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With council vote delayed, Fort Dupont Ice Arena renovation veers back to solid footing

Lilah Burke Feb 5, 2019 1,029

Nearly 45 children crowd the ice on a typical Saturday morning at Fort Dupont Ice Arena on Ely Place SE in Ward 7. Groups of kids divide between coaches at different ends of the rink and perform drills in their almost overlapping groups. …

District government

Council’s first-month introductions seek action on issues from poverty to taxpayer advocacy

Kalina Newman Feb 5, 2019 422

From re-examining funding streams for at-risk students to limiting the spread of bedbug infestations, DC Council members are seeking to tackle an array of issues with their initial legislative introductions of the council’s 23rd session. …

District Links: Ted Leonsis joins effort to keep funding for Ward 7 ice rink; former manager of Park Southern Apartments indicted; and more reads

Cuneyt Dil Feb 4, 2019 34

Happy Monday. Opposition to the mayor moving $21M in funds for Ward 7's Fort Dupont Ice Arena escalated to include Ted Leonsis over the weekend. Muriel Bowser wants to move the money this year to fix HVAC systems for schools. (She defended…

Schools

‘Week of Action’ returns to DC to share Black Lives Matter principles in local schools

Naomi Harris Feb 4, 2019 736

Dozens of early childhood teachers from around DC were gathered in a hotel conference room on an early Saturday morning to tackle a challenging and sensitive topic: how to talk about race with young students. It was one of two training…

District government

Amid recent violence, District puts an additional $6 million toward violence prevention and jobs training program

Cuneyt Dil Feb 1, 2019 691

District leaders doubled down this week on the idea of a two-pronged approach to stemming the tide of violence across the city: Target illegal guns and expand social services. Amid a spike in murders, Mayor Muriel Bowser and Attorney…

District Links: Second-term Bowser says she’ll ‘disrupt’ status quo to say ‘what’s best for the city’; 2018 financial audit released; and more reads

Cuneyt Dil Feb 1, 2019 32

TGIF and happy February. This week has shown a Muriel Bowser who is relishing the political power of a second term. She typically avoided large confrontations in her first four years — with a few exceptions, like the construction of family…

District Links: First council hearing held on chancellor nominee Lewis Ferebee; Ward 8 business speaks out after losing contract; and more reads

Cuneyt Dil Jan 31, 2019 33

Happy Thursday. The first of three planned hearings on the confirmation of schools chancellor nominee Lewis Ferebee took place last night.

District government

DC shifts to 311 for non-emergency police calls, capping a contentious history of policy changes

Jake Maher Jan 31, 2019 5,114

For many, calling 911 is an instinctual response anytime they need assistance or intervention from the police. But now, DC residents who need non-emergency police support are being told to call 311, per a recent policy change from the DC…

District Links: Amid homicide spike, DC to increase public health strategies and expand police force; Bowser pushes for late-night Metro; and more

Cuneyt Dil Jan 30, 2019 40

Happy Wednesday. Muriel Bowser said yesterday the District would double down on its public health and policing strategies to stem a tide of killings this year.

Natural Environment

Volunteers clean up flood debris at Fletcher’s Cove after historic rainfall

Sophie Austin Jan 30, 2019 911

Despite below-freezing temperatures, a group of more than 60 volunteers gathered Saturday morning at Fletcher’s Cove along the Potomac River for a daunting task: clearing out trash and fallen trees left behind from severe flooding. Local…

News

#SaveShawMS gains traction as community movement

Emma Whitford Jan 30, 2019 621

Community support is gathering behind Save Shaw Middle School, a group advocating for DC to fulfill its previous commitments to create a new neighborhood middle school at 925 Rhode Island Ave. NW. The group’s Change.org petition…

District Links: District’s response to overdoses criticized; Bowser seeks reimbursement for local funds spent on fed programs over shutdown; and more

Cuneyt Dil Jan 29, 2019 58

Good Tuesday morning. Muriel Bowser will offer her administration’s “plan to reduce violent crime in the District” this morning at a mayor-council breakfast. The mayor will also give an update on the partial federal shutdown’s impact on…

Built Environment

Mendelson renews push to split up DCRA amid criticism over slow action on demolition at Franklin School

Cuneyt Dil Jan 29, 2019 1,576

Critics of the District’s building code enforcement pointed earlier this month to unauthorized demolition at a museum project downtown as evidence of a need for change. Last Tuesday, in an effort to improve the performance of the…

District Links: Jack Evans wants vote on contract to operate sports betting next week; new effort to impose term limits on DC officials; and more

Cuneyt Dil Jan 28, 2019 48

Happy Monday. Two important meetings are happening today at the Wilson Building. One is a hearing on sports betting on mobile apps, and another is a hearing on the District’s inefficient response to the opioid epidemic.

District Links: With shutdown set to end, DC in ‘effective recession’ due to its effects; lawsuit filed in death of charter school student; and more

Cuneyt Dil Jan 25, 2019 42

TGIF! Despite welcome news on a seeming end to the partial government shutdown, it's unclear how that affects the dire economic impact suffered by DC over the past month, as outlined this morning at a DC Council working group meeting.

