UrbanTurf: From Vacant to Vibrant to Vexed: The Inefficiencies of Selling Affordable Dwelling Units
In August 2019, developer Ihab Mogassbi closed on 1422 Shepherd Street NW (map), a DC rowhouse with an unfinished pop-up that he won in the city's Vacant to Vibrant auction. The property was one of dozens of blighted properties citywide…
Washington Business Journal: A homecoming for Howard
Wayne Frederick is presiding over a ‘coming of age’ for the storied university
DCist: Investigation Finds Metro Bike Parking Construction Has Cost Almost $20k Per Spot
Metro has doled out close to $6 million to construct three D.C.-area bike parking facilities — roughly $19,400 per parking space — according to a new report.
Amy Eskind in The Post: D.C.’s waterways are good for mental health, but some days that really is…
On any given day, residents can be seen jogging, biking, fishing and walking kids and dogs along the waterways of Washington and Northern Virginia. In season, they’re boating, kayaking and paddleboarding. Couples trying to salvage their…
WTOP: New DC hotel CitizenM offers small rooms, big beds, mood lighting
Dutch hotel company CitizenM has opened its fifth CitizenM hotel in the U.S. in Southwest D.C., and it calls its rooms “the hotel room, reinvented.”
Khalid Pitts in The Post: How to solve a 23-way election frenzy
It would be totally understandable for D.C. voters to take one look at this November’s election ballot for D.C. Council and have unwelcome flashbacks to the overcrowded Democratic presidential primary field.
DCist: Neighbors Say They Only Want Northern Bus Garage If WMATA Switches To Cleaner Electric Buses
Metro is in the process of reconstructing its Northern Bus Garage in D.C. to once again house 150 buses.
Press Release: Norton Introduces Bill to Improve Retirement System for Certain Workers Who Used to…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
October 23, 2020
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will introduce a bill tomorrow that would correct a retirement issue…
jonetta rose barras: Will the general election be better than the primary?
That is the question political operatives and election watchers are asking as DC begins in-person voting next Tuesday. Many of them seem to be waiting for the other shoe to drop. There remains little confidence in the DC Board of Elections…
Washington Post: Racial disparities in D.C. police stops at center of dialogue during 10-day…
In a city scarred by racial disparities in policing and home to historic unrest over how to address it, local leaders tried something new this month: a 10-day conversation.
Washington Post: D.C. mayor points to learning loss in urging schools to reopen as city and union…
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) pointed to data Thursday showing a sharp drop in the number of the youngest students who are meeting literacy benchmarks to reinforce her point that there is an urgent need to reopen schools, even as the…
DCist: At Tent City Protest, Local Activists Talk Education, Gather Resources For Winter
It’s October, but D.C.’s season of protest is far from over, according to the activists who have been at the center of the city’s racial justice protests, which sprang up after the police killing of George Floyd in May. As the local…
Washington Post: Metro says it will improve standards, training for protecting the integrity of…
Metro officials on Thursday pledged to improve communication with passengers during emergencies and come up with better evidence control standards in response to missteps made after a Red Line train separated earlier this month.
District Links: Plan to reopen elementary schools includes air filtration, rapid testing; DC has…
Happy Thursday. DC Public Schools plans to spend $24 million on air filtration and set up rapid coronavirus testing to reopen elementary school campuses next month.
City Paper: The Marcus Goodwin Flip-Flop Tracker
LL has whiplash from watching Marcus Goodwin‘s swift and sudden changes in opinion. The 31-year-old candidate for an at-large seat on the D.C. Council has changed, contradicted, or clarified his answers on several issues during his…
Washingtonian: Dupont Circle’s Legendary High Heel Race Is Canceled This Year
The annual tradition dates back more than 30 years.
Petula Dvorak in The Post: This rippling field of flags in D.C. shows covid-19’s scale
As you approach, it looks like a blanket of fresh snow — a startling expanse of white.
DCist: D.C. Schools Will Open With $24 Million Update To Filtration And On-Site Rapid Testing
D.C. Public Schools announced more safety measures at schools for the expected resumption of in-person learning on November 9, including a $24 million update to filtration systems and on-site rapid testing for symptomatic individuals.
DCist: Brooke Pinto Looks To Expand Bathroom Access For Residents With Certain Medical Conditions
Pinto, the council’s newest and youngest member, introduced legislation this week that would allow D.C. Health to issue an identification card to pregnant individuals and those with irritable bowel syndrome, allowing them to gain access to…
WTOP: How DC plans to return to in-person learning
The District released more information Thursday on plans to return to in-person learning for select students for the second term at D.C. Public Schools.