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Washington Business Journal: Here’s what Events D.C. is contributing to D.C.’s Overwatch esports team

Nov 26, 2018 51

When serial entrepreneur Mark Ein said he was launching an esports team to join the Overwatch League, we were told Events D.C., the city’s conventions and sports authority, was coming on as an “anchor…

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Washington Business Journal: Fannie Mae has left the building. Its Wegmans-anchored replacement: City Ridge.

Nov 26, 2018 28

The former Fannie Mae headquarters will be renamed City Ridge as it undergoes a transformation into a mixed-use urban village, anchored by Wegmans’ first D.C. store.

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Bisnow: 9 Developments That Could Bring Thousands Of Housing Units To The D.C. Region

Nov 26, 2018 31

Multifamily construction has continued at a rapid pace in recent years as the D.C. region looks to house its growing population. With Amazon now planning to create 25,000 new jobs over the next…

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Arne Duncan in The Post: D.C.’s education system needs an independent mirror

Nov 26, 2018 30

Rigorous research on public education systems can be revelatory: Knowledge that researchers generate through their study of school data can change education practices, policies and schools. But to do…

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DCist: Actually, There’s Still One More Election In D.C. This Year

Nov 26, 2018 124

The votes have been counted, the election certified, the incumbents returning to their seats. So what’s going on in Ward 4?

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DCist: How Do Lanes Of Traffic Get Reversed On Weekdays?

Nov 26, 2018 45

Four times a day, each and every weekday, a choreographed dance of the streets happens across the District. A number of lanes of traffic, and in some cases entire roadways, change direction for the…

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Washington Business Journal: Charging drivers for entering busy areas in D.C.? It’s part of the Greater Washington…

Nov 26, 2018 32

The Greater Washington Partnership — a group of high-profile CEOs representing the Baltimore-Washington-Richmond corridor — is out with its long-bandied report on how to pull the three cities together…

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Washington Post: Region’s CEOs propose ambitious, costly plan to reduce traffic from Baltimore to Richmond

Nov 26, 2018 65

An alliance of the region’s top chief executives is urging ambitious, costly steps to improve commuter rail, bus networks and other transportation systems to reduce chronic traffic congestion and bind…

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WAMU: The Anacostia River Inspired This Singer To Write An Entire Album

Nov 26, 2018 40

The Anacostia River used to be a dumping ground for Washington’s trash, sewage and industrial waste. Now there’s a massive cleanup effort, and the city has declared 2018 “the year of the Anacostia.”…

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Washington Post: How much was a vote worth in the D.C. State Board of Education races?

Nov 25, 2018 27

How much was a single vote worth in this month’s D.C. State Board of Education elections? Maybe $3? $5? Even $8?

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Washington Post: A lot of cities want roboshuttles, including D.C. But will they work?

Nov 25, 2018 40

From the Mall to Lincoln, Neb., planners across the United States are pushing slow-rolling roboshuttles as a way to dip their toes into greater automation.

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WTOP: Track work guide: Yellow Line shutdown from Nov. 26 to Dec. 9

Nov 25, 2018 35

WASHINGTON — Metro’s Yellow Line falls off the map for two weeks starting the Monday after Thanksgiving (Nov. 26) as the transit agency shuts down the bridge over the Potomac River for repairs.

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Washington Post: A Little Free Library honored Michelle Obama. Vandals tagged it ‘Trump’s’.

Nov 25, 2018 35

The Little Free Library went up a week after the inauguration, its wooden walls painted to evoke the White House eight blocks away. But if the book box coincided with President Trump taking office,…

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Washington Post: Homeless people are synthetic drugs’ latest victims. This activist has had enough.

Nov 24, 2018 33

Robin McKinney wasn’t wearing the right shirt. She also didn’t have all of her supplies. But the night was warm for mid-November, and that had gotten her worried. So she went anyway, pulling up to a…

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John Kelly in The Post: Who remembers the wild 1969 D.C. school board race? Tommy Curtis does.

Nov 24, 2018 52

It wasn’t quite Bush v. Gore and the Case of the Hanging Chad, but as Tommy Curtis reminded Answer Man recently, the District once had its own drawn-out, contested election. It was not dissimilar to…

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Washington Post: Are streetcars paving the way for urban development? A study says maybe.

Nov 24, 2018 24

There is a cautionary tale for the expansion of the District’s streetcar system in a recent think-tank report: Don’t expect that streetcars alone will bring renewed prosperity to the neighborhoods…

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Afro-American: The Urban Institute Finds Serious Inequities in the District

Nov 24, 2018 29

Housing and poverty gaps in the District of Columbia remain imperative topics discussed by local Black residents as little seems to be done policy-wise about the issues. This past Wednesday the Urban…

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Afro-American: DCPS Students Throw Down

Nov 24, 2018 17

Taahir Kelly may be a track star at Roosevelt High School, but nothing makes his face light up more than when he’s talking about all the cooking he’s done at the school through his culinary arts…

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Theresa Vargas in The Post: ‘May the mambo sauce always flow!’ said D.C.’s mayor before she dissed it

Nov 24, 2018 51

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s decision to express annoyance about a condiment beloved by many in the nation’s capital on a week when people were planning their holiday spreads was perplexing for many…

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Washington Post: Does a religious community need its own building to flourish?

Nov 24, 2018 35

For decades, changes in American religious behavior and the District’s demographics spurred a slow emptying of city houses of worship. And in recent years, many have shuttered, largely because of…

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District Links: Bowser hails senior units built as Ward 3’s first Housing Production Trust Fund project; streetcar…

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Mayor Muriel Bowser and Ward 3 Councilmember Matt Frumin today celebrated the opening of an affordable housing building for seniors that marks the first Housing Production Trust Fund project west of…

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Barnard, Friendship Chamberlain and Whittier elementary schools are among 16 schools newly recognized for achieving strong academic growth among students from historically underserved backgrounds.

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Mayor Muriel Bowser joined business leaders on Monday morning for a preview event to highlight expansion plans for the DowntownDC Holiday Market in its 21st season.

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