Good Thursday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Expect a sunny day with highs nearing 90 degrees and a west wind blowing at 5 to 8 mph. Come Thursday night, the skies will be partly cloudy as temperatures drop to around 64 degrees. The calm wind will shift to a northeastern direction at 5 to 8 mph after midnight.
Two of Alexandria’s three Democrat mayoral candidates sparred onstage Tuesday night, expressing vastly different ideas on how they would manage city affairs.
In the Alexandria Democratic Committee‘s debate hosted by Teo Armus of The Washington Post, Vice Mayor Amy Jackson and City Council Member Alyia Gaskins laid out their philosophies on governance, as well as some specifics on their visions.
If you’ve had trouble getting a spot at Thompson Italian in Old Town, you could be in luck soon.
The acclaimed Italian restaurant could be getting a new third-floor expansion pending approval of a special use permit.
A new tour will bring locals on a tour around the ‘Lost Buildings’ around the historic Black neighborhoods of the Berg and Parker-Gray.
The Berg is a neighborhood around North Pitt, North Royal and North Fairfax Streets. The neighborhood was founded by liberated Black families who moved to the neighborhood and sought the protection of the Union Army. Many were from Petersburg — thus “the Berg”. Many of the new Alexandria residents worked on the wharves and railroads during the Union occupation of the city.
The suspect in a 2022 West End double homicide pleaded not guilty in court Monday morning, and claims that he killed two construction workers in self-defense.
Francis Deonte Rose admits to shooting and killing construction workers Adrian Dejesus Rivera Guzman, 48, and his stepson, 24-year-old Juan Carlos Anaya Hernandez, on the morning of July 16, 2022 in the northern section of the former Assembly Alexandria apartment complex in the 200 block of Century Place.
Alexandria’s outdoor pools will open up later this month.
In a release, the City of Alexandria said all pools and the Potomac Yard Interactive Fountain will open on Saturday, May 25.
Good Wednesday morning, Alexandria!
🌤️ Today’s weather: Expect partly sunny skies to gradually clear, reaching a high near 82 with a northwest wind of 7 to 9 mph. Wednesday night will be mostly clear, with a low around 60 and light, variable winds.
Redevelopment is still a few years away for an industrial lot at 4601 Eisenhower Avenue, but the prospect of new development at the Victory Center and the Vulcan site has developers eyeing new investments in the Eisenhower corridor.
Like many of the lots along Eisenhower Avenue, the lot at 4601 is classified as industrial. Owner Boundary Investments LLC is hoping for an “umbrella” approval (item 7) for a variety of special uses down the road and to expand the square footage of non-complying uses from 14,654 square feet to 45,501 square feet.
The Alexandria Democratic Committee (AlexDems) said candidate Steven Peterson can’t attend the Mayoral Democratic Primary Debate tonight after suffering an injury yesterday.
According to AlexDems:
California wine country marketer Todd O’Leary has been named the new president and CEO of Visit Alexandria.
O’Leary will replace Patricia Washington, who announced her retirement in December after leading the city’s tourism bureau for more than a decade. He was hired by the nonprofit’s board of governors after an executive search with SearchWide Global, and starts work on July 8, according to Visit Alexandria.
Travelers driving overnight on King Street this week should be aware there may be some delays due to repaving work at the busy King Street, Callahan Drive and Russell Road intersection.
That intersection is the marquee item of this week’s (April 29 through May 5) repaving and street maintenance schedule around Alexandria. Work on the intersection will take place overnight from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. this week.
