By Kate Jentoft-Herr (Program and Community Coordinator) • March 9, 2020
This is the final week for our 2020 member drive, and we still need $6,630 or 65 new members to reach our goal. Join our GGWash Neighborhood or make a donation of any amount and you’ll get a ticket to our 12th birthday party on March 12, 2020 from 6:30 to 9 pm in LeDroit Park.
By David Alpert (Executive Director) • March 9, 2020
A presentation shed very little light on what’s in store for 80 acres of the Armed Forces Retirement Home at North Capitol Street and Irving Street in DC, slated for a private mixed-use development. However, a few more facts did emerge about the future of this poorly-planned part of DC.
After a high-profile launch of plans for faster, more reliable buses and a cohesive system to improve transportation in the region, Washington region jurisdictions disagree on how to share costs with Metro or whether to convert traffic lanes to dedicated bus lanes. (Robert McCartney / Post)
Anne Arundel County police say the driver of a GMC Yukon on East College Parkway near Bay Head Road in Annapolis crossed Sunday into a group of seven cyclists riding on the ridge edge of the roadway, killing Arthur Herbert Carter Jr., 59, and injuring two other cyclists. (Donovan Conaway / Capital Gazette. Tip: Chester B.)
Alexandria wants developers to turn five public housing sites into mixed-income communities with an equal mix of low-income, “workforce housing,” and market-rate units. The city is committing to a one-for-one replacement of 477 existing low-income housing units. (Alex Koma / WBJ)
The Montgomery County Planning Board approved a downtown Bethesda project that calls for 280 apartments and up to 6,000 square feet of retail space in a 22-story building. Forty-two units would be designated as affordable housing, and four levels of below-ground parking will have about 230 parking spaces. (Caitlynn Peetz / Bethesda Beat)
A judge sentenced a tour bus driver to six months in prison under a plea agreement for the December 2018 deaths of Monica Adams Carlson, 61, and her mother, Cora Louise Adams, 85, who the driver struck with his bus as they crossed Pennsylvania Avenue near the National Archives and Navy Memorial. (Keith L. Alexander / Post. Tip: Chester B.)
With population growth slowing in the District over the last five years, ten-year forecasts vary widely, with IHS Markit projecting a 2030 population of 744,390, Moody’s projecting a population of 781,000, and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments projecting a population of 842,200. (Nena Perry-Brown / Urban Turf)
ANC 4C is expected to vote this week—while the Historic Preservation Review Board will vote later this month—on WMATA’s redevelopment plan for the Northern Bus Garage at 14th and Buchanan Streets that would incorporate parts of the landmarked façade as part of a new bus garage that adds up to 55,000 square feet of retail. (Nena Perry-Brown / Urban Turf)
In addition to the natural beauty and carbon capture London’s 8.4 million trees bring, Britain’s Office of National Statistics estimates London’s trees saved more than 5 billion pounds ($6.6 billion) between 2014 to 2018 through air cooling and prevented productivity losses of about 11 billion pounds ($14.3 billion) by keeping summer temperatures bearable for workers. (Feargus O’Sullivan / Citylab)
