Monthly Archives: August 2010
$1.75 An Hour
If some of you don’t know, the City of Alexandria recently raised the parking meter from $1/hour to $1.75/hour. Ouch! As a business owner that hurts. Many of us have seen a decrease in our business because of the raise … Continue reading
Sidewalk Sale
Alexandria is hosting it’s very first Sidewalk Sale on Saturday, August 14th. How exciting! This is exciting for many reasons, first being that the City of Alexandria has worked in conjunction with the business community to make this possible. Thank … Continue reading
Technical Problems, Please Stand By …
UPDATE, 9/9: We’re back! Yes. We switched to a new host and all our security issues have been resolved. You can now shop redbarnmercantile.com with complete confidence. We’ve also made a few changes to our checkout pages to make the … Continue reading
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic
What does back-to-school mean to you? For me it means sending my youngest to Kindergarten and for Kathy, one of our fab staffers, it means sending her middle son off to his freshman year at JMU. What a range! What … Continue reading








