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City to discuss proposed improvements to Powhatan Park in Old Town

Published October 22, 2025 at 4:30PM

Powhatan Park at 1010 Douglas Street in Old Town (via Google Maps)

Alexandria is hosting an open house next month to discuss proposed improvements to a park in the northeast area of Old Town.

Plans to redevelop the 1.5-acre Powhatan Park (1010 Douglas Street) have been in the works for more than a decade. At 11 a.m. on Nov. 1 (Saturday), the city will host the event at the park to discuss three redevelopment options of “medium” importance — creating an ADA-compliant plaza with an entrance at the end of Douglas Street, repaving pathways ,and installing a shade structure and game tables.

Without funding for redevelopment, Alexandria approves framework for skatepark improvements

By James Cullum

Published July 24, 2025 at 1:30PM

The Schuyler Hamilton Jones Skateboard Park at 3540 Wheeler Avenue (via Billy Sabatini)

Alexandria’s Parks and Recreation Commission has approved a framework for future improvements at the city’s only skateboard park.

The commission unanimously approved an amendment to the 2015 Neighborhood Park Improvement Plan, which means that the city has a plan on short and long-term improvements at the park once funding becomes available. The city says that the skate park, which was built in 2002, is “reaching the end of its usable life,” and that a final design will be developed in collaboration with skate park users.

‘Good Trouble Lives On’ rally to honor John Lewis legacy in Alexandria Thursday

By James Cullum and Ryan Belmore

Published July 16, 2025 at 6:30PM

A painting of U.S. Rep. John Lewis outside The Linder Academy at 607 S. Washington Street in Old Town. (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria residents will commemorate the fifth anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s death Thursday with a rally designed to carry forward his legacy of nonviolent action and defend democracy.

The “Good Trouble Lives On” rally, scheduled from 6:30 to 8 p.m., will take place at Judy Guse-Noritake Park (600 N. Henry Street) at the corner of Pendleton Street and Henry Street. Indivisible is hosting the event Do Something NCR, a non-partisan community organization whose objective “is to push the country to be kinder and more progressive, ensuring all people are represented and cared for”.