DCist: There Are Now Enough Jack Evans Challengers To Make A Barbershop Quartet
Another day, another challenger enters the race to unseat Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans. The latest candidate is Daniel Hernandez, a Microsoft employee and former Marine who served two tours in Afghanistan.
Curbed: Block outside NASA HQ symbolically named “Hidden Figures Way”
A dedication ceremony and panel are scheduled for June 12
Washington Post: The handwriting is on the wall: Fountain pens are back.
I went to Fahrney’s Pens on F Street NW last week expecting to find cobwebs and tumbleweeds. I mean, come on. Fountain pens? They’d be better off selling buggy whips and whale oil, right?
Petula Dvorak in The Post: She wrote a book about domestic violence. Then its carnage shook her own…
Rachel Louise Snyder has written about child brides in Romania, abused women in India, the forced sterilization of women in Tibet, and violence against women in Cambodia and Niger.
Hill Rag: The Fields at RFK are Open for Play
Dignitaries Cut Ribbon Saturday Morning Prior to Community Celebration
Washington Business Journal: The Wharf locks in a major refinancing deal
The developers of The Wharf on D.C.'s Southwest waterfront have inked one of the largest private refinancing deals in D.C.'s history.
Washingtonian: Inside Downtown DC’s New Italian Restaurant and Illuminati-Inspired “Luxe Micro Bar”
The Hamilton Hotel revamps its food and drink with an ex-Fiola team.
Curbed: Plans for Hirshhorn Museum sculpture garden redesign receive key approvals
The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) have green-lighted Japanese architect Hiroshi Sugimoto’s concept proposal for an overhaul of the Hirshhorn Museum’s sculpture garden into a “front…
Bisnow: The Wharf Lands $800M Refinancing Deal From Wells Fargo-Led Syndicate
The development team behind The Wharf has just secured a refinancing deal it says is one of the largest in D.C. history.
DCist: An Art Barge, Virtual Reality Poetry, A Local Fair, And More To Expect At This Year’s By The…
For the next two weeks, a onetime Jonathan Adler outpost is being repurposed as a gallery for the work of 51 local artists—including an angular fountain, a Rembrandt-esque portrait of father and son, and a rather meta painting of Homer…
Bisnow: The Wharf Lands $800M Refinancing Deal From Wells Fargo-Led Syndicate
The development team behind The Wharf has just secured a refinancing deal it says is one of the largest in D.C. history.
Washington Post: Banneker and Shaw: Was the fight really about gentrification?
It could have been just another sleepy municipal spat over what should be built on a vacant parcel in a hot D.C. neighborhood. But the debate over the old Shaw Junior High site had something for everyone — and residents and politicians…
Northwest Courier: Odd Provisions Succeeding with Unique Retail Concept in Park View
Nestled on the corner of 11th and Lamont Street Northwest, Odd Provisions does not have the name, look, or feel of your typical convenience store. This is exactly what co-owners Rachel Mowrer and Jess Woods were going for.
Washington Business Journal: Atlanta’s Gypsy Kitchen restaurant to open in D.C.
Southern Proper Hospitality, an Atlanta restaurant group with 22 restaurants between Florida and North Carolina, is bringing its Gypsy Kitchen restaurant to D.C.’s 14th Street corridor.
Curbed: Federal government to study helicopter noise in D.C. area after request by members of…
The legislature’s official watchdog will look into the matter
Washington Post: Metro has a new team running its rail operations. There’s something unusual about…
In an industry dominated by men, female leaders are still rare.
City Paper: A Brief Summary of the State of D.C.’s Scooter Scene, Summer 2019
On-the-street interviews reveal sidewalk battles, rider injuries, brand loyalty, and competition among scooter chargers. D.C. takes 14,000 scooter trips a day.
Mark Lee in The Washington Blade: New D.C. voters trend more independent
An examination of new voter registrations in D.C. during the past 12 months reveals a noticeable trend consistent with nationwide voter preferences.
Norton Files Amendment to Increase Funding for Anacostia River Cleanup
June 10, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
Norton Files Amendment to Increase Funding for Anacostia River Cleanup
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) filed an amendment last Friday to the fiscal year 2020 Energy…
Anthony Dale: A tragedy in Virginia — and a crisis in DC
Immediately following the mass shooting in Virginia Beach on May 31, the eyes of the whole country fell on Southeast Virginia to mourn yet another tragedy. Twelve people were murdered on a beautiful sunny day in an all-too-common act of…