City Paper: Winterization Grantees Want Greater Spending Flexibility
They'll get some help, the Mayor's Office on Nightlife and Culture announced this morning.
Yearly Archives
2020
WTOP: The alcohol-infused fight over sports betting in DC’s Capitol Hill area
A proposed sportsbook that a Virginia businessman wants to open on Pennsylvania Avenue in Southeast D.C. is getting pushback from people in the neighborhood who say it doesn’t belong there.
DCist: This Group Of Native Washingtonians Is (Temporarily) Bringing ‘Express’ Back
Growing up in D.C., Nayion Perkins says he used to pick up a copy of Express, the Washington Post’s free daily commuter paper, on his way to school. He got to know the folks handing them out, and turned to the publication “for information…
UrbanTurf: First Phase of 740-Unit Development Breaks Ground at Northwest One
A year after plans were shared for the 3.5-acre “Northwest One” parcel in DC, the project is moving forward.
DCist: Two D.C. Officials Participated In Local COVID-19 Vaccine Trials. Here’s What It Was Like
When Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Wayne Turnage saw an ad on television about participating in the drugmaker Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine trials at George Washington University, he immediately went online to sign up.
Washington Business Journal: This renovated D.C. office building will feature an old-school…
Commercial real estate owners are increasingly looking to harness touch-free technology for their office tenants to help slow the spread of Covid-19, and Marx Realty is no exception.
Press Release: Bowser Administration Selects Development Team for Parcel 13 on St. Elizabeths Campus
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 20, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Shayne Wells (DMPED)
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The DC Lineup for this weekend: food drives, free entertainment and holiday festivities
This week’s DC Lineup includes a number of area food drives to support the community during a particularly challenging holiday season for many amid the ongoing pandemic. Holiday and leisure activities are also on the docket.
The weather…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces Equitable Development Opportunity for Hill East Phase II…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 20, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Shayne Wells (DMPED)
Request For…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Encourages District Residents to Help Keep Neighbors Experiencing…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Human Services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 20, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Dora Taylor-Lowe (DHS)
Lauren Kinard (DHS)
(WASHINGTON,…
DCist: Remembering D.C.’s Happy Stan And His Philosophy Of Optimism
Stanley Bell brightened his Southeast D.C. neighborhood with his infectious smile and colorful denim outfit, beaded from head to toe. Everyone knew him at Happy Stan. I spotted him in 2017 as I was driving on Pennsylvania Avenue in…
Washington Post: D.C. Council weighs making it easier for e-scooter riders to collect damages after…
Scooter and e-bike riders in the District could soon have a greater chance of collecting damages when they are involved in collisions with vehicles.
Washingtonian: If You Love (or Loathe) DC’s Brutalist Architecture, Don’t Miss This Amazing Book
The Atlas of Brutalist Architecture features Washington buildings—and striking structures from around the globe.
Lisa K. Fitzpatrick in The Post: My Southeast D.C. Zip code shouldn’t be my health destiny
In the United States today, where you live often determines how long you live. Our Zip codes are more reliable predictors of our health outcomes than our genetic codes.
Washington Post: D.C.’s coronavirus numbers are rising. Here’s what you need to know.
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Washington Post readers have been asking our journalists questions about the virus and the local, state, federal and global responses to it. We’ve received well over 10,000 questions, and we’ve…
Washington Post: In D.C., a resident tracks the flying machines hovering above on the city’s…
D.C. resident Andrew Logan calls his neighborhood the city’s “helicopter highway.” Some evenings, whirlybirds of unknown origin seem to descend en masse.
WTOP: DC could build 3 new libraries by 2030 under $175 million improvement proposal
The D.C. Public Library released a $175 million improvement plan Thursday designed to extend library access to more residents across the city by the end of the current decade.
Washington Post: A restaurant that fed the homeless said it might have to close. Donations poured…
The streets around Kazi Mannan’s downtown Washington restaurant were deserted after D.C.'s workforce began to hunker down at home. On the days he was open, no one came in.
Washington Post Magazine: This D.C. press helps diverse young writers express themselves ‘from a…
Since the killing of George Floyd, Sasa Aakil’s bedroom has looked more like an art studio than somewhere to sleep. The 17-year-old transformed her small room in Silver Spring, Md., into a makeshift art space, with the materials for her…
District Links: Smithsonian closing museums, zoo as COVID cases rise; 911 recording shows…
Happy Thursday. It's beginning to look a lot like March. The beginning of the pandemic era was on the minds of many as DC and the nation once again see new shutdowns due to skyrocketing coronavirus cases.