SHA MEETING TOMORROW EVENING I hope all of you had a wonderful summer. The board of the Seminary Hill Association will hold its first meeting of the new season tomorrow evening, Thursday 9/21, beginning at 7 pm. This meeting will be virtual via Zoom. The following topics will be discussed: Old Business: Duke Street in Motion Zoning for Housing, Housing for All 2023-24 committees and selection of committee chairs New Business: North Early Street parking issues King Street/Bradlee road diet SHA annual ele ...Continue Reading

Seminary Hill Residents, I hope that you have had a wonderful and healthy summer! While we have all been attending to vacations and other summer activities, the issues of interest to you did not take a rest, and your Seminary Hill Association board has been on top of them. Here's what is hot right now: Zoning for Housing/Housing for All The city has been working through the summer on a bundle of zoning changes that promsie to fundamentally change neighborhood living for dwellers of apartments, condos, town ...Continue Reading

Neighbors, Most Seminary Hill residents I hear from oppose the "Duke Street in Motion" project for the reasons I articulated in a column in last Thursday's edition of the Alexandria Times. You can access it here:  https://alextimes.com/2023/06/city-hall-watch-with-bill-rossello-last-stop-on-duke-street/  That same edition has some excellent letters opposing the project. The previous week's edition had some letters in support. Once on the site, go to "Opinion" and the ...Continue Reading

REMINDER -- TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7 PM... Seminary Hill Association will host ACPS District B Board Members Kelly Booz and Ashley Baird Simpson at our next meeting tomorrow June 8th at 7pm at Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, 3606 Seminary Road. All Seminary Hill residents are considered members of SHA and are welcome to attend our meetings. Feel free to bring a neighbor from Seminary Hill or another District B neighborhood. This will be our last meeting of the 2022-23 season. There will be no meeting ...Continue Reading

Seminary Hill Association will host ACPS District B Board Members Kelly Booz and Ashley Baird Simpson at our next meeting this Thursday June 8th at 7pm at Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, 3606 Seminary Road. All Seminary Hill residents are considered members of SHA and are welcome to attend our meetings.  This will be our last meeting of the 2022-23 season. There will be no meetings in July and August.   ...Continue Reading

Seminary Hill Residents, Please join your civic association board for an important meeting featuring a presentation and discussion of the city's "Zoning for Housing, Housing for All" policy direction. This meeting will only be virtual. Here is the Zoom link...  Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9971800975 If you have any questions, please reach out to me at bill.rossello2@PROTECTED. I hope you will join us. Best regards, Bill Rossello, President ...Continue Reading

Happy Spring, Seminary Hill Residents While I struggle with our very complicated website (it's certainly not intuitive, so bear with me), I wanted to bring you up to date on key issues of interest to our members.  Zoning for Housing/Housing for All - the end of Single-Family Home Zoning? The city is moving at breakneck speed to end single-family home zoning and raise height limits across the city to accommodate greater density. The stated goal is to add 100,000 residents by 2050, increase housing supply to addr ...Continue Reading

Happy November to everyone! As I look around our Seminary Hill neighborhoods with their profusion of colorful trees at this time of the year, I am reminded how fortunate we are to live in such a beautiful part of our city. It also reinforces the importance of the Seminary Hill Association as we work together to protect and preserve the special character of our neighborhood. Tuesday night I, and several other Seminary Hill residents, spoke at the Planning Commission meeting as they considered the Special Use Permits (S ...Continue Reading

Welcome to Fall in Seminary Hill. While the weather has been dreary earlier this week, we are sure to have some nice crisp days ahead. And the sight of all the orange pumpkins at Immanuel Church on-the-Hill brightens even the dreariest day. Please stop by and patronize the church sale, as the proceeds go to benefit many local non-profits. The church is very generous to allow SHA to hold our meetings in their Parish Hall each month, and so we want to encourage everyone to purchase some pumpkins and baked goods from them ...Continue Reading

I hope this finds everyone enjoying the last days of summer. As a reminder, Alexandria Public Schools are now in session, so let’s all be careful when we are driving to make sure our students stay safe on their way to and from school.  The first Friday Night football game of the Titans’ season will be at Alexandria City High School stadium this Friday night the 26th of August at 7:00 p.m. against Annandale. I apologize in advance for the length of this email, especially as it relates to Duke Street. I think it is ...Continue Reading