By Adam Weers (Board of Directors, Advocacy Committee) • November 23, 2020
We are looking for a proven nonprofit leader, who loves urbanism and the Washington region, to become the next Executive Director of Greater Greater Washington. Does this sound like you?
By George Kevin Jordan (Managing Editor) • November 23, 2020
Join GGWash’s online book discussion as we chat about Richard Rothstein’s book “The Color of Law: A forgotten history of how our government segregated America.” WABA is offering a free class to teach a child how to ride a bike. Enjoy the Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Festival of Trees virtually, and more in this week’s urbanist events.
An on-duty Prince George’s County police officer struck and killed a pedestrian while driving an unmarked police vehicle on University Boulevard in the Langley Park area Monday night. (Martin Weil / Post, Nick Boykin / WUSA)
With rising coronavirus cases, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser is putting more limits on gatherings and businesses to try to slow the spread. Among other restrictions: indoor gatherings are capped at 10 people, group indoor exercise classes are suspended, and alcohol sales must end at 10 p.m. (Colleen Grablick, Jordan Pascale / DCist)
In a letter to Maryland’s Department of Transportation, the Navy outlined its opposition to the Beltway widening project, saying the state should not plan on using any military property and faulting it for failing to consider transit options. (Bruce DePuyt / Maryland Matters)
Latoya Sommers, 42, of Southeast DC, was identified as the pedestrian who was struck and killed by a driver on Southern Avenue last Thursday evening. And the pedestrian who was killed by a driver in Old Town Alexandria last Friday was Justin Benedict, 55, a local cartoonist known for satirical comics. (Martin Weil / Post, Drew Wilder / NBC4)
Alexandria’s e-scooter pilot program wants another year after coronavirus restrictions sent scooter usage in the city plummeting. (Vernon Miles / ALXNow)
A five-year zoning and permitting battle over a treehouse in Capitol Hill that juts 20 inches into an alley is finally coming to an end. The treehouse, painted to look like a castle, will come down in early 2024, when the family’s two daughters have grown out of it. (Dana Hedgpeth / Post)
November’s coronavirus surge in Maryland has set records. Of the 183,797 Marylanders who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, one in five of them were dlagnosed in November. (Sanya Kamidi / Baltimore Sun)