District Links: Many contractors registered in wards 7, 8 have few local ties, City Paper finds; Cesar Chavez charter closing two campuses; and more

Cuneyt Dil Jan 24, 2019 68

Good Thursday morning. Many contractors registered as local companies in Ward 7 or 8 are not actually headquartered there, City Paper found, raising yet more questions about the District’s Certified Business Enterprise (CBE) program.

District Links: DC faces $85M revenue loss if shutdown lasts until mid-Feb, CFO says; Bowser conducting annual homeless count; and more reads

Cuneyt Dil Jan 23, 2019 44

Good Wednesday morning. If the partial shutdown lasts two months into Feb. 15, DC is expected to lose $85 million in revenue, according to a new analysis from the chief financial officer released last night. Say the government doesn’t…

Homelessness

Homeless advocates memorialize the dead — and rally for those who remain in need of housing

Katherine Saltzman Jan 23, 2019 798

Mayor Muriel Bowser will join volunteers tonight in the cafeteria at Columbia Heights Educational Campus as they prepare to deploy around the city to conduct a yearly census of people experiencing homelessness in the District. The city’s…

District government

From prison law libraries to paralegal fellowships: DC program helps put returning citizens on path to success

James Marshall Jan 23, 2019 1,967

Milford Washington, 53, spent hours in the law library during the 10 years he was in a Virginia prison. He studied his own case and those of his fellow inmates, preparing himself to enter the DC job market. He spent so much time in the…

District Links: DC Council votes to override mayor’s veto of Metro fare evasion decrim; Michael A. Brown, out of prison, weighs comeback; and more

Cuneyt Dil Jan 22, 2019 42

Happy Tuesday. Clear your next five minutes and read this from Tom Sherwood: Out of prison since 2017 for accepting bribes from FBI agents posing as a contractor, Michael A. Brown is eyeing a challenge to David Grosso in 2020.

District Links: WaPo on Bowser’s second-term agenda; Red Line to see service disruptions this summer; and more

Cuneyt Dil Jan 21, 2019 37

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In these times, The Guardian newspaper has something called a wealth correspondent, and it has dug up a scoop about our very own Dan Synder.

Features

With new nonprofit, DC teacher seeks to modernize classroom instruction to help students of all backgrounds learn

Kate Oczypok Jan 21, 2019 2,205

Teaching math classes at DC’s Eastern High, Kareem Farah realized a while ago the traditional mode of instruction — delivering lectures and hoping all students would advance at the same pace — wasn’t working for the diverse range of…

District government

Council votes for wage garnishment bill to protect DC’s lowest earners

Kalina Newman Jan 18, 2019 1,394

Lower-income DC residents struggling with debt are set to receive more protections for their wages under a new law the DC Council passed last month. The Wage Garnishment Fairness Amendment Act of 2018 updates DC’s existing law on wage…

District Links: Bowser allows campaign finance bill to become law — without her sig; MPD to get overdose antidote after all; and more reads

Cuneyt Dil Jan 18, 2019 33

TGIF! Muriel Bowser announced today she will allow a campaign finance bill to become law without her signature, after activists worried in recent days whether she would veto the bill. “I don’t think the council landed in the right place” on…

Built Environment

Roots of collaboration: Designs underway for tree plaza off Dupont Circle

Naomi Harris Jan 17, 2019 2,072

Through the collaboration of a tree-planting nonprofit and an engineering firm, a stretch of sidewalk near Dupont Circle’s namesake park could be transformed into a community plaza dotted with new trees and other environmentally friendly…

District Links: Feds audit how DC handled millions in grants meant for opioid addiction; Bowser vetoes Metro fare decrim; and more

Cuneyt Dil Jan 17, 2019 35

Good Thursday morning. Muriel Bowser sent the decriminalization of fare evasion in Metro back to the DC Council, exercising her second veto ever. The bill had passed 10-2, but defections are possible …

District Links: Bowser vows homicides will go down — as they did in 2016; Racine tells Ward 4 Dems about his violence interruption program; and more

Cuneyt Dil Jan 16, 2019 34

Good Wednesday morning. Trust me — that was essentially Muriel Bowser's message this morning on Fox 5. Sitting next to her chief of police, the mayor vowed the recent homicide spike will go down, as the number of killings so far has…

District Links: DC Council to examine mishap at Franklin School renovation; bill targeting street noise is back; and more reads

Cuneyt Dil Jan 15, 2019 46

Good Tuesday morning. The DC Council will presumably ask some hard questions today over what went wrong during the renovation of the historic Franklin School, where workers transforming the building into a museum trashed its interior,…

Built Environment

Mayor’s pick for chief planner tells critics of city’s development policies he hopes to earn their trust

Cuneyt Dil Jan 15, 2019 1,344

The District’s new top planning official on Saturday met some of the biggest critics of the Bowser administration’s land-use policies, promising to listen to activists’ concerns about the pace of development. Earlier this month, Mayor…

District Links: DC’s new planning director goes before activists; BEGA confirms law enforcement investigating Jack Evans; and more

Cuneyt Dil Jan 14, 2019 72

Happy snow day. Call it trial by fire — on Saturday, the DC Office of Planning's new director came before a hundred land-use activists, including some of the most vocal critics of the city's development policies.

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