By George Kevin Jordan (Managing Editor) • October 4, 2021
A revamped wildlife sanctuary offers visitors new accessible trails, trees, and streams. Chevy Chase has big ideas for a small area plan. Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at DC’s Franklin Park and more in this week’s urbanist events.
DC’s inspector general found that officials misused almost $82 million in Housing Production Trust Fund dollars by failing to monitor projects and direct dollars to low-income households. (Marissa J. Lang / Post)
The Montgomery County Council is considering reducing standard Ride On fares from $2 to $1 starting in January. The transit service is currently free but fares are slated to come back January 1. (Dan Schere / Bethesda Beat. Tip: Chester B.)
An encampment clearing in NoMa was put on pause Monday after a bulldozer driver hit and began to lift a tent with a person inside it. Officials say the person was not injured but was taken to a hospital just in case. (Martin Austermuhle / DCist)
Sales at restaurants in downtown DC are 21% lower than this time in 2019. That’s an improvement from earlier pandemic days, but it’s nowhere near neighborhood dining spots, which have seen sales climb back to pre-pandemic levels. (Ally Schweitzer / DCist)
A new optical sorter will help Prince George’s County sort plastics by type and color, allowing the county to make sure more material actually gets recycled. The change won’t affect what residents put out curbside. (Jacob Fenston / DCist)
DC Councilmember Charles Allen reintroduced a bill that would provide up to $100 to DC residents each month to use on Metro. Funding would come from extra District revenue. The bill was originally introduced in March 2020. (Joshua Barlow / WTOP)
Top image: Mayor Muriel Bowser announcing a boost to the Housing Production Trust Fund in May 2021 outside a development in Petworth. Image by the author.
