Sunday, April 28, 2013
Tuesday, April 30, is the third community meeting.
More than 100 Alexandria residents are expected to join a community conversation Tuesday to harmonize principles among city staff and residents. The third "What's Next, Alexandria?" community dialogue will be at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 2932 King St. Since November, community members have been collaborating to build Alexandria's principles of engagement. The meeting will discuss these and a new framework for implementation. The draft agenda begins with Mayor Bill Euille and Alexandria School Board member Chris Lewis. The agenda then addresses ground rules, the process timeline, feedback from the community and a review of Jan. 29 meeting evaluations—all evaluations have been posted to the What’s Next? website—and finally goals for …
Monday, April 15, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, is this year's Spring2Action event.
Across the city Wednesday, local nonprofits are participating in online giving event Spring2ACTion. Every donation made during the 24-hour event gives an organization the chance to win up to $30,000 in grants and prizes. The minimum donation is $10 during the event, which is hosted by ACT for Alexandria and ACTion Alexandria. In 2012, Spring2ACTion raised $320,000 in one day benefiting 72 nonprofit organizations. Each nonprofit receives 95 percent of all designated donations. The Razoo Foundation retains 2.9 percent of each donation for credit card processing and disbursement costs, and 2.1 percent is retained by ACT for Alexandria for administrative expenses. For more news about Alexandria, sign up for the Old Town Alexandria Patch daily …
Friday, November 9, 2012
City's initiative to garner more feedback from its residents continues next Thursday in an evening meeting.
Alexandria recently launched an initiative “What’s Next Alexandria?” to better engage its residents in helping guide the direction of the city. The next step in the program is a community dialogue next Thursday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church at 2932 King St. The meeting will build on the input provided by Alexandrians in a recent community poll, hosted by ACTion Alexandria, on the future of civic engagement in Alexandria. More than 1,600 people participated in this poll, and the full results will be posted online and shared at the community dialogue event. That night, in addition to working with fellow Alexandrians, attendees will hear from the founder of America Speaks and executive director of the National Institute for Civil …
ACT for Alexandria
5:57 pm on Wednesday, April 17, 2013
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