DCist: After 52 Years, The Current Newspapers Are Shutting Down
The former publisher of The Current newspapers petitioned to change the company’s bankruptcy filing from a Chapter 11 to a Chapter 7 in late April, further eroding any hope that the 52-year-old publication would survive its financial…
Washington Post: D.C. budget battles may preview new dynamic between D.C. Council, Mayor Bowser
As the D.C. Council was poised to vote Tuesday on a $15.5 billion budget for the coming fiscal year, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) continued to skirmish with lawmakers over two of District residents’ top priorities: Housing and education.
WTOP: Catholic girls’ school in DC adopts policy contrary to church teaching
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, a Catholic girls’ high school, has adopted a policy for its alumnae magazine contrary to Catholic Church teaching — a move that has taken the Archdiocese of Washington by surprise.
UrbanTurf: Three Definitions of “Gentrification” Apply to Seven DC Census Tracts
There have been several studies outlining the magnitude of gentrification and displacement over the past few months, with some concluding that DC is one of the most heavily-gentrified cities in the country. Far less consistent across these…
DCist: D.C.’s Emergency Vehicles Have Long Faced Mechanical Issues. Will This Year’s Funding Help?
After years of mechanical problems plaguing the District’s emergency response vehicles, the D.C. Council is moving to fund $65 million in fixes.
Bisnow: Douglas Sells 100-Year-Old Dupont Circle Building For $6M
A 100-year-old building near Dupont Circle with retail and office space has just traded hands.
Northwest Courier: Inside the world of D.C. beekeeping
When wildlife biologist Natasha Garcia-Andersen was asked to write the regulations for beekeepers in D.C. back in 2012, her first thought was, people are keeping bees in DC? At the time, it seemed strange that D.C. might also be home to…
Washington Post: She always feared gunfire. Instead, she lost her son to a shattering hit-and-run.
Josh Williams walked everywhere. With no money for the Metro, let alone an Uber, he would slap on his headphones, turn up his tunes and start striding, shimmying or step-dancing the long blocks from wherever he was to the worn leather sofa…
Mayor Bowser Awards $2.1 Million in Great Streets Small Business Grants to Transform Neighborhood…
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Mayor Bowser Awards $2.1 Million in Great Streets Small Business Grants to Transform Neighborhood Corridors
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Curbed: City begins New Jersey Avenue NW traffic safety improvements
The street redesign has been planned for over a decade and is set to be completed by fall 2020
District Links: Bowser plans neighborhood targets for affordable housing; both sides of debate over…
Happy Monday. We’ve all heard Muriel Bowser wants 36,000 new residential units by 2025 — with a third of them qualifying as affordable housing — and last Friday she unveiled the first step: public meetings!
UrbanTurf: DC Area Home Prices Hit Record High in April
The DC-area housing market roared back in April.
WTOP: DC-area home prices hit 10-year high
The median price of a house or condo sold in the D.C. metro area in April was $475,000, up 5.6% from a year ago — and the highest overall monthly median sales price in the last decade.
Washington Business Journal: EastBanc to make over corner of Wisconsin and Prospect in Georgetown
Georgetown landowner EastBanc has plans to breathe new life into the prominent corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Prospect Street NW.
WAMU: Two Dozen Bullets Almost Claimed A Father And His Teenage Son. Now The Whole Family Is…
On a mild afternoon three days after Christmas last year, Daryl and his teenage son sat in their car on a residential street in Northeast D.C. waiting to pick up a friend. As he used his phone to buy tickets for a wrestling match they were…
WTOP: Power to the people: DC residents could soon issue parking tickets
A new pilot program that’s part of an overhaul of transportation safety in D.C. would let some residents issue parking tickets on their own.
Shaw Middle School advocates: Two communities, two buildings and one red herring
Nearly seven months ago, two DC public school communities ended up pitted against each other with Mayor Muriel Bowser’s decision to move Benjamin Banneker Academic High School from its historic Euclid Street NW building to the former Shaw…
John Settles Jr., Natalie Hopkinson and Lee Granados: Build Banneker in Shaw as a living monument to…
As DC residents and parents of students at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School, we are urging DC Council members to vote Tuesday to fund Mayor Muriel Bowser’s plan to build a new, expanded campus for Banneker at the site of the…
Mayor plans public engagement on how to get 12,000 new affordable housing units throughout DC by…
Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration will host community meetings throughout the city this summer to establish neighborhood targets laying out how to distribute a total of 12,000 new affordable housing units over the next six years.
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Gordon Chaffin: Road trips tough with an electric vehicle
The most important thing you need to know about electric cars is that they’re now sufficient for the overwhelming majority of instances Americans drive. Their batteries hold enough energy for multiple days’ worth of commutes and…