Curbed: D.C. nonprofit offers online fair housing course designed to prevent discrimination by…
A recent study found that 15 percent of local housing providers said they did not accept rental vouchers
District Links: Budget debate heats up between DC Council and mayor; proposed FOIA change might have…
Happy Thursday. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and Mayor Muriel Bowser are butting heads. Mendelson might not have enough votes to block Bowser’s commercial tax hikes. But now he says the DC Council will “say no new permits to construct!-->…
DC unveils 2020 DC Teacher of the Year finalists after honoring city’s 2019 award-winning educators
Three finalists for the 2020 DC Teacher of the Year were announced today by Mayor Muriel Bowser's administration: Beth Barkley, English teacher at Cardozo Education Campus’ International Academy; Justin Lopez-Cardoze, seventh-grade life!-->…
Mayor Bowser Says Thousands of Job-Seeking Residents Will Lose Access to Workforce Training Programs…
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May 9, 2019
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LaToya Foster (EOM)
Tiffany Browne (DOES)
Mayor Bowser Says Thousands of Job-Seeking Residents Will Lose Access to Workforce Training Programs Under Council’s Proposed!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
UrbanTurf: A Mansion Tax? DC Councilmember to Propose Tax on Million-Dollar Residential Properties
Councilmember David Grosso is proposing another source of revenue generation for DC: seven-figure residential properties.
Washingtonian: Check Out 6 Cool Artifacts from the New DC History Center at the Carnegie Library
See the Washington Monument like you've never seen it before.
WAMU: Should Every D.C. Family Get A Tax Credit To Help Pay For Child Care? Some Lawmakers Don’t…
Last year, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser gave young families something of a gift: a one-time $1,000 tax credit to help cover for the high costs of child care in the city. This year, Bowser gave another: She proposed making the tax credit!-->…
Curbed: ‘Lawn,’ the National Building Museum’s latest summer exhibit, will sprout up this July
Coming to a museum near you, with activities: ‘A vast, sloping green space built on a scaffolding superstructure’
DCist: Go-Go May Be Back At Metro PCS, But The Music Is Part Of A ‘New Age Of Rebellion’
If the massive Backyard Band concert and protest that shut down the corner of 14th and U streets for hours on Tuesday is any indication, go-go isn’t going anywhere, and neither are its fans—the longtime Washingtonians who cultivated the!-->…
Washington Business Journal: Take a sneak peek inside the new Don Ciccio & Figli distillery in…
Don Ciccio & Figli is gearing up to officially raise the curtain on its new Ivy City distillery within the next few weeks after hosting a recent soft opening.
Bisnow: ‘That Needs To Stop’: Top D.C. Developers Blast City Leaders For Proposed CRE Tax Hikes
D.C. appears on the verge of raising taxes on commercial real estate and property transactions, upsetting many of the city's top developers who say the tax will hurt small businesses and worsen the office market.
WTOP: Columbia Heights Wawa opens May 23, Adams Morgan to follow
Convenience store chain Wawa’s third urban-format store in D.C. will open in Columbia Heights May 23, with one in Adams Morgan soon to follow and a fifth D.C. store in Tenleytown.
Washington Business Journal: Georgetown strikes deal for new student housing near Union Station
Georgetown University has struck a development deal with Gonzaga College High School, with plans to build new student housing on a site near Union Station.
Bowser Administration Announces Three Finalists for 2020 DC Teacher of the Year
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Fred Lewis (OSSE)
Bowser Administration Announces Three Finalists for 2020 DC Teacher of the Year
Today, the Bowser Administration announced the names of three finalists for the 2020 DC Teacher of the Year: Beth!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Norton Secures Quarterly Public Meetings with NPS for D.C. Residents
May 9, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller – 202-225-8050
Norton Secures Quarterly Public Meetings with NPS for D.C. Residents
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that the National Park Service!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
jonetta rose barras: Geoff Griffis’ war on poor people
Undoubtedly, DC business owner Geoff Griffis may flinch or become riled after reading the headline of this column. I am certain he would take issue with my characterization. However, there is no other way to honestly describe nearly four!-->…
DCist: Why Do So Many People Develop Allergies After Moving To D.C.? Is This Town Especially…
Five years after moving to D.C., Krysten Copeland rolled down the window of an Uber on a warm spring night. Her eyes swelled to the point that she could barely see. The public relations professional stumbled out of the car and made a!-->…
Curbed: Kennedy Center’s Israeli Lounge redesign will include history, contemporary art
Boston’s EYP architects won a competition to outfit the space, which will close briefly in 2020
Chris Richards in The Post: Go-go’s fight against gentrification is just getting started. This is…
Go-go is many things. Dance music, party music, proudly local community music, black music, sacred music. And when it feels like all of those things at once, it’s a model of everlasting life.
WAMU: ‘They Don’t Understand’: Howard Neighbors Search For Solutions After Dog-Walking Uproar
Howard University students and community residents turned out in droves for an Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 1B meeting in Shaw last week. First on the agenda was a discussion about how the historic campus can curb neighbors who!-->…