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Inova Alexandria Hospital at Landmark broke ground today, marking a momentous occasion for the city’s West End.

When completed, the 1.1 million square-foot project at the former Landmark Mall (just off Interstate 395 at Duke Street) will include a 569,000 square-foot hospital center with 192 beds, a 111,000 square-foot cancer center, an 83,000 square-foot specialty care center and a retrofitted 550-space parking garage. A 1,488-space below-grade parking garage is also planned with at least 19 parking spaces set aside for electric vehicle charging.


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Alexandria is now a safe haven for the LGBTQ+ community.

City Council, on Tuesday night, unanimously approved Council Member Kirk McPike’s resolution directing the city attorney and city manager to take legal and other measures to curtail discriminatory efforts on the national, state and local levels from Republican politicians against LGBTQ+ residents.


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Olympic champion Noah Lyles received a hero’s welcome back home in Alexandria today.

The 27-year-old was greeted by city and school leaders, as well as hundreds of cheering fans at his alma mater, Alexandria City High School.


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The Alexandria Sheriff’s Office is asking City Council for $150,000 to pay for the hiring bonuses of 15 new sworn deputies.

There’s a shortage of 22 sworn positions within ASO, and the office relies on retired deputies to fill in coverage gaps. City Council will review the proposal at its meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 24.


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Alexandria’s City Council will vote next Tuesday night on making the city a safe haven for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning community.

The all-Democrat City Council will vote on a resolution to protect the LGBTQ+ community’s equal protection rights under the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment.


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Alexandria city staff have been ordered to evaluate turning the 200 block of King Street into a pedestrian zone.

Mayor Justin Wilson and City Council Member John Taylor Chapman asked staff to create a pilot program to turn the 200 block of King Street into a pedestrian zone. The move would effectively eliminate cars from the main thoroughfare next door to City Hall’s Market Square (301 King Street) all the way down to the waterfront.


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City Council will soon consider a proposal to approve $10 million in bond financing to fund development of the massive Mount Vernon-Glebe Arlandria Project that city staff consider to be Alexandria’s “highest housing priority.”


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Break out your platform shoes and bell-bottoms, because the Torpedo Factory Art Center (105 N. Union Street) is throwing a 1970’s-themed party for its 50th birthday.

Every year, an estimated half-million people visit the former munitions plant-turned art center along the Alexandria waterfront for art shows, parties and to bookend a genuine Old Town experience.


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Independent City Council Candidate Mason Butler announced he will be formally kicking off his campaign on Monday, Sept. 9.

Butler is one of a handful of underdog candidates, including independent Roy Byrd and Republican Celianna Gunderson, going up against the Democratic slate chosen in a primary in June.


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Alexandria’s City Council will be weighing up new regulations on short-term rentals this fall, and the City is collecting public feedback on what shape that should take.

Proposed regulations include:


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