Alex Goyette

A 4 year old works intently on her Halloween ginger bread house

Came up from work and she’s building a spooky ADU

Added protection for the “no spam” promise: if we flood Ryan’s inbox’s ALXNow can report on it

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YIMBY Alexandria Coffee Meetup @ La Madeleine 👋 Meet & Mingle Connect with fellow residents, urbanists, and YIMBYs (Yes In My Backyard) who care about building a better future for our city. 📚 Urbanism 101 Explore ideas around housing, transporta...

4/ Hang out with us!

Our new Social Lead, Yasir, is getting us back on track with social events starting with this casual coffee meetup.

Come any time, all are welcome. Just a chance meet and talk about housing & other urbanist stuff in ALX

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Duke Street Land Use Plan Launch Please join us for the Kick-off Meeting for the Duke Street Land Use Plan on Monday, June 9, at Patrick Henry Recreation Center, 4653 Taney Avenue, Alexandria VA, 22304 and online via Zoom. Zoom infor...

3B/ RSVP to attend the next Duke St LUP meeting on 10/23 at Patrick Henry

This meeting will focus on Housing & Mobility, two of the most important (and possibly contentious) sections of the plan. Hope to see you there :)

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September 25th Community Feedback Welcome to the online portion of the September 25th Community Meeting. On this page, you can review the presentation provided on the 25th as well as provide your feedback on the plan's Draft Guiding ...

3A/ By Sun. 10/23, give feedback on the very strong DSLUP Draft Principles.

Leave supportive comment(s), esp. for the Housing & Mobility sections. You can also "like" other comments you agree with

alexandriava.mysocialpinpoint.com/september25

2B/ Bonus: consider the 2040 asks from @gra-alexandria.bsky.social & @africansus.bsky.social:

Add inspectors to publicly report on landlord compliance with legal & voluntary guidelines.

Stronger voluntary guidelines re: transparency, penalties & fees, maintenance, & tenants' right to organize

Housing 2040 Revised Draft Principles & Goals Feedback Form Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

2A/ By Sunday 10/19, give feedback on the Housing 2040 Master Plan Revised Principles & Goals

The revisions made these really strong, so we encourage supporting the revisions - particularly Goal 1.

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screen grab of the cover page of counci's docket for 10/18. hearing starts at 9:30am

1/ By Friday, support housing projects before Council's hearing on Sat. 10/18:

Email: CouncilComment@alexandriava.gov
Ask: Support Docket Items 7, 12, and 13

In particular Item 13 is market & affordable housing next to Braddock Metro, w/ opponents complaining about the proposed height

Lots of opportunities to advocate for more housing in Alexandria in the next couple weeks.

Here's a little thread, arranged by each action's due date

I'll also quote-skeet the items back onto your feed as their dates approach. 1 person told me those reminders are helpful, now you all suffer 😏

Oh wait I scrolled literally 2 posts further and see that yes it is 🫖

Was *all this* the tea you were hinting at?

Bc wow, piping hot

They could!

Then they’d get sued into oblivion 🫠

i share a name w/ a moderately successful young director so sometimes get emails from aspiring actors who want to audition for things or thank him for an audition

i always reply bc i'd feel terrible if someone missed an opportunity bc they emailed the wrong Alex

a chart showing that there will be a "Parking Standards Evaluation and Update" in FY27-27, co-led by three city departments: Transportation & Environmental Services, Planning & Zoning, and Housing

we've been pushing for the city to re-examine parking mandates basically since ZFH passed. it's now included in the FY '26-27 "Interdepartmental Long Range Planning Work Program" (see image) so the convo should at least happen

We'll lyk when there's an action item:
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becky is the village, volume 827

Let’s make it twelve, Alexandria.

ack, 22301*

Two Alexandria Neighborhoods Among Highest NoVA Price Appreciation So Far in 2025 Urban Turf recently calculated the Northern Virginia ZIP codes seeing the highest home price appreciation so far in 2025.

The cost of a median home in 22031 (Rosemont/Del Ray/Potomac Yard) has gone up 9.7% since last year

The city's refusal to legalize apartments in most of this zip code, much of which is easily walkable to metro, is indefensible

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In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Held, Laid on Table

Good morning how are you

I’m choosing to believe you’re double fisting all night and not just, like, there with Joe or someone

a man wearing sunglasses and a hospital gown that says virginia memorial hospital on it Alt: a man wearing sunglasses and a hospital gown that says virginia memorial hospital on it is hailed off by doctors

THEY CANT SILENCE THE TRUTH REMEMBER EWALD

If I know one thing about parks approved a decade ago, this basically does not matter and any process is going to have to start from scratch and include extremely intensive community outreach just to approve basically the same plan that was approved originally

I mean, he basically did

map of retail and restaurant openings in the last 4 quarters in Alexandria. The vast majority are in 3 areas: old town (duh), del ray, and carlyle. Only 2 openings, both restaurants, along Duke Street.

Interesting map here

Non-housing note for DSLUP: can we get some more retail sites along Duke?

map of retail and restaurant openings in the last 4 quarters in Alexandria. The vast majority are in 3 areas: old town (duh), del ray, and carlyle. Only 2 openings, both restaurants, along Duke Street.

Interesting map here

Non-housing note for DSLUP: can we get some more retail sites along Duke?

More like Scott Winner am i right