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Council approved the GO Alex Strategic Plan (FY 2027–2031); authorized a $270,000 grant application to the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation; approved up to $550,000 in additional city funding for renovation of 1022 Pendleton Street; and directed staff to pursue several school- and waterfront-related investigations and committee actions. The Council also received updates on the Duke Street Land Use Plan and the ACPS School Resource Officer MOU and approved its look-ahead calendar including the RiverRenew ribbon cutting.
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The Council set the city’s strategic direction for 2027–2031 and approved funding moves that aim to preserve at least one affordable rooming house and to seek a neighborhood improvement grant that could bring $270,000 to local projects. Council asked the City Manager to examine possible reserve funding for an in-school support program, to form an ad hoc group to review school board election timing, and to study adding portable restrooms along the waterfront for large events. Residents can expect planning work on Duke Street and continued discussion of the school resource officer agreement with the Alexandria Police Department.
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