Press Release: Ahead of Historic House Hearing, Art All Night to Include DC Statehood Art…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Small and Local Business Development
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 14, 2019
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
James Partlow IV (DSLBD)
More Than 1,000…
WTOP: Ahead of statehood hearing, DC displays US flags with 51 stars
Dozens of American flags on display in D.C. Friday have a small addition that carries big meaning: each has 51 stars.
Washington Post: With a letter of support from Kim Kardashian-West, D.C. man convicted of murder as…
Kim Kardashian-West, the reality TV and social media star turned criminal justice reform advocate, was touring the D.C. jail in July when she met a murderer.
Colbert King in The Post: What is D.C. actually doing about synthetic marijuana?
According to a WTOP report last month on the prevalence of the illegal street drug “K2” in the District, “There have been more than 3,000 K2 overdose cases through July, marking a 128 percent increase of the same stretch of time last year,…
Raymond Blanks in The Post: A name change for East of the River won’t fix its problems
As their recent pontification shows, two D.C. Council members who represent the largely segregated area known as East of the River are recommending a name change. It is a serious suggestion but is without serious merit or community…
Washington Business Journal: 1776 has a new D.C. location. It’s just keeping mum about it.
Incubator and coworking network 1776 may not have officially announced its new D.C. location, but that hasn't stopped startups from moving in and working out of it for the last several weeks.
Andrew Beaujon in Washingtonian: The Washington Post Killed Express in Such a Shabby Way
A bruising choreographed rollout of the news. Zero notice. No plan to help laid-off staffers find jobs in the organization. Is this the best our hometown paper can do?
Curbed: City kicks off $1.9M road safety project in Takoma
A bike lane and new crosswalks are slated for a highly trafficked intersection
DCist: ‘Born Out Of The Fight Against 77,’ Restaurant Workers Form A New Advocacy Group
Valerie Torres, who has been in and out of the restaurant industry for the past 25 years, says she was not political before last spring. That’s when a contentious debate about tipped wages began making its way into the public sphere.
DCist: House Democrats Ask Metro Inspector General To Investigate Jack Evans And Corbett Price
House Democrats are asking Metro’s inspector general to review the conduct of two former members of the Metro board, Jack Evans and Corbett Price, both of whom resigned from their posts on the board amid fallout related to an ethics…
Washington Business Journal: D.C. moving major agency out of Reeves Center, kicking off a space…
The District’s Department of General Services will be moved of the Reeves Center, becoming the first D.C. agency to launch a search for new space since Mayor Muriel Bowser directed officials to prioritize leasing offices east of the…
Washington Post: Metro inspector general to investigate Jack Evans ethics probe at Congress’s…
Metro’s inspector general will investigate the agency’s ethics probe of former board chairman Jack Evans at the request of the House Oversight Committee, officials said Friday.
WTOP: Building a massive stink-filled tunnel under DC, 6 feet at a time
DC Water continues to make progress on its Northeast Boundary Tunnel. Its largest and most ambitious project yet is meant to keep water out of the Anacostia River. So far, 7 miles of the Anacostia River Tunnel have already been built.
City Paper: D.C. Council Memo on Mayor’s Arts Grab: ‘There’s No Excuse for This’
“Your action … undercuts the work of the Commission and subverts recent legislative enactment.”
New artist residency in Ward 7 opens Saturday
Just a few blocks east of the Anacostia River, an unsuspecting row house in Ward 7’s Fairlawn neighborhood is being transformed.
On Saturday, the Nicholson Project, a new artist residency program, will host an exhibition and celebration…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Issues Request for Space to Relocate the Department of General Services…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
September 13, 2019
CONTACT: Susana Castillo (EOM)
RFS Issued One Week After Mayor Bowser Signed Order Prioritizing DC Government Leasing in Wards 7 and 8
(WASHINGTON, DC) –…
The DC Lineup for this weekend: Neighborhoods, nature and night owls
Whether it’s planting an indigenous tree or heading to a neighborhood festival, DC is serving up plenty of ways to honor local heritage this weekend. A record fair, classical music concerts, Art All Night, a back-to-school festival and…
Curbed: Record number of people stayed at D.C. Airbnbs between Memorial Day and Labor Day
Locals made the most bookings through the platform, Airbnb says
DCist: Police Charge Driver In Crash That Killed Two People On A Downtown Park Bench
U.S. Park Police have charged a driver with two counts of second degree murder in a car crash that killed two people on a downtown park bench in July.
Washington Post: Driver charged in crash that killed two men sitting on park bench in D.C.
A 57-year-old D.C. man has been arrested on a charge of second-degree murder in the deaths of two people who were killed in a July crash after a vehicle struck them as they sat on a park bench in downtown Washington.