Curbed: Should Rock Creek Park have ‘National’ in its name?
New legislation by D.C.’s congressional delegate would make the addition
Yearly Archives
2019
Washington Business Journal: Proposed Mount Vernon Square development to replace vacant apartments
Mid-City Financial Corp. has filed plans to replace the Washington Apartments at 1200 Fifth St. NW, a block-long property it has owned since the late 1960s, with a mid-rise, 363-unit, dual-court apartment complex.
Bisnow: Lowe Buys Randall School Site, Plans To Begin 500-Unit Redevelopment Next Year
The long-planned redevelopment of a historic Southwest D.C. school is set to move forward next year.
Washington Post: Metro reverses its decision to ban advertisements for art exhibition on the migrant…
Washington’s transit agency has reversed its decision to reject the advertising campaign for the Phillips Collection’s ambitious summer exhibition, “The Warmth of Other Suns: Stories of Global Displacement.”
Press Release: Norton Introduces Bill to Rename Rock Creek Park ‘Rock Creek National Park’
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
August 6, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to rename Rock Creek Park “Rock Creek National Park,” which…
Press Release: DC Public Library Seeks Food Operations/Workforce Development Partner for Martin…
News Release — DC Public Library
August 6, 2019
Media Contact: George Williams, Media Relations Manager
Library issues request for proposals for café service and rooftop catering
(Washington, D.C.) - Over the last decade, the…
District Links: Events DC will have $123M more than required in reserves, auditor says; victims of…
Happy Tuesday. Victims of violence and abuse will be able to keep their DC addresses out of public records, under a new program to launch soon.
Press Release: AG Racine Recovers $10K+ In Unpaid Wages For District Food Service Workers
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
August 6, 2019
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
Turning Natural, Inc. to Pay Back Wages to 22 Employees in Settlement Over Minimum…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces First Affordable Housing Projects Supported by Oramenta…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Housing and Community Development
August 6, 2019
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
Richard Livingstone (DHCD)
Loan Program Named for Housing Advocate…
Washingtonian: Wolfgang Puck Brings LA Steakhouse Cut to Georgetown
Look for an old fashioned-slinging bar cart and a $215 porterhouse.
Washington Post: Moving just one Metro stop away can mean big savings on rent, analysis finds
Proximity to a Metro station is an important factor in where many renters choose to live in the Washington region.
WTOP: ‘More paving than ever before’ — DC addresses record potholes
After record rains and pesky potholes, the District hopes significant repaving efforts this summer will help turn things around on the roads.
Washington Post: D.C. firefighters help woman deliver a baby girl in Capitol Hill firehouse
The woman was on the bus Monday on Capitol Hill and suddenly realized that she would have to get off. She was pregnant and, according to a D.C. fire department spokesman, she recognized that she was about to deliver.
ABC7: ‘My best day on the job’: D.C. firefighters help deliver a baby girl inside the…
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — D.C. firefighters helped deliver a baby girl inside of a Southeast D.C. fire station on Monday afternoon.
Washington Post: Victims of violence, abuse will soon have help keeping their addresses private in…
For nearly a decade after Jessica Tunon broke up with her boyfriend, the messages kept arriving.
Washington Post: In 1969, Gonzaga students tweaked their rivals with the mother of all pranks
A few weeks ago, the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing was celebrated in a unique way: Images of Apollo 11 were projected onto the Washington Monument. By all accounts, it was pretty cool. But it wasn’t the first time a stirring…
DCist: An Employee Says She Was Fired From Open City After Commenting On A Customer’s Trump Pin
In late July, an employee at a Northwest D.C. coffee shop made a comment about a customer’s Trump 2020 pin. Three days later, following the customer’s complaint and scrutiny directed towards the restaurant, the employee was fired, though…
Washington Business Journal: Events D.C. earns clean bill of financial health after budget battle
Two months after a fierce budget battle over the financial health of Events D.C., the District’s independent auditor says the agency is on sound fiscal footing — with one exception.
Washington Business Journal: Rosewood reopens with Wolfgang Puck restaurant, plans for townhouse…
The Rosewood hotel in Georgetown closed for more than nine months to gut the ground floor and start from scratch. We’re finally getting a look inside.
Helisa Cruz: On gun violence in DC, where are our elected officials when we need them?
On July 19, Ahkii Washington-Scruggs, a 17-year-old high school football player about to enter his senior year at Dunbar High School, was found shot and killed alongside his father in their apartment in Northeast DC. Their deaths were two…