In order to attract new businesses and residents and better maintain the downtown area, a group of local businesses and property owners in Silver Spring want to start a business improvement district, or BID. But what is a BID anyway?
By Matt Friedman (Editorial Board Alum) • August 16, 2020
I liked having the car, but it was far from a necessity. Here’s how I’ve gotten around without the car in the year since I watched it get taken away by a tow truck.
Height restrictions aren’t a black-and-white issue; cities around the world have balanced historical preservation and modern development in a variety of different ways. What could DC learn from Paris, Milan, London, and others?
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton announced in June that she will introduce legislation to remove the Emancipation Statue from Lincoln Park in Northeast because it “fails to note in any way how enslaved African Americans pushed for their own emancipation.”
Metro is walking a fine line between ensuring access to public transportation and keeping passengers safe as it moves to gradually ramp up service for the first time in months. (Justin George, Michael Laris / Post)
A 62-year-old pedestrian from Silver Spring died three days after being struck by the driver of a truck in Aspen Hill in Montgomery County. Police are still looking for the driver, who left the scene of the collision. (Dan Schere / Bethesda Beat)
Starting as early as this fall, Fairfax County and Dominion Electric will begin testing an autonomous electric shuttle to ferry passengers between the Mosaic District and Dunn Loring-Merrifield Metro station. (Luz Lazo / Post)
Montgomery County residents aren’t sure where to get tested and how protected the county is from a new outbreak after the county shut down all COVID-19 testing sites due to faulty lab practices. (Colleen Grablick / DCist)
Private schools in Montgomery County are announcing their reopening plans following a spat between county and state leaders over whether they should be allowed to reopen. Most schools call for an eventual return to in-person instruction this fall, although many note that plans could change. (Caralee Adams / Bethesda Beat)
On Sunday, artists gathered near Black Lives Matter Plaza to add protest art to a tunnel on H Street created by construction scaffolding. The US Chamber of Commerce, which owns the site, said it will help preserve the artwork. (Matt Blitz / DCist)
