Washington Post: D.C. lawmakers poised to claim $47 million, ending standoff with chief financial…
The D.C. Council plans to vote on a plan to use approximately $47 million in excess cash generated by the Washington Convention and Sports Authority for priorities that include public housing repairs, resolving a standoff with the…
Mayor Bowser Activates Heat Emergency Plan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 17, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Christopher White (HSEMA)
Dora Taylor-Lowe (DHS)
Mayor Bowser Activates Heat Emergency Plan
(WASHINGTON, DC) – According to the National…
District’s 2019 Scheduled Synthetic Turf Field GMAX Testing to Begin
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 17, 2019
CONTACT:
John Stokes – (DGS)
Donna Harris – (DGS)
District’s 2019 Scheduled Synthetic Turf Field GMAX Testing to Begin
Essential protocols also set for synthetic turf…
Washington Business Journal: JBG Smith accused of not honoring housing vouchers in Shaw
A D.C. resident has accused JBG Smith Properties (NYSE: JBGS) of not accepting a form of financial housing assistance at its luxury Atlantic Plumbing apartments in Shaw in violation of the District's Human Rights Act.
UrbanTurf: The Nearly 400 Units Expected to Deliver in Capitol Hill This Year
Following delivery of the condos at Penn11 and the return of Frager's Hardware store, Capitol Hill is poised to see a small influx of new residential units deliver by the end of the year. Today, UrbanTurf continues its examination of the…
Bisnow: UIP Pays $20M For 2 Northwest D.C. Apartment Buildings
Urban Investment Partners has acquired two Northwest D.C. apartment buildings through agreements with the buildings' tenants.
District Links: Spat over Events DC money to be resolved, Mendelson says; schoolchildren…
Happy Monday. The Line Hotel in Adams Morgan is trying to push back against attempts to yank its $46 million tax break, as some council members say the hotel didn't meet hiring conditions to get the tax credit. The Bowser administration…
UrbanTurf: Name Aside, “East End Grocery Incentive Program” Appears Destined for Funding
The past month in DC has been marked by several discussions and debates regarding food deserts in Wards 7 and 8, the validity of the "East End" and "East of the River" monikers, and ongoing volleying about the DC budget and the…
Curbed: Watch the U.S. women’s soccer team play Sweden from the Apple Carnegie Library lawn
The game will be broadcast on large outdoor screens June 20
Curbed: D.C. residents could make money performing city housing inspections under pilot program
The Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs wants to try something new
WTOP: DC’s median home price tops $600K, up 56% from 2010
The median price of a home sold in D.C. this May was $600,555 — the highest May level in a decade, and up 56% from the District’s median selling price for the same month in 2010.
WAMU: For One Night, Asylum-Seeking Chef Offers D.C. A Taste Of South Sudan
When Mary Apollo came to the U.S. in 2016, she didn’t know how to cook. So, like any homesick person longing for the flavors of familiar food, Apollo reached out to the one person who always knows best in these situations.
Norton Files Amendment Directing FAA to Prioritize Combating Airplane, Helicopter Noise
June 17, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
Norton Files Amendment Directing FAA to Prioritize Combating Airplane, Helicopter Noise
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the co-chair of the Quiet Skies Caucus and a…
Daniel del Pielago, Amber Harding and Jeremiah Lowery: Public housing tenants shouldn’t pay…
There’s a major battle being waged between Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey DeWitt and the DC Council that impacts DC’s balance and division of power. Let’s not forget, however, that the outcome will have major repercussions for the health…
New Iona East day center to serve seniors east of the river, replicating successful Ward 3 program
Under a Monday afternoon drizzle in Congress Heights, community advocates and politicians teamed up with a local nonprofit and a developer to break ground last week on Iona East, a new adult day center to serve District residents east of…
Washington Post Editorial Board: Children are suffering because D.C. won’t look out for public…
EARLY-CHILDHOOD learning is supposedly a top priority of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s (D) administration. So why on earth are city officials displacing and forcing the closure of a high-performing preschool that serves at-risk 3- and…
Washington Post: For this teen refugee and his foster family, Father’s Day has a special resonance
The meat grinder whirred to life as Dieudonne Kazzembe fed chunks of raw beef into the metal pan on top of the machine. On his father’s instruction, the 18-year-old increased the speed on the grinder, causing cylinder-shaped meat to ooze…
NBC4: Affordable Housing Protesters Interrupt Mayor Bowser at Expo
Protest erupted during D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's speech Saturday at a housing expo, prompting the mayor to defend herself.
Washington Post: D.C. wrestles with symbol of past as drug kingpin seeks early release from prison
As he sat on his porch the other day, Amir Ali marveled that he never could have enjoyed such a simple pleasure a generation ago, when the city’s most notorious drug lord turned his Northeast Washington street into the epicenter of the…
WUSA9: ‘He treats us like his own kids’ | School social worker becomes father figure for…
Kids going to school in Ward 7 bring with them a lot of trauma from home. Social worker Darryl Webster helps them carry their burdens.