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Monthly Archives
August 2020
DCist: ‘Two Sides Of The Same Coin’: Addressing The Link Between Racism And Homelessness
India Frazier spent a weekend in early June watching hundreds of demonstrators in the District protest police brutality and systemic racism from outside her temporary housing complex near 14th Street.
DCist: D.C. Will Add 17 More Miles of ‘Slow Streets’ By September
The District is limiting automobile activity on more streets to make them more accommodating to recreation and pedestrians.
WTOP: Sports betting in DC seems to fall short when compared with other states
When sports betting was passed in D.C. in late 2018, the city optimistically forecast $92 million in new revenues over the next four years.
City Paper: D.C. United’s Neighbors Blast Team’s Plan to Host Fans at Audi Field
“I don’t see it as a benefit to the neighborhood at all. I see it wholeheartedly as a benefit to D.C. United.”
UrbanTurf: 836 Units to Gallaudet: Massive University Redevelopment Moves Forward
Four months ago (and a year after an appeal of the project was dismissed), the public got its first glimpse at the likely first phase of a Gallaudet University-JBG Smith development on six acres of the university's land. Now, the…
Press Release: Norton Congratulates Five D.C. Winners of Congressional Black Caucus Foundation…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
August 6, 2020
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today offered her congratulations to five District of Columbia residents…
Press Release: Bowser Administration Expands DC Slow Streets, with 22 Miles Installed by September 1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 6, 2020
Media Contacts:
Lauren Stephens
Mariam Nabizad
(Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced that by September 1,…
Washingtonian: DC Attorney General Is Suing the NRA Foundation
The lawsuit by Karl Racine alleges the NRA's charitable wing funneled money to the gun lobbying group.
WTOP: DC’s Thomas Circle Wawa opens
City-format Wawa stores are common in Philadelphia, and they’re becoming more common in D.C.
CBS News: DC Public Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee on COVID-19 impacts for in-person learning
The following is a transcript of an interview with DC Public Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee with "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan.
Press Release: DC Democratic Party Announces Plans for Virtual Convention
For Immediate Release | August 5, 2020
Contact: Claire Goldberg
WASHINGTON, DC — With the Democratic National Convention going remote this year, the DC Democratic Party has planned for both virtual and in-person events for our…
Press Release: Library Adds Autorenewal and Extends Quarantines for Checked Out Items
For Immediate Release
August 6, 2020
Media Contacts:
George Williams
Measures reduce required trips to Library and incorporate new research on COVID-19 and Library materials
(Washington, DC) - The DC Public Library is…
Press Release: AG Racine Sues NRA Foundation for Diverting Charitable Funds to Support Wasteful…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 6, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications
Foundation Allowed NRA to Raid Its Coffers Through Multi-Million-Dollar Loans and Unjustified Fees
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DCist: Study Points To Significant Racial Disparities In COVID-19 Among Children
A new study of children tested for COVID-19 in D.C. revealed significant racial and socioeconomic disparities, both in test positivity rates and known exposure to the virus. The study is published in the journal Pediatrics.
WTOP: $1M fund will award grants to DC-area arts and culture organizations
The Greater Washington Community Foundation has $1 million in grant money to award local arts and culture organizations struggling because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
City Paper: Tenants Aren’t Going to Stop Demanding Rent Cancellation
As evictions begin in neighboring jurisdictions, tenants insist payments plans won’t cut it.
Washingtonian: A Candid Conversation About the Future of Live Music
Three key figures in DC's concert industry talk about how they're holding up and what comes next.
City Paper: Why Is D.C. Considering Buying a School Property From a Mysterious, Unnamed Party?
Behind D.C.’s “once in a lifetime opportunity” to acquire Georgetown Day School’s former property.
City Paper: Inflection Point — The decades-long efforts to develop the former industrial…
For nearly 20 years, government agencies had been trying to redevelop Buzzard Point, but they always faced the same issue: Nobody with money seemed to know where it was.