We have made the decision today to cancel our March SHA meeting scheduled for tonight, Thursday, March 12th.  A number of board members contacted me today indicating they did not feel comfortable attending a meeting at this time, so I felt it would not be worthwhile to hold the meeting tonight.  We will reschedule our speaker, Rod Simmons, to a later date. I do apologize for the late notice about this cancellation, but things are developing so rapidly around the virus that decisions have to be made quickly.&n ...Continue Reading

There are several important issues coming up in the coming weeks and months, and I want to give you a few key meeting dates in case you want to attend. Our next monthly meeting of the SHA board will be Thursday, March 12th at 7:30 p.m. at Immanuel on the Hill Church at 3606 Seminary Road. Our guest speaker will be Rod Simmons, Natural Resources Manager for the Department of Recreation and Parks. He will speak on the natural resources in the Seminary Hill area and how best to protect them, including our tree canopy. A ...Continue Reading

I want to let you know that the city and ACPS have decided NOT to proceed any further with the option of affordable housing at the new MacArthur Elementary School.  The link to the memo sent out today from City Manager Mark Jinks and the Superintendent of Schools, Greg Hutchings is http://esbpublic.acps.k12.va.us/attachments/0b120bba-dee2-4629-ada2-b6bfd86392e8.pdf  It is important to note that the idea of colocation of adult housing on school sites will still be under active consideration for other new schoo ...Continue Reading

Happy New Year to all and I hope you had a nice holiday season. Seminary Hill Association (SHA) will have its monthly board meeting on _Thursday, January 9th_ at 7:30 p.m. at Immanuel Church on the Hill Parish Hall at 3606 Seminary Road. We won’t have an outside presentation at this meeting but will catch up on some ongoing issues and highlight some new issues coming before City Council in the coming months. Here are a few issues of immediate importance. If you are interested in the MacArthur School Rebuild Project, I ...Continue Reading

Seminary Hill Association will NOT hold a board meeting in December. So please do not plan to attend what would have been our meeting on Thursday, December 12th.  Our NEXT board meeting will be on January 9, 2020, at 7:30 p.m. at Immanuel Church on the Hill Parish Hall. Seminary Hill  Association held its Annual Meeting on November 14th. The officers and Area Representatives for the next year were elected by the membership. The list of our new officers and Area Representatives and At-Large Members will be po ...Continue Reading

Seminary Hill Association will hold its Annual Membership Meeting on Thursday, November 14th at 7:00 p.m. at Immanuel Church on the Hill Parish Hall at 3606 Seminary Road. Because the location of the meeting has changed from our usual space at the Virginia Theological Seminary, our signs from previous years do not contain the correct location information, so you will not see the signs placed around our neighborhoods as usual. So please pass the word along to any neighbors who do not subscribe to this email list. We hav ...Continue Reading

I have just received a call from our City Manager, Mark Jinks.  He informed us that the Pentagon is moving its mail sorting facility from a building currently in the Pentagon parking lot to a new facility at the BRAC building at Mark Center. Mr. Jinks stated that he indicated the city did not want this facility moved to Mark Center, but since the building is a federal facility, the City has no authority to change the decision or to say no. All mail sent to the Pentagon is screened for chemicals, explosives, and b ...Continue Reading

First, a quick reminder of the Seminary Hill Association Annual Meeting on Thursday, November 14th at 7:00 p.m. We will enjoy a social gathering and hear a presentation about the proposed changes to the bus routes in Alexandria.  Our meeting will begin with refreshments at 7:00 p.m., and the presentation on the bus routes will begin at 7:30 pm. Following that presentation, we will elect our board representatives for 2019-2020 and ratify our Bylaws, which are posted on our website (www.seminaryhillassn.org).   ...Continue Reading

Good afternoon. I want to bring a couple of matters to your attention so that you can have an opportunity to weigh in on them if you choose. First, the Alexandria Transit Vision Plan has just been released. This plan outlines the changes proposed to our city bus routes. You can read about the plan on this website: https://www.alexandriava.gov/tes/default.aspx?id=104193.  As the report states, “the ATV Plan is redrawing the city’s bus network to better serve current/future transit demand, and to better reflect com ...Continue Reading

The milling and repaving of Seminary Road have now begun. The first segment being repaved is from Library Lane to North Howard Street and will be a night paving operation this week between the hours of 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. The contractors are obviously working under a noise ordinance variance from the city in order to complete the work more quickly. Once weather conditions allow this segment to be completed, the City will begin resurfacing the 2nd segment of Seminary Road, from North Howard to North Quaker Lane. This work ...Continue Reading