Coming in just behind neighboring Arlington, Alexandria was ranked as the second best mid-sized cities for starting a post-college career, according to site CoworkingCafe.
The ranking looks at a variety of factors, from population with a bachelor’s degree, jobs for recent grads, and the local unemployment rate. On the financial side, the ranking includes median graduate income, cost of living vs national average, and what percent of jobs have employer-based health insurance coverage.
Good Thursday morning, Alexandria!
⛈️ Today’s weather: Showers and thunderstorms are expected throughout the day, with a high temperature near 85°F and west wind at 8-10 mph. Precipitation chances stand at 70%, with new rainfall amounts ranging between a tenth and quarter of an inch. Thursday night, there’s a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Conditions will be partly cloudy with a low temperature around 65°F and 5 mph west wind.
There are more than 1,600 Old Town residents experiencing a power outage, and the Alexandria Police Department is directing traffic in Old Town North.
The outage comes after excessive rainfall earlier this afternoon.
The shop at 709 and 711 Pendleton Street has been a commercial space since WWII, but neighbors argued the removal of a proffer requiring its use as an office puts their neighborhood at risk.
Parker-Gray residents spoke at a Planning Commission meeting yesterday (Tuesday) sharing fears that a new coffee shop development would damage their residential neighborhood, but Commissioners fired back that those concerns just reflect the reality of living in a city.
With less than two weeks until the June 18 primary, the city’s zoning overhaul, the failed Potomac Yard arena and residential taxes were among the top issues discussed by Alexandria’s mayoral candidates in the Chamber ALX‘s debate Tuesday night.
Vice Mayor Amy Jackson, Council Member Alyia Gaskins and former real estate developer Steven Peterson were cordial to each other as they were questioned by NBC4 Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey at the George Washington National Masonic Memorial.
Atlas Brew Works will be opening their new location in the city’s Carlyle neighborhood at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 21.
It’s been a year-and-a-half since the company announced its intention to open in the 6,000-square-foot space at 2429 Mandeville Lane — just across from the AMC Hoffman Center 22 theater.
This afternoon could see several rounds of rain showers and thunderstorms — enough that the National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for Alexandria and neighboring localities.
Alexandria, along with Fairfax, Arlington and other part of the region, are under a Flood Watch scheduled to start at noon today and continue through this evening.
Alexandria’s worked on some high-tech flood mitigation projects, but sometimes the old ways are best.
The city is starting work this month on a project to replace a concrete retaining wall in Rosemont with a reinforced vegetated wall, a replacement that should not only benefit the local ecosystem, but help protect a nearby sewer line.
Good Wednesday morning, Alexandria!
⛈️ Today’s weather: Expect showers and potential thunderstorms, with a high near 83 and southeast winds at 5 to 8 mph. Rainfall amounts may range from a tenth to a quarter of an inch, with higher amounts in thunderstorms. Nighttime brings continued showers and storms, a low around 71, south winds at 7 mph, and quarter to half an inch of additional rainfall possible. Both day and night have an 80% chance of precipitation.
The suspect in an Arlandria shooting told the Alexandria Police Department that he was acting out of retaliation after the man he allegedly shot grabbed his girlfriend’s arm, according to recently released court records.
Jason Allen Johnson, Jr., 21, is being held without bond after allegedly shooting a man in the knee near an apartment complex in the 3800 block of Executive Avenue on the afternoon of Sunday, May 19.
The owner of a nine-acre property says that their mixed-use development on Eisenhower Avenue was held up by the pandemic, and is asking the city for a three-year extension.
The development special use permit (DSUP) on the property at 2927 Eisenhower Avenue expires later this month.
