Inova opened a new urgent care center in Alexandria’s West End on Monday (Dec. 23).
The Inova-GoHealth Urgent Care opened at 4600 Kenmore Avenue in the Seminary Plaza shopping center, and it’s the ninth center to open this year in Virginia.
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A memory care assisted living facility in Alexandria just got approval to increase the number of beds by doubling up the occupancy with “companion rooms.”
City Council, on Saturday, approved Silverado Memory Care‘s request to increase beds at their facility at 2807 King Street from 66 to 9o. The vote was 5-2, with City Council Member John Taylor Chapman and Vice Mayor Amy Jackson voting in opposition.
The Alexandria Health Department (AHD) warned locals today another West End raccoon has tested positive for rabies.
AHD said a raccoon tested positive near Chambliss Park after an encounter with several dogs near the park.
The Alexandria City Council on Saturday unanimously approved a measure banning new vape and smoke shops from opening 1,000 feet from schools and daycare centers with minors.
Council’s approval of the text amendment follows a bill by Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-3) that was approved by the General Assembly in April.
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After nearly three years of construction, Inova Health Center — Oakville will be unveiled in a ribbon cutting on Thursday (Oct. 31).
The $300 million Oakville Triangle project at the corner of Swann Avenue and Richmond Highway includes more than 1 million square feet of residential space dedicated to apartments and townhomes, the new 93,000-square-foot health center (400 Fannon Street) with a comprehensive emergency room and 55,000 square feet of retail.
Alexandria charity gets $1.9 million in federal funds for substance abuse and mental health services
An Alexandria charity has been awarded $1.9 million in federal funds to train behavioral health professionals to work with people suffering from racial disparities, drug addicts, and students with mental health disorders.
The funding was announced today in a joint statement by Virginia’s U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. It’s part of a $2.2 million package to fund education programs in Alexandria, Richmond and Harrisonburg.
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The Alexandria Health Department is offering 500 free flu shots later this month.
The health department is offering the shots on Saturday, Oct. 26, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Minnie Howard Campus (3801 W. Braddock Road).
Alexandria City Public Schools is working to reopen Naomi L. Brooks Elementary School by next Monday (Oct. 7) — a week-and-a-half after the school closed due to a lead exposure.
ACPS staff are deep-cleaning the entire school (at 600 Russell Road) after an environmental contractor found lead particles last Thursday (Sept. 27) in a kindergarten classroom, a fourth grade classroom, the school clinic and the main office. The school closed the following day, and students and staff transitioned to remote learning.
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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Inova Alexandria Hospital at Landmark will break ground on Monday, Sept. 30.
Today the hospital system announced the groundbreaking for the 1.1 million-square-foot project located at the former Landmark Mall.
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On average, an Old Town resident could make it into their late 80s. Just a few blocks north, residents in the Braddock neighborhood would be lucky to make it out of their 70s (page 8).
As Alexandria gears up for a new Community Health Assessment — the first since the Covid pandemic — Mayor Justin Wilson highlighted the findings of the 2019 report in a newsletter.