WTOP: Bowser, Newsham unveil summer crime prevention initiative
D.C.’s mayor and police chief identified six areas of the city that police will target in an effort to reduce violent crime this summer.
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Cecelia Holmes: Families like ours need DC Council to fully fund Birth-to-Three law
Imagine the difficulty of being a new mom in DC with limited financial resources and a baby who has an unknown health condition. Imagine the fear and frustration of not knowing how best to help your newborn child after receiving different…
Mayor Bowser Releases Point in Time Results, Overall Homelessness Continues to Decrease
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May 1, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Dora Taylor (DHS)
Mayor Bowser Releases Point in Time Results, Overall Homelessness Continues to Decrease
Annual Survey of People Experiencing…
Mayor Bowser Kicks Off 2019 Safer, Stronger DC Summer Crime Initiative
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May 1, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Dustin Sternbeck (MPD)
Mayor Bowser Kicks Off 2019 Safer, Stronger DC Summer Crime Initiative
Mayor and MPD to Focus Resources to Reduce Violent Crime…
WAMU: D.C. Releases First-Ever Resilience Strategy, Planning For Climate Change
In the year 2080, the sea level on the Potomac River and Anacostia River will be more than three feet higher than it is currently. There will be twice as many heat emergency days as there were in 2018 — meaning nearly the entire summer…
DCist: ‘I’m Not Married To The Wendy’s’: A Look At The Latest Plans For Dave Thomas Circle
Nick Sementelli considers himself a confident cyclist, but the Eckington resident says he won’t bike through the intersection of New York and Florida avenues Northeast, where “drivers persistently try to beat lights … and violate the law…
UrbanTurf: The Plans to Redesign Dave Thomas Circle
On Monday night, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) unveiled how the city plans to redesign the site colloquially known as "Dave Thomas Circle".
WTOP: Neighbors review options to overhaul chaotic ‘Dave Thomas Circle’
It’s a bottleneck for commuters that threatens safety, especially for pedestrians and bicyclists, but the District is promising improvements to the tangled crossroads where New York and Florida Avenues meet at First Street, NE and…
WTOP: ‘Fight hate with love’: Jewish community, DC leaders show support, defiance after Calif.…
Her eyes fill with tears, every time Rochelle Behrens thinks about Saturday’s shooting at the Chabad synagogue in Poway, California that left one woman dead, and three injured.
Washington Post: Should cities subsidize housing for a family making $141,000?
From coast to coast, booming American cities and suburbs are looking for ways to preserve homes for an increasingly cash-strapped middle class.
Bisnow: D.C. Launches Initiative To Retrofit Buildings For Climate Threats
D.C. is looking to prepare its buildings for effects of climate change such as floods and heat waves with a major new retrofitting program.
Ed Lazere on the DC Fiscal Policy Institute blog: Reversing School Budget Cuts in Wards 7 and 8…
The proposed fiscal year (FY) 2020 budget shortchanges all DCPS schools, but particularly schools in Wards 7 and 8, which have the largest concentration of low-income students of color. In a city with both growing prosperity and deepening…
Mayor Bowser Honors District Centenarians
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April 29, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Karen Dorbin (DCOA)
Mayor Bowser Honors District Centenarians
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser recognized 61 District…
Bloomberg: D.C. Is First to Plan to Remove, Retrofit Flood-Prone Buildings
Washington is announcing a goal of retrofitting or removing all of its flood-prone buildings by 2050, the first major U.S. city to set such a policy.
Mayor Bowser and 100 Resilient Cities Unveil DC’s First-Ever Urban Resilience Strategy
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April 29, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Olivia Dedner (OCA)
Andrew Brenner (100RC)
Mayor Bowser and 100 Resilient Cities Unveil DC’s First-Ever Urban Resilience Strategy
Resilient DC: A…
Mayor Bowser Delivers Affordable Housing in Congress Heights
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April 26, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Chanda Washington (DMPED)
Christy Goodman (DCHA)
Mayor Bowser Delivers Affordable Housing in Congress Heights
Preservation Effort Will Create 220…
Washington Post: Teachers and students protest the D.C. education budget, calling it inequitable
The demands of the protesters were clear: D.C. leaders need to give the city’s neighborhood schools more money.
Washington, DC Recognized by Bloomberg Philanthropies for Use of Data to Improve Delivery of…
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April 25, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Olivia Dedner (OCA)
Washington, DC Recognized by Bloomberg Philanthropies for Use of Data to Improve Delivery of Government Services
DC Government…
Mayor Bowser Launches First-Ever DCPS Student Guide to Graduation, College, and Career
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April 25, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Shayne Wells (DCPS)
Mayor Bowser Launches First-Ever DCPS Student Guide to Graduation, College, and Career
New Guide Builds on Recent Efforts to Better…
Washington Business Journal: K Street parking lanes would go bye-bye under Bowser proposal
K Street NW’s parking and service lanes would go away under a proposal from D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.