Washington City Paper: Mayor Muriel Bowser Wants NFL Team Back in D.C.
"If there was a way to bring the team back to the city, she would find it," says the mayor's spokesperson.
Officials look for all-girls Excel Academy to thrive under DCPS control
The girls at Excel Academy in Anacostia weren’t sure whether they would have to change schools this year. But by the start of the school year last week, students navigated through a small crowd that cheered “Welcome back to school” and…
DC Policy Center: D.C.’s Startup Scene, Part II: Opportunity Costs
Previously, in D.C.’s Startup Scene, I examined employment gains made by District startups across industry sectors. … In this article, I dig deeper by examining one potential barrier that may be in the way of startup employment…
HPTF Financing Will Help Preserve Affordable Housing for Over 140 Residents in Wards 4 and 7
August 29, 2018
HPTF Financing Will Help Preserve Affordable Housing for Over 140 Residents in Wards 4 and 7
Most of the 64 units will be designated for households making at or below $59,000 a year
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Mayors from Across the Country to Join Mayor Bowser for DC’s First Maternal and Infant Health Summit
Mayors from Across the Country to Join Mayor Bowser for DC’s First Maternal and Infant Health Summit
Leaders and Experts from Across the U.S. Will Discuss Strategies to Improve Perinatal Health and Address Racial Disparities in Birth…
AG Racine Sues Automotive Companies for Illegal Oil Spills that Threaten the Anacostia River and…
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‘We will be the change,’ Zion Kelly tells other winners of AG’s Right Direction…
Zion Kelly stood in the same spot his twin brother, Zaire, had stood to receive his Right Direction Award one year earlier. One month after winning the award, Zaire Kelly was shot and killed only 300 feet from his home.
Zion, who…
Norton to Introduce Bill Affording New Way for D.C. to Secure Private Funding for Public…
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August 29, 2018
Norton to Introduce Bill Affording New Way for D.C. to Secure Private Funding for Public Infrastructure Projects
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today…
Mayor Bowser and Events DC Break Ground On Three Multi-Purpose Recreational Fields on the RFK…
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Mayor Bowser and Events DC Break Ground On Three Multi-Purpose Recreational Fields on the RFK Stadium Campus
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Mayor Bowser…
Greater Greater Washington: DC’s rivers could be swimmable in the next several years
The reasons why you can’t safely or legally swim in the District’s rivers could be resolved within the next several years — a concrete milestone for clean rivers which until recently seemed difficult to envision. This would open new outdoor…
Bisnow: Mixed-Use Development Planned For Northeast D.C. Shopping Center
One of a handful of low-rise, car-centric shopping centers remaining in the District is now being tapped for a redevelopment that will add new housing to Northeast D.C. Cedar Realty Trust announced Tuesday it acquired a 99-year lease with a…
WAMU: How A ‘Cashless’ Future Could Leave Many D.C. Residents Shortchanged
At D.C. barbecue restaurant Hill Country, go ahead, get the spare ribs. Just don’t try to pay for them with spare change. That’s because the Texas-style barbecue market in Penn Quarter recently stopped accepting cash. Now, it’s plastic only…
WTOP: High above DC, unseen urban beekeepers boost sustainable local agriculture
WASHINGTON — The District provides plenty of good street-level sights. There are attention-grabbing monuments, fountains, and displays in store windows. Both locals and tourists alike, however, may not know there is a thriving rooftop…
“Words Ignite: The Literature of Activism” Focus of Annual Library Scavenger Hunt
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Literature Advancing Social Change Focus of Annual Library Scavenger Hunt
“Words Ignite: The Literature of Activism" is this Year’s Banned…
Statement from Councilmember Allen on RFK fields groundbreaking: “A milestone moment in reclaiming…
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August 29, 2018
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Statement from Councilmember Allen on RFK fields groundbreaking:
“A milestone moment in reclaiming District space from a stadium for residents.”
Ahead of today’s…
Jack Koczela: Visualizing a regional trail network
A new map released this month by the Capital Trails Coalition demonstrates how the Washington metropolitan area’s trails can connect all parts of the region to one another. These largely off-road trails make it possible for pedestrians,…
Washington Post Express: This 4-year-old spotted an error on the WMATA map
The other day, Ehren Reynolds and his 4-year-old son, Theo, looked at a map of the Metro system, as they do each day during their commute to child care. “You can get on the Yellow and Green, the Orange, Silver and Blue,” Theo said, as he…
CIty Paper: D.C. To Host First-Ever Black Restaurant Week in November
Houston, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Memphis, and Atlanta have one thing in common. They've all hosted a Black Restaurant Week to highlight black culinary and bar talent as well as black-owned restaurants. This fall, D.C. joins the movement…
Washington Post: Operator at District’s 911 center failed to send police to school after man…
An operator at the District’s 911 center failed to send police Monday afternoon when a parent at an elementary school in Northwest Washington called to report a man outside the building threatening to shoot, according to a city spokeswoman.
Todd Brogan: When performing resistance is not enough
Mayor Muriel Bowser made headlines recently with her smooth retort to President Donald Trump’s outlandish claim that local elected officials were responsible for the postponement of his military parade.
“The local politicians who run…