Cinco de Mayo is just a few days away, but it’s always a great time to enjoy a margarita and a delicious meal from the thriving Mexican and Tex-Mex food scene in Alexandria.
Here are the top spots for Best Mexican Restaurant in Alexandria as part of our ALXnow Readers’ Choice Awards. Your favorite Mexican restaurant not listed? Feel free to write it in.
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Phoebe Coy of YIMBYs of Northern Virginia celebrates the Whitley Phase 2 housing approval but argues it exemplifies a flawed process in the following Letter to the Editor.
She contends that requiring City Council approval for nearly every housing project due to zoning, parking, or density bonus rules creates unnecessary delays and burdens the Council. Coy calls for zoning reforms to empower the Planning Commission to approve more housing directly, streamlining the response to Alexandria’s housing shortage.
On Sunday, April 27, at the Del Ray Garden Fest, Alexandria resident Bill Hendrickson received the Ellen Pickering Award for Environmental Excellence from the city.
Upon receiving the award, Bill made the following remarks about the city’s environmental plans and policies. Bill provided the remarks to ALXnow for consideration as a Letter to the Editor.
As debates surrounding language and education continue, both nationally and here in Northern Virginia, one local voice is passionately advocating for the power of bilingualism from an early age.
Lauren Sutherland, an Alexandria resident currently pursuing an Elementary Education degree at William & Mary and an alumna of Mount Vernon Community School’s dual-language program, argues that the advantages extend far beyond simply speaking a second language.
Finding the right audience in a vibrant city like Alexandria is key to business growth, and ALXnow provides a direct connection to the heart of the community.
Since launching in 2019, ALXnow has become a trusted news source, rapidly growing to reach over 250,000 engaged monthly visitors (as of our 2024 data). This readership isn’t just passing through; they are the people who live, work, and invest in Alexandria and its surrounding areas, actively seeking local information, making ALXnow the premier digital platform to place your message for maximum local impact.
ALXnow.com is opening its doors to reader opinions by accepting letters to the editor.
The first batch of submissions includes a letter from parents of the “Scroggins Triangle.” They’re worried about how the ongoing redistricting in Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) might shuffle students around. Their main point? Keep disruptions to a minimum during this change.
Alexandria resident and Cameron Station mother Katie Bilek has submitted the following Letter to the Editor regarding the Alexandria City School Board’s proposed redistricting plans.
Bilek argues that the plans unfairly target her neighborhood, Cameron Station, by arbitrarily dividing the planned community and redirecting half of its children from their walkable neighborhood school, Tucker Elementary, to Patrick Henry K-8.
Citing potential plans to move a small number of students from the newly rebuilt Douglas MacArthur Elementary – a school with projected capacity – into a school slated for swing space, a group of “Scroggins Triangle” parents contends in the following letter to the editor that minimizing student upheaval should be prioritized in the current ACPS redistricting process.
The letter is in response to our ongoing coverage of the ACPS redistricting efforts and process.
Rachael Von Elmendorf, co-owner of Misha’s Coffee and an Alexandria teacher, writes in strong opposition to the planned Waterfront Flood Mitigation Project in this submitted letter to the editor.
The letter is in response to an ALXnow story that was published on April 15 – Alexandria’s plan to fight flooding will close Waterfront Park and Point Lumley Park for at least two years.
Alexandria has a vibrant cycling community and offers residents a selection of bicycle shops with expert mechanics and places to shop.
Do you have a favorite bicycle shop you recommend to others? A shop that has knowledgeable sales personnel and/or dependable repair services? Here’s your chance to share your experience and recommendations via our Readers’ Choice Award for the best bicycle shop in Alexandria.
