A software developer in Alexandria is piloting a new digital tool to help job seekers improve their resumes.
Craig Certo created Career Catalyst last year. It’s an application designed to cross-analyze a user’s resume and offer fine-tuned editing suggestions based on job postings they’re applying for.
A local Indian restaurant founded by an Old Town couple is celebrating the start of a new chapter in Alexandria.
After about 18 months of planning and renovations, Sundara Indian Restaurant & Cafe is reopening in a new space on the ground floor of 1320 Braddock Place in Suite 105. It’s a hard-earned milestone for the business, which grappled with unexpected delays and rising renovation costs to reopen after departing from an Arlington VFW post in summer 2024, following a zoning dispute.
The Alexandria Economic Development Partnership is planning a major redesign of its website and published materials, in hopes of attracting more businesses to the city.
D.C.-based marketing and public relations agency Hart announced today (Tuesday) that AEDP has selected its team “to lead a comprehensive modernization of its website, messaging, video storytelling and marketing collateral.”
The Alexandria Economic Development Partnership showcased a year of significant economic achievements during its annual impact meeting on Monday, held for the first time in the organization’s new Carlyle neighborhood offices at 1940 Duke Street.
AEDP President and CEO Stephanie Landrum noted that the organization deliberately chose the Carlyle location to support a part of the city that “needs and wants more business activity.” The new space allows AEDP to showcase Alexandria’s potential directly to visiting businesses and prospects.
Alexandria’s commercial real estate market is struggling, although the city is a leader nationally with office conversions, according to the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership (AEDP).
That’s according to AEDP’s 2025 Mid-year Market Report, which outlines business trends and impacts.
Leasing has launched for a 199-unit luxury office-to-residential conversion development at 1101 King Street in Old Town.
Plans to convert the seven-story 1980s-era office building were unveiled in 2023 and approved last year, after which property owner American Real Estate Partners (AREP) announced that leasing would start in summer 2025. Now, the 200,000-square-foot property known as CityHouse Old Town is offering a range of 525-square-foot studios-to-three-bedroom apartments with dens and private wraparound terraces.
The Alexandria Economic Development Partnership has put out a request for proposals (RFP) to revamp its website.
While the nonprofit doesn’t want a new logo, it does want qualified marketing and design firms for a “phased communications and marketing initiative” that includes a “light-touch messaging framework, a full website redesign (including video and content support), and collateral templates to support AEDP’s business development and public engagement efforts,” according to AEDP.
The Alexandria City Council received a comprehensive update on Tuesday night regarding the city’s May Economic Summit and the ongoing development of a strategic framework that will guide economic development efforts over the next five years.
Tracye McDaniel, President of TIP Strategies, presented findings from extensive community engagement efforts that reached over 840 community touchpoints through 75 roundtables or one-on-one interviews, 35 participants in pre-summit events, 530 survey respondents, and more than 200 summit participants at the May 8 event held at the Westin Alexandria.
Alexandria’s economic leaders and city officials are charting a new course for the city’s economic future at the Alexandria Economic Summit, which began at 3 pm on Thursday (May 8) at the Westin Alexandria.
The summit, described as a continuation of similar efforts from 2007, brings together city leaders, business representatives, and economic development experts to create a comprehensive strategy for Alexandria’s growth.
The City of Alexandria is asking residents for input on shaping its economic future. The city government and the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership (AEDP) have launched several initiatives to gather community feedback.
A survey is now available in English, Spanish, Amharic, and Arabic until April 16. This confidential questionnaire aims to collect insights on the challenges and opportunities facing Alexandria’s economy.
Alexandria’s efforts to turn Old Town North into an arts hub has hit some hurdles in recent years, but the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership (AEDP) is making a renewed effort to entice arts and cultural organizations to move into the neighborhood.
The district was created in 2017 but so far, the ambitious plan to fill mixed-use development spaces with arts uses has only had one notable success: The Art League’s relocation to a new 800 Slaters Lane location (technically outside of the bounds of the district) along with a home in the new Muse development.
