By Julie Strupp (Former Managing Editor) • November 20, 2020
Do you know what makes a street a street, a boulevard a boulevard, or an avenue an avenue? Turns out, there’s a hidden code behind how different roads are classified.
As commutes dwindle due to the pandemic, America’s transit-oriented bedroom communities could become more like European cities. Health care systems are getting into the grocery business. These days, oil and car companies are like oil and water — in other words, they’ve got some issues.
In Hill East, the 11-acre former site of DC General once known as Reservation 13 could become a mixed-use development with a focus on affordable housing. Development proposals are due in February. (Matt Blitz / DCist)
The Montgomery County Council is expected to approve $9 million in funding to provide rental assistance for low-income and homeless residents and workforce development to help residents who lost jobs due to the pandemic. (Briana Adhikusuma / Bethesda Beat)
Restaurant owners say they are struggling to heat outdoor dining areas and comply with Arlington’s fire code and permitting process. (Jo DeVoe / ARLNow)
Predominantly white ZIP codes in Maryland have received about 20% more money under the Paycheck Protection Program than predominantly Black ones, federal data shows. (Amina Lampkin / Capital News Service)
According to a survey, more than 80 percent of DC, Maryland and Virginia residents are opting not to travel for Thanksgiving as the number of coronavirus cases rises nationally. (Allison Klein / Post)
Officials broke ground last week on “Northwest One, a mixed-use development on North Capitol Street between K and L streets with 740 apartment units, about 540 of which will be deemed affordable. (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
Express, the Washington Post’s commuter newspaper that was discontinued last year, made a temporary appearance last week, in what could be considered the newsprint version of a hologram stage performance. Content and experience company The Pack designed an online recreation of the paper and passed out physical copies on November 21. (Emma Sarappo / City Paper)
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