Washington Post: Despite affordability barriers, millennials want to stay in D.C. for the long-term,…
Although some millennial residents of the District and its inner suburbs have left the area in search of affordability or job opportunities, the majority plan to stay in the city. That’s according to a recent survey by ULI Washington, which…
Washington Post: D.C. ranks second for rate of fatal speed-related crashes, group says
The District is behind only New Hampshire when looking at such deaths as a percentage of all traffic fatalities
District Links: DC Council to examine mishap at Franklin School renovation; bill targeting street…
Good Tuesday morning. The DC Council will presumably ask some hard questions today over what went wrong during the renovation of the historic Franklin School, where workers transforming the building into a museum trashed its interior,…
Mayor’s pick for chief planner tells critics of city’s development policies he hopes to earn their…
The District’s new top planning official on Saturday met some of the biggest critics of the Bowser administration’s land-use policies, promising to listen to activists’ concerns about the pace of development.
Earlier this month, Mayor…
School tech advocates to mayor: For a tech-ready workforce, start by fixing technology in our…
For years, students in DC Public Schools (DCPS) have endured inadequate, unreliable technology — the result of a lack of a comprehensive plan and sustainable funding model for maintaining school computers, interactive Smartboards and other…
DC Government and DC Public Schools to Open On Time on Tuesday, January 15
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January 14, 2019
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DC Government and DC Public Schools to Open On Time on Tuesday, January 15
(WASHINGTON, DC) – On Tuesday,…
Washington Business Journal: West Heating Plant redevelopment clears significant hurdle
A Bowser administration official has approved the long-planned transformation of the West Heating Plant in Georgetown into about 80 luxury Four Seasons condominiums, a key step toward ending a protracted debate over the World War II-era…
Washington Post: Stretch of Benning Road NE is site of yet another deadly incident
Once again, D.C. police were standing on a familiar stretch of Benning Road. It was midafternoon on Saturday, a winter storm imminent, another young man shot and killed on this road.
Washington Post: ‘This is an emergency’: José Andrés to open relief kitchen for federal workers…
José Andrés, chef, restaurateur and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, will focus his humanitarian efforts on his hometown this week, when his nonprofit organization launches a relief kitchen to feed furloughed federal workers in Washington.
Curbed DC: New D.C. bill seeks to alleviate bedbug issues
Perhaps don’t read this before going to sleep: In a report released last year by Atlanta-based Orkin Pest Control, the D.C. area ranked second among U.S. metro areas, behind Baltimore, for the worst bedbug problems. Now, District lawmakers…
City Paper: José Andrés Launches Temporary Kitchen Wednesday to Feed Furloughed Workers
As the shutdown stretches into its third week, the Nobel Prize-nominated chef is going beyond free sandwiches.
UrbanTurf: The 4,200 Units Slated for East of South Capitol Street
The development pipeline waits for no one, so UrbanTurf is starting early with its 2019 rundown update.
Washingtonian: José Andrés Is Opening an Emergency Kitchen in DC to Feed Federal Employees and Their…
World Central Kitchen will provide meals during the shutdown, similar to areas hit by natural disasters.
Washington Business Journal: Jair Lynch bullish on $60M eNvy condo project by — virtually over —…
Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners' $60 million eNvy condo project is set to come online by the end of the year, offering the only for-sale residential product as close to Nationals Park as you can be without sitting in right field.
DCist: José Andrés Is Setting Up An Emergency Kitchen To Feed People Affected By The Shutdown
José Andrés is as famous for his high-profile D.C. restaurants as for his efforts to serve meals to communities affected by disasters. With hundreds of thousands of people going without a paycheck in the D.C. region, those two worlds are…
City Paper: A Stumble for Statehood? The federal shutdown brands D.C as just a government town.
The federal government shutdown is having one collateral effect—it’s blowing a hole in the District’s latest effort to promote statehood for itself.
Libby Watson on Splinter: Make DC a State Already
Perhaps one of the biggest policy no-brainers on its merits that apparently remains politically unfeasible is statehood for the District of Columbia, which has a population larger than Wyoming and Vermont but still has no voting…
Bisnow: Half Of D.C.’s Buildings Could Require Upgrades Under New Climate Law
Owners of hundreds of buildings across D.C. will soon be required to make investments to improve their energy performance under a sweeping new law.
Washington Post: A critically acclaimed National Gallery show must come down, so workers are moving…
The Rachel Whiteread sculpture show at the National Gallery of Art ended its four-month run this weekend, but because of the partial government shutdown, no one had been able to see the major survey since Jan. 2.
DCist: After Uproar From Musicians, D.C. Council Revisits Its Quest To Limit Noise In The City
The D.C. Council will resume its quest to limit noise in the city, a mission that led to an uproar from local musicians over the summer.