Washington Post: Audit: D.C. hotel failed to meet requirements for $46 million tax subsidy
The developers of a boutique hotel in Adams Morgan failed to meet hiring requirements needed to obtain a multimillion-dollar tax abatement enacted by the D.C. Council, according to an independent audit.
DCist: One Of D.C.’s Biggest Dog Parks Will Close Until Fall 2021. Shaw Neighbors Say They Were…
The sign was quietly pawposted earlier this week: A beloved city dog park would close April 1 and remain off-limits to the pawpublic until fall 2021.
Washingtonian: A Coronavirus Pop-Up Shop Has Opened on Florida Avenue
The proprietor says she stocked up on hand sanitizer and masks weeks ago.
UrbanTurf: 120 Senior Units and Community Market Proposed for Palisades Safeway Site
The proposed development at the site of the former Safeway store in Palisades is coming into focus.
Washington Post: Washington Mystics owner Sheila Johnson pursuing Trump hotel lease
Virginia business executive Sheila Johnson, owner of luxury resorts and the Washington Mystics WNBA team, is among the bidders trying to acquire the lease to President Trump’s hotel in downtown Washington, according to two people familiar…
WTOP: Where DC property assessments may go up the most — and where they’d go down
New property assessments have been sent to homeowners in the District, and the proposed average increase is modest, though it varies significantly from neighborhood to neighborhood.
Press Release: Silverman Responds to Second Audit Confirming Line Hotel Failed to Meet $46M Tax…
News Release — At-large DC Council member Elissa Silverman
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, March 5, 2020
CONTACT: Ashley Fox
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier this week, the Bowser administration released a second audit of…
District Links: Jack Evans returning to debate stage; Chief Newsham testifies at council hearing as…
The candidates for the Ward 2 council seat return to the debate stage tonight, and a familiar face — Jack Evans — is expected to join them for the first time.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Delivers on $4.6 Million Technology Investment with 16,400 Devices to…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and DC Public Schools
March 5, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Shayne Wells (DCPS)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Public Schools (DCPS) began…
Press Release: Phase 1 of C&O Canal wall stabilization begins in Georgetown
News Release — National Park Service and Georgetown Heritage
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 5, 2020
Contact: Katie Liming (NPS)
Lauren Boston (Georgetown Heritage)
WASHINGTON — The National Park Service (NPS) and Georgetown…
Nadeau pledges to push rent control reforms as tenant advocates rally in support of Columbia Heights…
Ward 1 DC Council member Brianne Nadeau rallied alongside about 150 tenants and supporters at a Columbia Heights apartment building over the weekend and vowed to pursue legislative initiatives to expand the city’s rent control law.
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Washington Business Journal: U Street to get flagship location of holistic, women-centric health…
If 2019 was the year Advantia Health LLC planted seeds, 2020 is the year the tree bears fruit.
Hill Rag: SE Library Reno Completion Pushed to 2024
Design Build Team Cites Regulatory and Size Limitations
Washington Blade: Nat’l group withdraws D.C. measure to decriminalize sex work
A national organization that advocates for the decriminalization of sex work announced on Tuesday that it has withdrawn a petition it filed in January before the D.C. Board of Elections to place a bill to decriminalize prostitution in the…
Washington Blade: LGBTQ seniors bill receives strong backing at D.C. Council hearing
Nine witnesses representing LGBTQ and LGBTQ supportive organizations expressed strong support for the Care for LGBTQ Seniors and Seniors with HIV Amendment Act during a Feb. 19 hearing before the D.C. Council’s Committee on Government…
Washington Blade: New D.C. U.S. Attorney meets with LGBTQ activists
Timothy Shea, the recently named U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, told at least a dozen LGBTQ community leaders at a Feb. 27 meeting in his office that he plans to continue the policy of his predecessor in reaching out to the…
WTOP: Agreement reached to avoid Safeway strike
After weeks of talk of a possible strike, Safeway and its workers reached a tentative agreement early Thursday morning that would avoid a work stoppage.
Washington Business Journal: Safeway, union employees reach tentative deal hours before strike vote
Union employees of Safeway and the grocery chain have reached a tentative labor agreement that could avert a strike, the union said Thursday.
City Paper: All the Ward 2 Primary Candidates as Democratic Presidential Candidates
Allow us to present them in terms any national campaign watcher can understand.
City Paper: How a Photographer With Vision Loss Makes His Art and Masters His Aesthetic
D.C. photographer Steven Marks opens up about his photos and his sight.