Friday, May 10, 2013
Beauregard redevelopment will affect number of students attending school in the city’s West End.
Alexandria schools officials expect a drop in students living in garden-style apartments in coming decades due to the large-scale demolition of apartments as part of Beauregard Street redevelopment. “We do not expect their replacement units to generate nearly as many students,” said Pat Mann, a urban planner with the city who also with works with the school district. Mann, who spoke to the Seminary Hill Association on Thursday, told Patch the current garden apartments will be replaced with mid-rise residential units. “Our expectation is the enrollment in those areas will fall over time as those apartments are demolished, more mid-rise apartments replacing them,” he said. “So we would expect the enrollment from the Beauregard area would …
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
The Alexandria Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Beauregard-area rezoning Tuesday night.
It's early Saturday evening at the the apartments known as the Hamlets on Beauregard Street near Mark Center. Children play soccer or ride bikes. Men grill outdoors. Women walk by in headscarves. The Hamlets—a network of long, three-story apartment complexes under tall oaks surrounding William Ramsay Elementary School—will soon be no more. They’re part of 2,475 residential units slated to be demolished as part of the Beauregard Small Area Plan and replaced with higher-end apartments and condominiums with a new shopping center. A town center is to be developed over the next 30 years. The city has plans to subsidize 800 housing units—32 perent of what is to be demolished—as committed affordable housing and already has the funds to do so. …
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Local residents voiced opposition to escalating rents, displacement under Alexandria’s plan for Beauregard redevelopment on Human Rights Day.
Dozens of Beauregard-area residents marched in solidarity Monday night to protest plans by the city and developer JBG Companies to demolish their homes as part of efforts to revitalize the corridor. The protesters, organized by the Beauregard Tenants Association and Arlandria-based Tenants and Workers United, held the candlelight vigil and short march from the William Ramsay Recreation Center to the corner of Sanger Avenue and Beauregard Street on Human Rights Day, celebrated globally Dec. 10. Local residents argued that displacing so many families from their homes is a violation of basic human rights. Residents protested escalating rents and utility costs in apartments owned by JBG Companies and the planned demolition of nearly 2,500 …
Kelsey Freeman
10:41 am on Sunday, April 14, 2013
Susie - if you can barely afford to put a roof over your head and food on the table, how on earth do you expect someone to sock away tens of thousands to buy a house or a condo?!? more ›