WTOP: Panel agrees: Racial equity in DC requires more work
Local elected leaders, business advocates, scholars and nonprofits participated in a panel discussion Tuesday on better ways to reach racial equity in D.C.
Washingtonian: DC Has a Surprise $552 Million Budget Surplus Despite Covid. What Gives?
Though the covid pandemic has hammered the Washington region’s economy, the DC government finished its 2020 fiscal year with a surplus of more than half a billion dollars. How is that possible? What does it say about about the local…
Washington Post: Metro to reduce train frequencies during peak periods as pandemic patterns evolve
Metro this week began reducing Metrorail service during peak commuting hours because of low usage while saying it will boost Metrobus service as new commuting trends emerge during the coronavirus pandemic.
Press Release: Norton Celebrates 203rd Birthday of Frederick Douglass, D.C. Voting Rights Champion
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
February 16, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) continues to celebrate famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass’ 203rd…
Associated Press: Impeachment over, Congress shifts focus to security failures
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the still shaken and heavily guarded U.S. Capitol, thousands of National Guard troops still wander the halls. Glass windows remain broken. Doors swing without handles. And in the grand marble hallways, which amplified…
DC’s 2020 youth poet laureate finds renewed hope in writing, community and a new presidency
Marjan Naderi, DC’s youth poet laureate in 2020, had long worried that poetry was dying. After years of expressing herself through poems, winning slam poetry contests, and even publishing her own book, Naderi wondered whether her craft was…
Press Release: Councilmember McDuffie Calls on MPD to Release Stop-and-Frisk Data Mandated by 2016…
News Release — Ward 5 DC Council member Kenyan McDuffie
This call comes after a second ACLU lawsuit alleges MPD failed to release critically important policing data since March of 2020, despite the NEAR Act requiring data be released…
DCist: New Development Planned For Navy Yard Is Basically Another Wharf
Step aside, Wharf, there’s going to be a new waterfront development in town.
Washington Post: D.C. region sees lowest number of new coronavirus infections since early November
Coronavirus cases are falling across D.C., Maryland and Virginia, although not at equal rates.
Washington Business Journal: Brookfield Properties forging ahead with the second phase of The Yards
Brookfield Properties hopes to start later this year on the next two buildings at The Yards as it seeks to pack more density and street-level activity into the second phase of the project Forest City Realty Trust opened more than a decade…
UrbanTurf: A First Look at Pedestrian-First Yards Place
As the first phase of The Yards continues build-out and plans surface for the second phase, Brookfield Properties is sharing the first views of the pedestrian-friendly street that will bisect the Anacostia Riverfront development.
City Paper: New Working Paper Says D.C. Did Not See Surge in Cases Following Capitol Insurrection
But sadly, other counties did.
Washington Post Editorial Board: Federal officials are rethinking Union Station’s redevelopment…
FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION officials have announced they will go back to the drawing board before proceeding with a multibillion-dollar redevelopment of Union Station. That is welcome news. This once-in-a-generation project in the heart of…
City Paper: New Hospitality Group Bets Sports Gambling Will Give Them an Edge
Chef Tim Ma, Jonas Singer, and Ben Sislen hope to open two D.C. sports bars with betting technology by September.
WTOP: Gift Shop, new retailer of Black-owned brands, to open in Union Market area
D.C. is about to get a vibrant new retailer for Black-owned brands.
DCist: After 56 Years, Blues Alley Jazz Club Might Have To Close Its Doors In Georgetown
One of Washington’s longest running jazz clubs might be leaving its Georgetown home, marking the latest pandemic-era loss for the city’s music scene.
UrbanTurf: A Four-Story Residential Development Pitched a Block From DC’s Social Safeway
A new residential development may be in the works for the northern edge of Georgetown.
WTOP: Report: If widespread remote work becomes the new normal in DC, a lot of people would be left…
The COVID-19 pandemic spurred a rapid shift to remote work as the threat of the coronavirus and stay-at-home orders shuttered offices and businesses across the D.C. region.
Press Release: DCHFA Relaunches the HomeSaver Foreclosure Prevention Program
News Release — DC Housing Finance Agency
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 16, 2021
Contacts: Yolanda McCutchen
Susan Ortiz
Washington, D.C. – In an effort to further support District residents during the coronavirus…
Press Release: Silverman Introduces Bill to Exempt UI Benefits from DC Taxes
News Release — At-large DC Council member Elissa Silverman
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Sam Rosen-Amy
Puts More Money…