Washington Business Journal: D.C. officials pitch plan to solve public housing ‘crisis,’…
The D.C. Housing Authority says it needs an additional $45 million to $50 million a year for the next 17 years to shore up the District’s public housing stock, with plans to redevelop or completely overhaul 14 complexes around the city.
Curbed: A month of lane closures on 1.5 miles of Connecticut Avenue NW starts after Labor Day
The traffic changes are needed to repave the road, the city says
Colbert King in The Post: D.C. says it won’t tolerate predatory landlords. Oh, really?
Said Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) in a statement following news about the deadly fire that ravaged an illegally rented rowhouse in Northwest D.C., “The District will not tolerate landlords who prey on vulnerable populations, operating…
District Links: Karl Racine probing Juul e-cigarettes; lottery subcontractor has no employees, Post…
TGIF! DL is back from vacation and has a lot of catching up to do. While gone, developer Doug Jemal and Mayor Muriel Bowser feuded over the prospect of an immigrant children shelter in DC, there was talk of renaming Good Hope Road SE after…
Associated Press: E-cigarette maker Juul facing mounting scrutiny by state AGs
WASHINGTON (AP) — E-cigarette giant Juul Labs is facing mounting scrutiny from state law enforcement officials, with the attorneys general in Illinois and the District of Columbia investigating how the company’s blockbuster vaping device…
WAMU: Mayor Bowser Launches New Cultural Office In D.C., Brings Back Mayor’s Arts Awards
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has created a new office that will serve as a liaison between D.C.’s government and artists. The Creative Affairs Office is the newest addition to the existing list of agencies and programs that engage with the…
City Paper: Southeast Residents Lack Hospital With Trauma Center, Despite Great Need
“If something happens to us over here, you really expect us to travel uptown when there’s a hospital on this side.”
Washington Post: Smithsonian’s legendary rocket plane heads for storage during renovations
The X-15, once the world’s fastest, highest-flying piloted aircraft, has hung from the rafters of the Air and Space Museum for 40 years.
Capital Projections: Bad haircut edition
Capital Projections is The DC Line’s selective and subjective guide to some of the most interesting arthouse and repertory screenings in the coming week.
THE FANATIC
John Travolta and Devon Sawa (Quiver Distribution)
Social…
Washington Post: Investigators seeking cause of fatal fire in D.C. examining power cord, electronic…
Investigators trying to determine how last week’s fatal fire started in a Northwest Washington rowhouse that officials described as an illegal rooming house are focusing on an electronic device and a power cord, according to court…
The Georgetowner: Capital One Café Opens in Georgetown
Georgetown’s long-awaited Capital One Café — situated at the southeast corner of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street NW, site of the legendary Nathan’s Restaurant — opened Aug. 28, with three floors of banking and community interactivity.
Can the mayor deliver on her call for equitable distribution of 12,000 new affordable housing units…
When the District government began planning the construction of a six-story homeless shelter on a publicly owned lot next to a police station in Cleveland Park, some neighbors had concerns. The density of the proposed building, they…
WTOP: Peek inside The REACH at the Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center is hosting a free multiweek festival for the grand opening of its new campus expansion, The REACH.
City Paper: Mayor Bowser Launches New Office of Creative Affairs
At a fall arts kickoff on Thursday evening, Mayor Muriel Bowser will announce a new push to bolster the city’s local creative economy. Bowser is launching an Office of Creative Affairs, a bureau that will act as a steward for the arts and…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Celebrates the Start of 202Creates with Launch of New Creative Affairs…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor; Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development; and Department of the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment
August 29, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya…
DCist: What’s The Latest With All The Shelters Meant To Replace D.C. General?
It’s been almost a year since the city closed down D.C. General, a dilapidated former hospital being used as a family homeless shelter.
Washingtonian: Erik Bruner-Yang and the Hilton Brothers Are Opening an Italian/Asian Restaurant in…
ABC Pony opens next month with two rising star chefs from Kaliwa and Elle
DCist: ‘It’s A Lot Of Triage Every Day’: The Role Of Homeless Liaisons In D.C. Schools
When second-grader Relisha Rudd went missing in 2014, the first person to notice was a social worker at Payne Elementary School who works as a homeless liaison.
Washington Post: D.C. will not meet goal of cutting in half new HIV diagnoses by 2020
The District will not meet the mayor’s goal of slashing the annual number of new HIV infections in half by 2020, health officials said Thursday.
DCist: The Many Ways That Leftover Food Turns Into Meals For D.C.’s Homeless Community
When Cheryl Bell, executive chef at Miriam’s Kitchen, comes to work, she cooks with a purpose. At Miriam’s Kitchen, food is served twice a day during the week to people experiencing chronic homelessness. And for Bell, every meal must be a…