In the News
Highlighting news featuring businesses in Alexandria and events around the City each week- whether you are starting a business in Alexandria, or are already part of our community, stay on top of local economic development interest items here!
Each month, check out “Growing in Alexandria,” an AEDP blog series that focuses on businesses around the City.
July found us talking with Lisa Ferrari Carter, Executive Director of the Child and Family Network Centers, to learn more about their mission and goals. Check it out today on the blog!
For our first ever Pop-up Contest, held jointly with The Seedling Collective, we were excited to receive over 50 total applications! Huge congrats to the winners:
1. Elaina and Alysia Bright, Skin Scholars
2. Jennifer Allevato, Jennifer Allevato Fine Art
3. Ezgi Kaya, Mom&I by EK
To learn more about each business, and to see the runners up, check out The Seedling Collective’s announcement blog post! We look forward to seeing what these amazing businesses will do in the Studio space this summer.
REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT
- Spaces is adding its third coworking location in Virginia – Technical.ly DC
- Changes Made To Mixed-Use Development With Wegmans In Alexandria – West End Patch
- Mixed-use out, townhomes in at Alexandria’s Robinson Terminal North – Washington Business Journal
- WashREIT Enters Contracts to Sell Eight Retail Assets, Acquire an Additional Multifamily Asset and Provides Updated 2019 Earnings Guidance – Seeking Alpha
- WashREIT Reaches Deals To Sell 8 Retail Centers In Maryland, Virginia – Bisnow
- WashREIT upending its portfolio, selling most of its retail inventory in two major transactions – Washington Business Journal
- PY Metro southern entrance scaled back – Alexandria Times [Page 1]
- Unique Airbnb, The George, Set to Open in Alexandria – Alexandria Living Magazine
- Howard Hughes Corp. Exploring Sale Of Company – Bisnow
- Let’s talk about the creation, evolution and addition of BIDs – Washington Business Journal
- Resource Real Estate Purchases Virginia Community – Multi-housing News
- Campagna Center Cancels Sale of Building – Alexandria Living Magazine
- Rental options in Old Town Alexandria – Washington Post
ECONOMY & COMMUNITY
- Governor Northam Announces Dedication of Over $12 Million for Electric Transit Buses – Virginia Governor’s Office
- Locations picked for Alexandria sewage tunnels – WTOP
- Tall Ship Providence Arrives in Alexandria Monday Night – Alexandria Living Magazine
- Businesses Report Mixed Impacts from Metro Shutdown – Alexandria Living Magazine
- Take a peek inside Virginia Tech’s solar-powered FutureHaus, now on display in Alexandria – Washington Business Journal
- Metro’s shutdown workarounds are less chaotic now, but some commute lengths remain doubled – WJLA
- Local airports get $12.5M for infrastructure improvements – Washington Business Journal
- Tall Ship Providence to Arrive Soon in Alexandria – NBC Washington
- Metro’s new board chairman pledges changes to the system’s ethics investigation process – Washington Business Journal
- Travel: In dogged pursuit of history in Alexandria – Providence Journal
- Providence comes to Old Town Alexandria – Fairfax County Times
- Alexandria businesses losing money in Metro shutdown, survey finds – WTOP
- Alexandria Businesses Suffering Amid Metro Closure – NBC Washington
- Survey: As many as 1 in 4 businesses in Alexandria losing money during Metro shut down – FOX 5 DC
- Tall Ship Providence to become permanent waterfront attraction – Alexandria Times
BUSINESS & RETAIL
- Riverside Taco Company Opens At Alexandria Waterfront – Old Town Patch
- Riverside Taco Company Opens on Alexandria Waterfront – Alexandria Living Magazine
- Alexandria’s Hottest Places For a Drink or Bite – Eater DC
- Top Workplaces 2019 – Washington Post [Feat. Century 21 New Millennium, Goodwin House, Delta Resources, and Systems Planning and Analysis]
- Joe Theismann’s Restaurant to Get New Look – Alexandria Living Magazine
- Bubble Tea Shop May Open This Summer – Alexandria Living Magazine
- Veterans in Business: Emily McMahan (Video) – Washington Business Journal
- Here are the winners of the 2019 RAMMY awards, honoring the best in D.C.-area restaurants – Washington Business Journal [Feat. Employee of the Year: Valentine King, Hummingbird Bar and Kitchen]
- Old Town Has a New Taco Trailer With Waterfront Patio Seating – Eater DC
- Oak Steakhouse in Alexandria Sets Opening Date – Alexandria Living Magazine
- Three Amazon businesses identified as HQ2 bound – Washington Business Journal
- JBG Smith courting West Coast big tech – Washington Business Journal
- Ike’s Five Star: Food Hall Sets Opening for Next Summer – Alexandria Living Magazine
- Tired of sending customers across the street, Old Town bar applies for later hours – Washington Business Journal
- Announcing: Our First Ever Pop-Up Competition Winners! – The Seedling Collective