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Waterfront Development

© Greg Ogden 2011

Posted 22 January 2012

WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVED. City Council on 21 January 2012 voted 5-2 to approve a modified Waterfront Plan. Christa, our PPOK, (Principal Point of Knowledge), attended. She reports there is a very good summary of how they got to the vote on the Waterfront subject at this blog (click here) Washington Post blog.

Prior to voting, they reduced the hotels permitted from 3 to 2, with maximum 300 rooms, down from 450. There's a lot in the plan to like, as they accepted substantial input from all sides during the extended process between last June and now. Alicia Hughes and Frank Fannon voted against.

If you google Alexandria Waterfront Vote you will get many more stories from different news outlets, but this one (link above) gives a good summary.

Principal Points of Knowledge (PPOK)

Significant City Projects with major impact for North Old Town

Your Board is following and appropriately influencing major Alexandria City developments in which North Old Town is or should be a significant stakeholder. We have established an approach called PPOK (Principal Points of Knowledge) to monitor carefully and fully each of these interest areas.

Wish to know more, including whom to contact?

Or to recommend additions to our "stakeholder list"?

Or to volunteer to be a principal or alternate PPOK?

GenOn (formerly Mirant)

Posted 15 December 2011

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Contact with city officials and perusal of the local press indicate that that the planned closing of the GenOn/ (formerly MIRANT) facility and related operational activities there appear to be on or perhaps a bit ahead of schedule (Fall 2012).

Contact your PPOK for more up-to-date information.

Your Website

posted 11 January 2012
We're glad you are here at our current and EVER-GROWING website. We encourage you to explore. We have the expected NOTICe material and articles of interest of course, But lots more. See if you can find links to:

    Civic sites and activities
    Crime reports, current daily from city,
    Alexandria RSS feed (official city news daily)
    City Council (and other) Dockets
    Fact Checking (only apolitical links)
    PPOKs
    Board Member Bios (there are new ones)
    Mass media
    Old TownPatch
    Send Letters to the Editors
    Weather 4 Alexandria, RSS feed
    NASA Science
    Congressional Research Service
    Gardening

Please also suggest links (or subjects) you would find useful on this site, or articles you would like to see featured, or other features that would be helpful to you. Just jot them down in an email to Greg, our webmaster, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Bus Barn

Bus Barn may relocate to Fairfax County
posted 2 May 2011

Photo added 17 June 2011

photo by OGDEN 2011

Plans are in place to move (within a year or two) the WMATA bus barn from N Royal, Old Town to Cinder Bed Road near Newington, VA. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors recently approved the action. A nearby Home Owners Association on April 6, 2011 filed suit, after having previously lodged several complaints. The OldTown Patch has more detail.

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