Now that spring has officially arrived, I hope all of you are able to get outside more and enjoy the warmer weather instead of sitting in front of our computer screens watching webinars!  These webinars do go on at a relentless pace, so the purpose of this email is to provide you with some upcoming virtual meetings that you might want to attend. As you will note, some of these meetings conflict with one another, so there are choices to be made! The first of those meetings takes place tonight in connection with th ...Continue Reading

I am touching base with you again ahead of a busy week of meetings. I just want to remind you of some of them in case you can tune in. So here we go with some of the highlights. Monday, March 8– ACPS Community Virtual Open House The High School Project team is hosting a virtual community open house on March 8, 2021, to kick-off the design process for the new Minnie Howard building. From 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Staff from ACPS and the City of Alexandria will be on hand to answer questions submitted during the webinar ...Continue Reading

There are several items I would like to bring to your attention today. One of them is very time sensitive, and I apologize for being late with the notice regarding this first meeting. Tonight, Thursday the 25th, the Environmental Council of Alexandria is putting on a Zoom webinar from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. regarding the Taylor Run Stream Restoration project. There will be a panel of experts who have been studying the Taylor Run project for more than a year, and they will offer alternatives to restore Taylor Run, protect th ...Continue Reading

Happy Super Bowl weekend to all! I want to provide a couple of updates and reminders of upcoming meetings of interest to Seminary Hill residents. Our monthly SHA meeting will be Thursday, February 11th at 7:00 on Zoom. Here is the link to sign on to the meeting: Topic: Seminary Hill Zoom Meeting Time: Feb 11, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82149158217?pwd=cjlGQjJPK3ZuZ0RBYlRDQmxLU0QvQT09 Meeting ID: 821 4915 8217 Passcode: 293031 One tap mobile +130171585 ...Continue Reading

I have just a couple of things I want to mention today.  The meeting regarding the High School Project that was scheduled for tonight has been changed to now take place on Monday, January 25th. Here is the information about the purpose and log in information for the meeting: CHANGE IN MEETING DATE: Community Virtual Open House Jan. 25 The High School Project team is hosting a virtual open house on January 25, 2021 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. This meeting is an opportunity to get insights into the team's initial sug ...Continue Reading

My apologies to all who have received my email earlier tonight.  For some reason, it has a huge gap in the middle of it that would seem like the email ended there.  Please scroll down much further to read the rest of this earlier email.  I am working with our webmaster to see why this very strange error occurred.  I am very sorry for this formatting error that did not show up at all on the version I typed and previewed to send. Not a good start for 2021!!  Carter Flemming ...Continue Reading

Happy New Year from the Seminary Hill Association, Inc. I hope you had a safe and happy holiday season despite the challenges that the pandemic is creating for all of us. While we might assume that things would slow down a bit over the holidays in our city, that is certainly not the case. I want to alert you to several important meetings that are coming up in the immediate future. As I am sure you heard, just 3 days before Christmas, the City and Inova Alexandria Hospital announced a deal in partnership with developme ...Continue Reading

As you may have seen in the media, or on our website and Facebook page, yesterday Inova Alexandria Hospital announced its plans to move from their current Seminary Road location to the Landmark Mall site. This obviously will have an impact on our Seminary Hill community once the hospital moves from its current location.  This is not expected to happen until 2027 at the earliest, but planning efforts will begin in the next year. This news regarding the move of Inova Alexandria Hospital to Landmark marks the end of ...Continue Reading

I hope all of you had a safe Thanksgiving holiday. It certainly was not the traditional holiday we all enjoy, but it is important that we try to keep ourselves and our community as safe as we can during this pandemic. SHA will hold its December board meeting virtually on *Thursday, December 10th at 7:00 p.m.* The link to the Zoom meeting will be posted at the bottom of this message. I encourage you to tune in and engage in our discussion of issues of concern. We will have a speaker from ACPS to discuss the High School ...Continue Reading

I hope everyone has been enjoying the beautiful fall weather we have experienced in the last few weeks. I know we are all savoring the ability to be outside for as long as we can before cold weather closes in. I hope families will be able to enjoy a modified Halloween celebration for the children who are missing so much during this pandemic. I can only imagine how difficult it is for families with children not able to be in school. Let's hope that it will be safe to open our schools in early 2021. There are a couple o ...Continue Reading