John P. Drew in the Washington Business Journal: The case for better connectivity in D.C.
We’re proud to manage the iconic Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, the only federal building dedicated to both public and private use. As the official World Trade Center in Washington, D.C., the building features a!-->…
Washington Post: An 11-year-old uprooted from a gentrifying city: ‘Sometimes, moms can’t afford…
Her toys were crammed in boxes. Her clothes were stuffed in trash bags. The furniture in her house was wrapped in plastic. Kamiyah Johnson, 11, was ready to move.
WTOP: Controversy over DC’s plans to clear out homeless encampment in Northeast underpass
Where K Street NE passes underneath tracks that guide trains into D.C.’s Union Station, lies a tent community that some of the nation’s capital’s homeless call home.
Washington Post: James Goode, historian of Washington statues and architecture, dies at 80
James M. Goode, a Smithsonian Institution historian and author who wrote books about the statues and architecture of Washington, specializing in the out-of-the-way, the lesser-known, the trivial, the no-longer-extant and the!-->…
Washington Business Journal: Ambar on Barracks Row to temporarily shutter for $3M renovation
Ambar's Barracks Row location will close later this month to undergo an intensive, more than $3 million renovation that will double its size.
NBC4: Sports Betting in DC Unlikely in Time for Super Bowl
With just three weeks to go until the biggest day in sports betting, it's looking less likely that Super Bowl bets will be placed in the District this year.
Washington Times: Council Chairman Phil Mendelson blasts D.C. agencies: ‘Don’t know what…
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said Monday that lawmakers have seen an increase in the number of contracts requiring retroactive approval, suggesting that some city agencies “don’t know what they are doing” in drafting the agreements!-->…
Washington Post Editorial Board: Put a tax on sugary drinks in D.C.
OBESITY AND its devastating complications — such as chronic metabolic disease — might not seem like an epidemic in the tony neighborhoods of Ward 2, where only 3.6 percent of residents suffer from type 2 diabetes. But 13 percent of those!-->…
WUSA9: ‘We’ve been able to pass the business down, create generational wealth’: $2.3M in…
Our Q and A team asked what the D.C. government is doing to help small businesses not only stay in the area but thrive.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Releases 2020 Accountability Report
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
January 13, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser today released her 2020 Accountability Report, a comprehensive look at her!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
DCist: New Lawsuit Alleges MPD Officer Conducted Sexually Abusive And Warrantless Search Of D.C. Man
The D.C. American Civil Liberties Union is suing a Metropolitan Police Department officer and the District for what it describes as a sexually abusive and unconstitutional search of a District man last January.
Washingtonian: Harvard Law Review Article Advocates Turning DC’s Neighborhoods into 127 States
This would be a nightmare. But not for the reasons you might think.
Kathy Patterson on the Auditude blog: If It Bleeds, It Leads
I know this as a former newspaper reporter, a former elected official, and as a continuing consumer of news. It takes blood and guts or sex and sleaze or at least some kind of scandal to get attention from the media. So, I know that when!-->…
District Links: Idea of DC Council ethics committee revived after Evans scandal; sports betting app…
Ethics enforcement: The last year or so has been bad for government ethics in DC — and in fact, the entire region.
Washington Business Journal: With highest vacancy rate since 1993, downtown D.C.’s office woes…
Downtown D.C.'s office vacancies hit another record-setting high in late 2019, a continued cause for alarm among the District's commercial real estate industry.
WAMU: Airbnb Has Made Housing More Expensive In Some Parts Of D.C., New Research Paper Finds
Home-sharing platforms like Airbnb, VRBO and HomeAway can offer visitors to D.C. all sorts of options for cheap places to stay, but they also seem to be making parts of the city more expensive for long-term residents.
Washington Times: ACLU sues police department for sexually abusive search
The American Civil Liberties Union of D.C. filed a lawsuit against the Metropolitan Police Department for the “unconstitutional and exceedingly invasive bodily search,” of a District resident, according to a press release.
Bisnow: New Owner Of D.C.’s Kimpton Rouge Hotel Launches $20M Renovation
The Kimpton Rouge hotel near Dupont Circle will close for several months as its new owner embarks on an extensive renovation project.
Press Release: AG Racine Leads Multistate Coalition Opposing Trump Move To Double Asylum Seekers’…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
January 13, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
21 Attorneys General Argue the DHS Proposed Rule Would Violate Federal Law, Prolong Unemployment for Asylum Seekers,!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Awards $2.3 Million in Great Streets Grants to Transform Neighborhood…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
January 13, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Kate Hartig (DMPED)
Mayor Releases Study on Supporting Minority- and!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…