By George Kevin Jordan (Managing Editor) • March 29, 2021
Go on a virtual hunt in Arlington, VA for hidden gems during National Walking Day. Join the extreme cleanup team in Rock Creek. Learn the intersection of history and segregation in Northern Virginia, and more during this week’s urbanist events.
Warm weather sent DC’s cherry blossoms into full bloom earlier than expected, but the National Park Service is still encouraging people to avoid crowding in to see them — blossoms or no blossoms, we’re still in a pandemic after all. (Ally Schweitzer / DCist)
FEMA is setting up a vaccination center in the Greenbelt Metro station parking lot as part of an effort to get more Prince George’s County residents vaccinated. (Jordan Pascale / DCist. Tip: Chester B.)
Brookings researchers find that the DC Urban Moms Facebook group almost exclusively discusses a small subset of the wealthiest, whitest schools in the District, and how to leverage the school choice program to get their children into those schools, rarely mentioning schools with higher poverty rates that largely serve Black children. (Brookings)
The vision for Odenton as a transit-oriented hub of Anne Arundel County is nearly 50 years in the making. Now more and more officials are seeing its potential, and the stage is set for station upgrades that could lead to a development boom. (Holden Wilen / Business Journal)
The Washington housing market is the hottest it’s been in years, leading to cutthroat competition among home-buyers and casting the region’s inequality in sharp relief. (Marisa M. Kashino / Washingtonian)
As part of a larger budget process, Alexandria is studying the feasibliity of a “Waterfront Museum” that would house timbers from one of the 18th century merchant ships found in 2018. (Vernon Miles / ALXNow)
The Vienna Town Council has approved funds for two sidewalk projects to connect gaps in the town’s sidewalk network, as part of an effort to improve walkability. (Angela Woolsey / Tysons Reporter)
The CDC extended a nationwide moratorium on evictions for failure to pay rent. But in states including Virginia, landlords can evict tenants for other reasons, from lease expirations to noise complaints. (Kyle Swenson / Post)
After being closed for 16 months, the National Building Museum is reopening April 9 with a new exhibit on the role architecture plays in improving peoples’ lives, as well as a memorial to victims of gun violence. (National Building Museum)
