DCist: A Huge New Ida B. Wells Portrait In Union Station Will Honor The 19th Amendment
A 1000-square-foot art installation depicting suffragist and civil rights advocate Ida B. Wells will go on display in D.C.’s Union Station on Aug. 24.
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August 2020
UrbanTurf: The Over 4,500 Units Slated for Southwest DC
Construction has slowed a bit for new developments in Southwest DC outside of the Wharf, but the residential pipeline remains active. The neighborhood is awaiting completion of the Waterfront Station development, which has been nearly two…
DCist: D.C. And Feds Come To Terms On Old Soldiers’ Home Redevelopment
D.C. and federal officials have come to an agreement on how parts of the redevelopment of an 80-acre portion of the Armed Forces Retirement Home campus in Northwest D.C. should proceed.
WTOP: DC voter app no longer available because of technical problems
The Vote4DC app, which lets D.C. residents register to vote online, is no longer available because of technical problems.
City Paper: Despite COVID-19 Case Increases in Phase 2, Mayor Declines to Scale Back Any Activities
The health department says the data does not support calls to suspend indoor dining. So what does that data suggest D.C. do to reverse the trend?
Washington Post: Freshmen waited for their schools to share reopening plans. Then things got…
They’d be in remote classes for only about two weeks. Soon, they’d be back to cheer on friends playing spring sports, plan graduation parties and shop for prom dresses.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Highlights DC Access Mobile App for Residents to Apply and Recertify for…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Human Services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
August 19, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Dora Taylor-Lowe (DHS)
Residents Who Need to Recertify Benefits Can…
Washingtonian: A Massive Ida B. Wells Mosaic Is Coming to Union Station
The art installation of the suffragist and anti-lynching activist will be on display for a week.
DCist: Golden Lion Tamarin Izzy Dies Giving Birth At The National Zoo
Izzy, the Smithsonian National Zoo’s seven-year-old golden lion tamarin, died giving birth to her two offspring earlier this month.
UrbanTurf: Raze Permits Filed for Park Morton for 2021 Groundbreaking
Between an appeal from neighbors and fears of displacement from residents, it has been a long road for the redevelopment of the Park Morton public housing community. Now, the DC Housing Authority (DCHA) is filing raze permits to prepare…
WTOP: Black Lives Matter criticizes DC Mayor Bowser’s DNC remarks
The D.C. chapter of Black Lives Matter is criticizing Mayor Muriel Bowser after her remarks during the Democratic National Convention.
Washington Post: Howard Croft, longtime D.C. activist and social justice crusader, dies of covid-19
He helped Black Mississippi voters register to vote in the 1960s, crusaded against apartheid South Africa in the 1980s and championed same-sex marriage equality before it became the law of the land.
Press Release: Catholic Charities DC to Distribute Food to Hundreds of Families at RFK Stadium on…
News Release — Catholic Charities DC
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 19, 2020
Media Contact: Alexandra Schauffler
WASHINGTON — On Friday, Aug. 21, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington will distribute 500…
Press Release: Memorandum of Understanding Signed for Armed Forces Retirement Home Redevelopment
News Release — National Capital Planning Commission, DC Office of Planning and Armed Forces Retirement Home
For Immediate Release
August 19, 2020
Contact: Stephen Staudigl, National Capital Planning Commission
Mekdy Alemayehu,…
Press Release: Statement from Mayor Bowser on the 100th Anniversary of the Ratification of the 19th…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
August 18, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser issued the following statement on the…
Associated Press: March on Washington reconfigured to comply with virus rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid widespread protests and unrest over the police killings of Black Americans, a national commemoration of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington is being reconfigured to comply with coronavirus protocols in the…
Washington Post: Police took man’s bag at Black Lives Matter Plaza, leaving him homeless, lawsuit…
A D.C. man has filed a federal lawsuit against Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) and other city officials, saying he became homeless in June after his belongings were seized by authorities trying to clear Black Lives Matter Plaza of protesters.
City Paper: Do D.C.’s Slow Streets Benefit Everyone?
The initiative that limits vehicle traffic and lowers speed limits is getting mixed reviews.
DCist: After Mishaps With App, Online Voter Registration Is No Longer Available In D.C.
When Broadway Jackson III moved to Columbia Heights in July, he knew he’d have to update his voter registration ahead of November’s election. And there was a relatively simple way to do just that: D.C.’s official Vote4DC app, where anyone…
DCist: How Girls In Wards 7 And 8 Are Playing During A Pandemic
D.C.’s pandemic-related restrictions mean that this summer looks different than in years past: Gatherings are limited to 50 people or less. Spray parks and pools run by the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation are closed. Children older…