By Robb Dooling (Guest Contributor) • April 13, 2020
In an effort to provide more space for people outside while also adhering to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s social distancing guidelines, several DC residents are now placing traffic cones on neighborhood streets to effectively widen sidewalks.
By Nena Perry-Brown (Editorial Board) • April 13, 2020
The DC Housing Authority’s current plan to raze and replace the Greenleaf Gardens public housing community with a mixed-income development is the most recent in a series of efforts over the decades to reinvent the Southwest neighborhood for a new class of residents.
In addition to the weekend closure of a two-mile section Beach Drive in Rock Creek Park, Anacostia Park and Fort Davis Drive in Fort Dupont Park are now closed daily to traffic from 8 am to 8 pm through April 30 to provide more recreational space. Montgomery County closed sections of Sligo Creek Parkway on weekends as well. (Abigail Constantino / WTOP)
With about 100,000 daily riders, Metro is considering whether to require anyone who rides a bus to wear a face mask. Wearing a mask is already required on buses in Frederick County, and a similar requirement will go into effect on Wednesday in Prince George’s County. (Adam Tuss / NBC4)
George Washington University is offering some vacant student rooms as housing for doctors and other hospital staff who have been exposed to COVID-19 and want alternative housing rather than risk bringing the virus home to their families. (Lauren Lumpkin / Post)
In March, the number of Washington region homes under contract fell 15.3% compared to the same number from March 2019. With sellers wary of having people walk through their homes, the listing service, Bright MLS reports only 5,886 active listings. (Jodie Fleischer, Rick Yarborough, and Jeff Piper / NBC4)
A believer in art and activism and a DC fixture for four decades, Faith ran for mayor as recently as 2014 when she was 91 and was known by the sound of her omnipresent bugle. She performed in both the Broadway run and movie version of “Gypsy” to the song, “You Gotta Get a Gimmick.” (Marc Fisher / Post)
During a remote meeting today, the Montgomery County Council is expected to consider a bill to both ban rent increases during, or within the 30 days following, certain states of emergency and require landlords to notify tenants to disregard any increase already scheduled to occur within this period. (Nena Perry-Brown / Urban Turf)
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is expected to announce this week the extension of his shutdown order for nonessential businesses, which is currently set to expire on April 23. DC Mayor Muriel Bowser and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan are also expected to announce decisions about school and business closures set to expire on April 24 and April 23, respectively. (Rachel Chason, Gregory S. Schneider, and Fenit Nirappil / Post)
