Curbed: D.C. is set to update its official roadmap for development today. Here’s why that matters.
Changes to the city’s Comprehensive Plan will have far-reaching implications
Yearly Archives
2019
Washington Post: Rabid bat found in Adams Morgan, D.C. health department says
A rabid bat was found last week in the Adams Morgan section of Northwest Washington, the D.C. health department said.
WTOP: Proposed DC tax on sugary drinks stirs up support and skepticism
Soda aficionados, beware: If a new bill passes, D.C.’s sugary drinks would become some of the most expensive in the country.
WTOP: Metro will run late for future DC playoff games
Metro has a plan to avoid being booed on national television: Keep trains running for fans at playoff games without playing chicken with the teams over who should pay for it.
Washington Post: The District may approve one of the nation’s highest taxes on sugary drinks
A majority of the D.C. Council wants to impose one of the highest taxes on sugary drinks in the nation, driving up the cost of a soda in the capital city.
Petula Dvorak: D.C. is awash in illegal guns. How do you think they get there?
So far this bloody year, about 450 people have been hit by gunfire in the nation’s capital.
City Paper: D.C. Council Keeps Tenant Protections in Comp Plan Despite Lobbying Efforts From Housing…
The D.C. Housing Authority and the D.C. Building Industry Association tried to water down tenant protections around affordable housing in the District’s Comprehensive Plan, a 20-year roadmap that guides development. But so far, they…
Washington Post: In Washington, Omarosa is called as a witness . . . to judge the cuteness of dogs
It was a sea of four-legged furballs in the Shiloh Baptist Church parking lot late Saturday morning. The 2019 Best in Shaw Dog Show had attracted community leaders, congregation members, dog owners from across the city and . . . former…
Press Release: Norton Announces Her Participation in Impeachment Inquiry Interviews
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
October 7, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Using her senior position on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, one of the three committees primarily responsible for the…
WTOP: DC sex abuse victims are encouraged to file civil suits
Survivors of sexual abuse in D.C. still may be able to take their attackers to court, even if a statute of limitations applies.
Curbed: Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum to reopen this Sunday
On display: “A Right to the City,” an exhibit about D.C.’s recent transformation
Press Release: Metro releases preliminary findings into low-speed train collision
News Release — Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
For immediate release: October 7, 2019
The investigation into the cause of a low-speed train collision outside Farragut West is ongoing, including analysis of railcar data…
Washington Business Journal: Freedom Forum finds a temporary home as it plans to leave the Newseum
The Freedom Forum Inc. has picked America's Square to serve as its interim home as it prepares to move out of the Newseum a short distance away.
DCist: Ten Facts You May Not Know About Friendship Heights
While you may think of Friendship Heights as the area around a long stretch of Wisconsin Avenue, there are actually two separate geographic entities—a special tax district called the Village of Friendship Heights (located in Montgomery…
UrbanTurf: A New Look for Proposed Ford’s Theatre Expansion
Last year, UrbanTurf reported on plans by the Ford's Theatre Society to expand and renovate a pair of buildings across the street from the historic theater. Now, the society is seeking zoning relief for the project.
Washington Post: Shaw neighborhood in Northwest Washington on edge after shootings
The shootings of three people in recent days in the Shaw neighborhood, the latest a teenage girl wounded while tying her shoe outside a grocery store, have unnerved residents and prompted police to investigate whether the incidents are…
Washington Post: A rogue lightning bolt struck D.C. in August. Scientists have now mapped it in 3-D.
Everyone in the Lincoln Memorial thought the August summer storm was over. Tourists, who had earlier rushed up the memorial’s steps to take cover from the approaching storm, were exiting back to the Mall to resume their evening activities.…
City Paper: Majority of D.C. Council Supports New Legislation Creating Excise Tax on Soda and Sugary…
A similar measure failed back in 2010, but proponents of the legislation say grassroots organizing is stronger this time around.
District Links: DC Council committee to review Evans investigation debuts tomorrow; lobbying effort…
Happy Monday. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson says that tomorrow he'll announce the ad hoc committee to review the law firm’s investigation into Council member Jack Evans …
UrbanTurf: Coffeehouse? Art Gallery? What the Future Could Hold For a Walter Reed Firehouse
While construction continues on the redevelopment of the 66-acre Walter Reed campus, the development team is looking to activate one of the site's historic buildings.