WTOP: National Cherry Blossom Festival wraps up this weekend with an all-day party
Sure, maybe the pink blossoming cherry trees around the D.C. area have turned to green, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still celebrate them.
Yearly Archives
2022
UrbanTurf: A New 10-Story Mixed-Use Project at Howard University Could Have a Huge Public Amenity
A proposed development at Howard University has a striking early design and a sizable public amenity.
WTOP: Reservations open for organized sports on National Mall
Reservations opened Friday for the 12 mixed-use fields and 12 dedicated softball fields on the National Mall in D.C.
DCist: Here’s What To Expect As D.C. Celebrates Emancipation Day This Weekend
This Saturday marks the 160th anniversary of Emancipation Day. To celebrate the day in which 3,100 people were freed from enslavement in the District, the Mayor’s office will be hosting the Emancipation Day Parade on April 16th for the…
Gina Merritt in Washington Business Journal: Public funding is crucial for quality affordable…
Last month, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced her request for an unprecedented $500 million of funding for the Housing Production Trust Fund, D.C.’s main affordable housing financing vehicle, in her proposed fiscal 2023 budget, doubling…
Street Sense: Mayoral candidates discuss homelessness at Miriam’s Kitchen forum
Mayoral candidates gathered on April 5 for a virtual forum hosted by local nonprofit Miriam’s Kitchen to discuss homelessness in the District.
Street Sense: People living in Columbus Circle react to Park Service plans to close their encampment
Todd, 56, has lived on the Columbus Circle encampment site in front of Union Station since December.
Street Sense: What role should police have in protecting people living in encampments?
Sharron Brown, a 61-year-old unsheltered resident of Virginia and 25th street encampment, has had to call police on multiple occasions to break up fights or ward off intruders near her tent.
Salah Czapary in The Post: No one asked for fewer D.C. police doing more work
In June 2020, the D.C. Council voted to reduce the police budget by $15 million, which limited the hiring of new D.C. police officers. The council promised that those funds would then be reallocated to alternative, non-police responses.…
District Links: DC marks 160th Emancipation Day; Amtrak seeks Union Station control; Politico…
Festivities tomorrow in honor of the 160th anniversary of DC Emancipation Day will include a parade along Pennsylvania Avenue as well as a food truck festival, concert and fireworks.
jonetta rose barras: A former police officer, an advisory neighborhood commissioner and an incumbent…
Salah Czapary is telling a story about the time when he, as a member of the DC Metropolitan Police Department, responded to a 911 call at a nail salon where a customer was engaged in a dispute. “The lady was upset that they didn't offer a…
Axios: Power surge causes costly damages in Petworth homes
At least two dozen residents in Petworth had their air conditioning units, appliances, or light fixtures blown out after a Pepco electric project sparked a power surge on Wednesday morning.
Axios: D.C. celebrates Emancipation Day
D.C. tomorrow celebrates Emancipation Day, the 160th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln signing a bill ending slavery and freeing over 3,100 enslaved people in the nation's capital.
City Paper: Trayon White Could Fall Short of Earning Public Funding in His Mayoral Campaign
Losing out on matching funds could be a major problem for White as he seeks to keep pace with his rivals.
Washington Post: Covid cases in D.C. region quietly rise again, fueled by BA.2
In a pattern that has been repeated for more than two years, coronavirus cases are rising again in the D.C. region and nationwide, after a brief respite with some of the lowest rates of virus circulation of the pandemic.
Washington Post: Amtrak moves to seize control of Union Station
The railroad said the move is necessary to upgrade the nation’s second-busiest train hub
WTOP: COVID cases in DC tip over into ‘medium’ levels
Amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases that includes the mayor and other political VIPs, the number of new coronavirus cases in D.C. tipped over the line into “medium” territory this week for the first time since late January, according to…
DCist: This Summer’s First Open Streets Festival Will Kick Off In Anacostia In May
Open Streets festivals are back in 2022, kicking off with a smaller event in Anacostia in May and a longer stretch of road closing in Shaw in June.
DCist: Jack Evans’ Lawyer Says Feds Will Not Take Action Against Former D.C. Councilmember
A federal investigation into Jack Evans, a former member of the D.C. Council, has ended without any criminal charges, according to an attorney for Evans.
Washington Business Journal: Who might ‘she’ be? Retiring Howard University president…
Howard University President Wayne Frederick, fresh off the announcement of his eventual retirement, said during his state of the university address Thursday that his successor will take the school's financial goals to the next level when…