UrbanTurf: Are Millennials Leaving DC?
Today, a Wall Street Journal article noted that the population of millennials has dropped over the past year in many large cities, including Washington, DC. A closer look at newly released American Community Survey results paints a!-->…
Curbed: Beach Drive in Rock Creek Park to fully reopen Friday
The whole road will be accessible “around noon,” the National Park Service says
Washington Post: Climate protesters say they will return to D.C. streets Friday morning
Climate change protesters who shut down intersections in the District during Monday’s morning commute said they will return to the streets Friday for another rally to call attention to Earth’s rising temperatures.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Congratulates Five District Schools Recognized as National Blue Ribbon…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education
September 26, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Tiffany Browne (DME)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Bowser announced that!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
District Links: Lawsuit alleges no-bid sports betting contract violates Home Rule Act; Bowser wants…
Happy Thursday. Did the city violate the Home Rule Act in its push to legalize sports gambling as soon as possible by authorizing a no-bid contract to manage the program?
Northwest Courier: Councilmember Robert White Hosts Roundtable on ANC Oversight For Wards 3 and 4
ANC commissioners across Wards 3 and 4 attended the first of four meetings regarding ANC oversight.
Washington Business Journal: Toll Brothers plans new mixed-use development in shadow of Audi Field
Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) is planning a large mixed-use development adjacent to Audi Field in Buzzard Point, eyeing the redevelopment of a prime piece of property in one of the District’s most attractive neighborhoods for developers.
UrbanTurf: North Capitol Street Market Razed, Making Way for Hotel/Residential Development
A year ago, UrbanTurf reported on a preliminary concept to replace a North Capitol Street market with a hotel/residential development. Now, the Capitol Food Mart has been razed and development looks eminent.
ABC News: DC Alcoholic Beverage Control Board rejects challenge to Trump hotel
A local regulatory agency in Washington has dismissed a review of Trump International Hotel's liquor license after a group of purported District of Columbia residents filed a complaint arguing that the hotel's owner, President Donald!-->…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser and Fort Stevens Residents Celebrate Preservation of Affordable Housing…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Housing and Community Development
September 26, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)Richard Livingstone (DHCD)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
District Dig: Unruly — The District may have violated the Home Rule Act when it enacted sports…
Funny thing happened on the way to the D.C. Council approving a no-bid D.C. Lottery contact in a fevered rush to launch sports betting ahead of its regional neighbors:
WAMU: ‘How Are We Going To Resolve This?’: Mayor, D.C. Council Chair Spar Over Arts Administration
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson have locked horns again over the city’s arts office.
Chelsea Coffin of the D.C. Policy Center: Even for early grades, there is a weak link between where…
Since the mid-2000s, the District of Columbia has experienced a population boom accompanied by rising housing values—and, in recent years, more students in public schools. In most cities with similar population growth, housing prices rise!-->…
Curbed: Climate strikers plan to halt D.C. traffic again this Friday
The week is set to be bookended by climate protests in the city center
Washington Post: Bowser renews push for Metro to restore late-night hours
Push from the mayor and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson comes as transit agency prepares for budget season
WAMU: Why Are There Nearly 50 Houses Of Worship On 16th Street?
The road to heaven begins at the White House.
WTOP: Report: 17 DC school playgrounds show elevated lead levels
Elevated levels of lead were discovered in at least 17 D.C. school playgrounds, leading to six being shutdown over the summer, according to a recent study.
City Paper: People in D.C.’s Increasingly Dangerous Marijuana Gray Market Want Change
“We want to be able to get event permits and hire proper security to stay safe. That’s all we want.”
City Paper: Places, Everyone
D.C. is a city full of private monuments that the rest of the world doesn’t see.
Racine slated to testify in Congress in wake of AG’s report on illegal worker misclassification in…
DC Attorney General Karl Racine is set to testify Thursday at a U.S. House hearing on misclassification of employees as a form of payroll fraud, the subject of a report released earlier this month by Racine’s office on how the practice!-->…