By Alex Baca (Housing Program Organizer) • September 6, 2019
The region needs to build 374,000 housing units by 2030. Most of them—preferably, three-quarters of them—need to be affordable. Otherwise, housing costs will ascend from merely expensive to stratospheric, tons of households (about 220,000) will be displaced, and the economy might slow down to a sludge.
Could Germany pass rent control nation-wide? Safe street advocates are upset at New York Mayor Bill for floating helmets and license requirements for bicyclists. “Soft cities” aim to be the answer to the urban grind.
By George Kevin Jordan (Editor and Correspondent) • September 6, 2019
Some Ward 8 residents have expressed frustration over lack of information about transportation projects in their area and opaque government processes. Now several local ANC commissioners are puttting together a group to help residents be more informed and engaged.
The six Blue and Yellow Line stations that reopened today still have signs with the wrong font, for now. Metro says the contractor behind the signs with replace them with new ones later this fall. (Rachel Sadon / DCist)
Mayor Muriel Bowser recently required certain District government agencies to prioritize locations east of the Anacostia River in Wards 7 and 8 for new leases. Bowser hopes the presence of government workers could help revitalize these neighborhoods, similar to what the Reeves Center did for U Street. (Martin Austermuhle / WAMU)
After nearly 80 years in business, the Hall Brothers Funeral Home in Shaw will close down. The funeral home went from hosting over 100 funerals a year to just four in 2018 as the neighborhood has changed and its African-American clientele has left. (Paul Schwartzman / Post)
Montgomery County officials say they didn’t receive invitations to an event last week to mark the installation of the first tracks for the Purple Line. They say it fits a pattern of the state not keeping them informed of the light rail line’s construction. (Kate Masters / Bethesda Beat)
A ceremony on September 12 will mark the end of repairs to two locks on the C&O Canal in Georgetown. Repairs on additional locks with continue through next year, and according to the Georgetown Business Improvement District, the canal boat will return in 2020. (Andrew Giambrone / Curbed DC)
Dominion Energy is hoping to partner with Virginia school districts to put up to 1,000 electric school buses on the road by 2025. The buses would help serve the electrical grid, where 1,000 buses could power up to 10,000 homes. (Hannah Natanson / Post)
Construction was started on a new senior living community in Rockville. The facility, located at the corner of West Gude Drive and Route 355, will include 116 assisted living and 30 memory care apartments. The project is expected to be completed by 2022. (Caitlynn Peetz / Bethesda Magazine)
There is still time to plant something this year. This list of 31 community gardens in DC, most administered by the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation, makes it easy for you to find one in your area. (Andrew Giambrone / CurbedDC)
