Alicia Cabrera, owner of La Feria Bakery in Arlandria, was profiled in Tuesday on The Washington Post website in an article titled “At home in Chirilagua.”
Alexandria Mayor Bill Euille charged the new Arlandria-Chirilagua Business Association with advocating positive change in the neighborhood for decades to come at the group’s kickoff event Thursday evening at the Four Mile Run Park Community Building.
Members of the Arlandria-Chirilagua Business Association expressed concerns that the proposed redevelopment of the Mount Vernon Village Center would spur gentrification in the neighborhood during a meeting with project developers at Cora Kelly Recreation Center.