By Caitlin Rogger (Interim Executive Director) • December 11, 2020
Without urgent relief for transit agencies that face dramatic budget deficits, the Washington region’s recovery from the COVID-19 crisis is at risk, business and advocacy leaders said in a letter to Congress on Thursday.
The pandemic marks a shift in how we see our homes and relate to the outside world. Panic over wealthy people leaving cities misses the point: cities shouldn’t revolve around them in the first place. Our love of same-day shipping is clogging up traffic and hurting the environment.
By Connie Trinh (Community Development Intern) • December 11, 2020
BlackSpace is a nonprofit organization working to create and preserve Black spaces. GGwash talks with Armando Sullivan, a Harlem based-urban planner who serves as co-chair for Programming on the board of the nonprofit. Sullivan chats about growing up in the Washington region, and the intersection between Black spaces and the built environment.
Maryland will pay the companies originally tasked with building the Purple Line $100 million by December 31 as part of a $250 million settlement over cost overruns that caused the initial public-private partnership to collapse. It is unknown when Maryland will pay the remaining funds or hire new contractors. (Katherine Shaver / Post)
An Advisory Neighborhood Commission in DC’s Takoma neighborhood formed a Housing Justice Committee to promote housing affordability. It will meet regularly to review development proposals and offer recommendations to the full ANC. (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
A 15-year-old who was struck by a motorist while skateboarding across Montrose Road on November 27 died of his injuries last Friday. The driver has not been charged. (Dan Schere / Bethesda Beat)
More than 4,000 students in Fairfax County Public Schools who started returning to the classroom part-time in October will go back to fully remote learning after the county’s positivity rate for new cases jumped over 10%. About 1,400 will remain in the classroom for instruction. (Hannah Schuster / DCist)
Just after midnight Monday morning, two Metro trains came to a halt on the Green Line after both lost power. Both trains were successfully evacuated, and Metro has yet to determine how they lost power. (Acacia James / WTOP)
Members of the Proud Boys, a far-right, neo-fascist organization, tore Black Lives Matter banners from two historic Black churches and lit them on fire at Saturday’s rally in support of President Donald Trump. DC police are investigating the incidents as possible hate crimes. (DCist)
