Alexandria files for permit to raze 50-year-old facility in Parker-Gray Historic District; new design features solar panels, modern materials

Planning Commission approves stricter green building requirements for new development

New master plan amendment mandates 30 EUI for multifamily buildings, 5% renewable energy generation, and eliminates clean energy fund option for developers

GPO Welcomes New Managing Director, Library Services & Content Management GPO’s new Managing Director of Library Services & Content Management (LSCM) Julie Balutis started her role at GPO in September, but it wasn’t the first time she had been to the Agency. Nearly a decade ago, she was working at a consulting company that bid on a project with GPO. “As part of the bid process, we visited GPO headquarters and got to do a plant tour,” explains Balutis. “I remember walking through the plant with the gigantic printing presses and seeing the combination of history and the future in one place. I thought it was so cool. The knowledge that is here is so inherent in the building, the equipment, the people.” Both Balutis’s parents were civil servants—her mother worked for the U.S. Census Bureau and her father at the Department of Commerce. “The importance of public service got drilled into me from a very young age,” says Balutis, who was born in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining GPO, Balutis worked as the Director of Grants Policy and Management at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). “I found a passion for the library community,” says Balutis. “Access to trusted Government information is maybe more important now than it has ever been. I am excited to play a role in that.” Balutis says she is looking forward to getting to know her team better, as well as continuing the progress made toward a digital Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). “There is so much knowledge and experience and creativity in the LSCM unit alone, and I have something to learn from everyone,” says Balutis. “I hope to help GPO continue evolving with the ways the public is accessing and consuming information.” Balutis lives in Alexandria, Virginia with her husband and German Shepherd River. “Even though I’m from Washington, D.C., the city never gets old,” says Balutis. “You don’t have an appreciation for it when you’re younger, but there is so much here.”

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Franconia Police District- Officers from the Franconia Police District have arrested a man for unlawfully possessing a firearm in Springfield. On January 1, at approximately 1:33 p.m., patrol offic…

The number of flu-related emergency department visits in Alexandria, Virginia, have increased significantly in the last couple of weeks.

A major decision‑making process begins Tuesday for one of Alexandria’s busiest corridors.

Jon DeNunzio succeeds Sandy Marks as chair of local party organization

Planning Commission to review draft framework for auto-oriented corridor Tuesday night

Planning Commission takes up Duke Street, green building standards tonight

Kelly Carmichael Booz and Alexander Crider Scioscia will receive new committee assignments; board to consider $43,347 in Title I services for eight private schools

Engine 208 arrived first to find smoke from the basement of a townhouse on Morgan Court. Crews located and extinguished an electrical panel on fire with extension.

Virginia senator calls Maduro extraction 'brilliantly executed' but says administration bypassed Congress, may be motivated by oil

$830,000 flood mitigation effort targets townhouses along 3000 block of Fulton and Manning streets

Homeowners, renters and condo owners can earn yard signs, window clings through simple online application

Free program offers hands-on look at jail operations, courthouse tours during Saturday sessions in March

Programs for ages 2-17 include sports, arts, STEM and more

Wonder food hall opens Friday; flu cases surge; and two months of The Alexandria Brief

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Comments accepted through Jan. 4 on draft preservation and common interest community strategies