Washington Post: ‘One-train ride from Greenbelt to National Airport’: Metro board advances service…
Metro will increase service on the Yellow and Red lines next year, doubling the number of trains at a dozen stations in hopes of boosting ridership as the system continues to undergo substantial rebuilding and truncated hours to address a…
DCist: The City Allegedly Cut Off This Woman’s Housing Benefits After She Left Her Abusive Husband
A D.C. woman has filed suit against the District of Columbia Housing Authority for cutting her voucher benefits after she divorced her allegedly abusive husband, despite several attempts from her and her legal counsel to advise DCHA of her…
DCist: That Support Rally For Jack Evans Didn’t Quite Pan Out
Controversial former Ward 5 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Kathy Henderson put out the call: “We will meet on the steps of the Wilson building on Thursday at noon, in support of clear cut rules and Councilmember Jack Evans,” she wrote…
Washington Business Journal: Sephora opening two new D.C. stores, and one in Alexandria
Cosmetics retailer Sephora has a whopping three new stores planned for Greater Washington.
Washington Post: D.C.’s mayor went to the White House and asked President Trump for a new VA…
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) made a surprise visit to the White House on Wednesday to discuss judicial vacancies and urged President Trump to replace the city’s troubled hospital for veterans.
WTOP: Metro to extend Yellow, Red line service this summer, keep current fares and hours
Metro plans to add some service back this summer at stations on Yellow, Green and Red lines without raising fares, after the Metro Board unanimously gave preliminary approval Thursday to the agency’s $3.5 billion budget.
East of the River: Busboys and Poets opens in Anacostia amid uncertainty of future development…
Following years of anticipation, the wait is finally over. After holding a series of local hiring fairs, Busboys and Poets opened its doors in the first week of March on the ground floor of 2004 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, in a…
UrbanTurf: Residential Development Proposed for Site of Bloomingdale Church
In 2017, UrbanTurf reported on the sale of the former Medhane Alem Eritrean Church at 150 S Street NW (map). Now, following the edifice being razed under potentially illegal circumstances, plans for the future of the site are coming into…
WAMU: In Brief Meeting, Bowser Presses Trump On Judge Backlog And New VA Medical Facility
The last time D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser met with President Donald Trump, they talked about preparations for a winter storm. But at a meeting this week, the conversation touched on more serious topics.
DCist: Metro Board Votes To Approve 2020 Budget Extending Yellow Line To Greenbelt, Increasing Red…
The Metro board gave unanimous preliminary approval on Thursday to its $3.5 billion fiscal year 2020 budget, which starts in June of this year. The board will vote one more time later this month to finalize the proposed budget, which…
Norton Introduces Bill Removing Federal Government’s Authority Over District-Owned Land
March 14, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
Norton Introduces Bill Removing Federal Government’s Authority Over District-Owned Land
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill today to remove the…
District Links: Mendelson weighs in on Ward 3 debate over school overcrowding; DC Central Kitchen…
Happy Thursday. Four council members, including Chairman Phil Mendelson, oppose emergency approval of a bill from the mayor to extend the private Lab School's lease beyond 2023 at a city-owned site in Ward 3. The debate has become charged…
Pledging oversight on crowded Ward 3 schools, Mendelson comes out against council vote on old Hardy…
Facing a group of outraged education activists, DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson this week criticized the mayor for submitting emergency legislation to extend a private school’s lease of a District-owned site many want converted into a…
Washington Business Journal: Hoffman-Madison to break The Wharf’s second phase into smaller…
Hoffman-Madison Waterfront plans to award as many as four different general contracts for the next phase of The Wharf, the 1.25 million-square-foot follow-up to its Southwest waterfront mixed-use development slated for completion in 2022.
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UrbanTurf: A Ladybird, A Wegmans and A Dancing Crab: The Tenleytown and AU Park Rundown
The development train continues to slowly chug along around Tenleytown, American University Park and along the Wisconsin Avenue corridor, perhaps exemplified best by the lot zoned for mixed use that was granted a permanent special…
WTOP: Come eat and drink in Buzzard Point’s new Sandlot
A new outdoor venue across from Audi Field in D.C.’s Buzzard Point is ready for its close-up.
DCist: This Ward 8 High School Had Its Charter Revoked. Now It’s Fighting Back
When the D.C. Public Charter School Board voted in December to initiate revocation proceedings for National Collegiate Prep, a Ward 8 charter high school founded 10 years ago that educates about 250 students, few could say they were really…
Freelance journalist Pete Tucker: A Reckoning is Coming for Jack Evans, But What About the…
DC’s longest-serving councilman is in trouble. With the US Attorney’s Office and a federal grand jury investigating his suspect dealings, Jack Evans' days as a top DC powerbroker are over. That conclusion seems inescapable now that Evans’…
2 Ward Two Civics Join Call for DC Council to Investigate Jack Evans
For Immediate Release
March 14, 2019
Contact: Robin Diener, President Dupont Circle Citizens Assn
Marina Streznewski, President, Foggy Bottom Assn
2 Ward Two Civics Join Call for DC Council to Investigate Jack…
Washington Business Journal: McMillan redevelopment team requests extension on portion of project
The team behind the redevelopment of McMillan Reservoir is applying for a two-year extension on a portion of the project as it remains mired in appeals years after its approval.