Street Sense: For more than a year, DC has experimented with giving rental subsidy recipients…
Housing instability is a continuously growing problem in the United States, and the District of Columbia is no exception. As of 2018, more than 40,000 families in the Washington Metropolitan area, which includes small parts of Maryland and…
Press Release: Norton Calls on Army Corps of Engineers to Extend Public Comment Period on Proposed…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
August 29, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requesting an additional…
Washington Business Journal: Peacock Cafe founders open Persian restaurant in Dupont Circle
The newest restaurant from the owners behind Georgetown’s Peacock Cafe opened Wednesday.
District Dig: Complicating The Issue — Is regional collaboration a realistic way to address…
Wendell Williams is not just a fifth generation son of Washington, D.C. He’s a Washingtonian with ties to Virginia and Maryland who has left and come back more than once and had at least one lifetime of experiences.
Washingtonian: DC’s Newest Private School Is Here and Other Schools Are Freaking Out
Whittle School & Studios is the new kid among Washington’s elite private schools: ambitious, a bit mysterious, and unnerving to the established clique. The DC campus—a lavish $211-million transformation of the for-mer Intelsat…
DCist: We Still Know Almost Nothing About A Crash That Killed Two People On A Downtown Park Bench
Stanley Rowe is no stranger to the perils of sleeping outside in Washington. He’s done it countless times since he was evicted from his Deanwood apartment six years ago.
WAMU: After Years Of Explosive Growth, NoMa Might Get A New Voting Precinct
For the first time in more than a decade, D.C. could get a new voting precinct — and it’s coming to NoMa, a neighborhood that has seen explosive residential growth in recent years.
Deadspin: The Legendary Public Rec Center In A Private School’s Pocket
Every now and then comes a reminder that The System works precisely as everybody suspects it does and wishes it didn’t. The situation now roiling the youth sports scene in the Nation’s Capital is one of those. The D.C. government recently…
Washington Business Journal: D.C. resident withdraws Housing Choice lawsuit against JBG Smith
D.C. resident Regina Williams has dropped a lawsuit she filed in June against JBG Smith Properties (NYSE: JBGS) in which she alleged representatives for the Chevy Chase-based developer refused to accept housing assistance at its Atlantic…
Washington Business Journal: Spanish investor makes another big buy in D.C.
The Blackstone Group has cashed out of 815 Connecticut Ave. NW.
Bisnow: Blackstone Sells D.C. Office Building To Spanish Billionaire For $231M
A 55-year-old office building near the White House that underwent a significant renovation in 2013 has just traded hands.
Washington Business Journal: What’s next for the Reeves Center? D.C. readies study on…
District officials are moving ahead with a study of the redevelopment of the Reeves Center, kicking off a search for a firm to help chart the future of the aging government building in the heart of the U Street corridor.
Curbed: Blagden Alley festival will offer food, art, and retail September 14
One of the city’s most well-known alleys will be the site of a free festival featuring food and more next month. On September 14, Bethesda-based design firm Streetsense will host the six-hour event in Shaw’s historic Blagden Alley, where…
DCist: For Kids Experiencing Homelessness, Back-To-School Can Mark A Return To Stability
On a recent Wednesday night at the Quality Inn on New York Avenue in Northeast—which the city uses as an overflow homeless shelter—parents and children poured into the motel’s community room for a back-to-school drive.
jonetta rose barras: Is Mayor Bowser winning in the affordable housing fight?
Earlier this year, Mayor Muriel Bowser snatched money from the city’s contingency reserve fund. By June 30, the account was down from $279.7 million to $194.7 million, according to a report released by the Office of the Chief Financial…
Press Release: DPW to Receive Fleet Leadership Award for Its Use of Clean Fuel
News Release — DC Department of Public Works
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 29, 2019
CONTACT: Nancee Lyons (DPW)
Over 50 percent of the agency’s fleet use greener alternatives.
(Washington, DC) – The Department of Public…
Washington Post Express: ‘If I can do it, so can you’: At D.C. libraries, the formerly…
On a recent Wednesday, Renee Hines sat at a table in D.C.’s Northwest One Library near Mount Vernon Triangle, ready to greet people experiencing homelessness who had lined up to see her.
WAMU: The Economy’s Good, So Why Are Food Banks Still Struggling To Meet The Demand?
Limited resources put providers in competition with one another.
City Paper: Housing Program for Chronic Disease Patients Keeps HIV in Check. But Not Rent.
“We have one gentleman who’s 67 years old who gets disability. Maybe $800 a month. Where’s he going to live? That’s what we’re up against.”
City Paper: The Battle for the NoMa Underpasses
The NoMa BID wants homeless encampments gone so that area pedestrians feel more comfortable.