert the long-vacant office building and part of the massive parking lot into 825 mixed-income housing units.
