Washingtonian: U Street Neighborhood Spot Vinoteca Is Closing After 12 Years
Owner Paul Carlson will reopen with a new concept early next year.
Washington Post: Dupont Underground’s future uncertain after it misses $150,000 rent payment
Lisa Cohen stood in a retired trolley tunnel about 20 feet beneath Dupont Circle, talking determinedly into a microphone that didn’t work.
Washington Business Journal: Bowser challenges Virginia to match her commitment to build new housing
As D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has laid out targets to massively ramp up new housing construction and meet the region’s supply shortage, she’s asking: Where is Virginia’s commitment on this issue?
Washington Post: Activists submit signatures to force recall election of D.C. lawmaker Jack Evans
A group of activists submitted a petition Monday to force a recall election of D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), the city’s longest-serving lawmaker and the target of investigations into alleged influence peddling.
DCist: A Handy Guide To All Of The Investigations Into Jack Evans
Jack Evans is a longtime fixture of D.C. politics—he’s served as the Ward 2 councilmember for nearly three decades, and had multiple stints as the chairman of the Metro Board of Directors. He’s seen as one of the council’s most…
WAMU: Activists Submit Petitions To Force Recall Vote Of Embattled D.C. Council Member Jack Evans
A group of activists looking to recall embattled D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) from office submitted what they said are enough signatures from his constituents to force an election in the coming months.
Bisnow: Hilton Bringing Its New Micro-Hotel Concept To D.C., New York, Atlanta
Hilton has reached deals to open seven locations of its micro-hotel concept by 2022.
Washington Post: Bei Bei showered with attention as National Zoo prepares to send him to China on…
Crowds flocked to the National Zoo in Northwest Washington over the weekend to bid their final goodbyes to Bei Bei, the giant panda cub, as he prepares to leave the only home he has known for China.
Petula Dvorak in The Post: A D.C. family stranded in India by a broken immigration system finally…
The posters were huge, and the cheers were loud when the kids finally returned to their classrooms.
City Paper: Inside the Large-Scale Work of Acclaimed Artist Nekisha Durrett
The local artist's work is currently on view in several displays across D.C.
Press Release: Rock Creek Park announces dates for annual deer management operations
News Release — National Park Service
For Immediate Release: November 18, 2019
Contact: Megan Nortrup
WASHINGTON — To protect and restore native plants and promote healthy and diverse forests, Rock Creek Park is announcing its deer…
DC is closer than ever to ending veteran homelessness
DC has not yet met its years-old goal of eliminating veteran homelessnesss, but new permanent housing, better data and improved identification of veterans all provide grounds for optimism that it may soon do so. The District has steadily…
Press Release: DDOT Launches Three Pedestrian-Only Zones
News Release — District Department of Transportation
November 18, 2019
Media Contacts
Lauren Stephens
Innovative Use of Public Space Advance Mayor Bowser's Safety, Sustainability Goals
(Washington, DC) – Today, the District…
CityLab: How Go-Go Music Became Kryptonite for Gentrification in D.C.
Go-go has become the soundtrack for a growing anti-gentrification movement in Washington. Now a city council bill wants to make it D.C.’s official music.
Press Release: Norton Introduces Resolution Condemning Voter Suppression Laws, Lack of Voting Rights…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
November 18, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a House resolution today condemning restrictive state voting laws…
District Links: Talk turns to breaking up DCRA after deadly fire — hearing today; Jack Evans recall…
Good Monday morning. Adam Eidinger, the activist leading the effort to recall Council member Jack Evans, says he has enough signatures from Ward 2 voters to trigger a recall vote.
Colbert King in The Post: Kids with guns? D.C. has plenty of them.
But elected officials in the District tend to avert their gaze from such an unpleasant truth.
WAMU: Nats Park Helped Remake A D.C. Neighborhood. Could A New Stadium At RFK Do The Same?
When Major League Baseball decided to relocate the Montreal Expos to the District back in 2005, there was a big catch: the team’s new home would have to pay to build a brand new stadium. After a tense back-and-forth debate in the D.C.…
City Paper: Housing Advocates Want DCRA Overhauled After Deadly Kennedy St. Fire
They, along with city officials, will speak today at a Council hearing on a bill that would overhaul the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.
Washington Blade: Several parties protesting new Town nightclub liquor license
The owners and a group of tenants living in an apartment building for formerly homeless military veterans are among four parties calling on the city’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to deny a liquor license that would allow the LGBT…