We all know that there is a lot at stake on the national level with the 2020 Presidential elections, but how about in your own backyard? Here in the Washington region we have several critical elections of our own approaching and GGWash needs you help to ensure that we elect leaders who will make the hard choices necessary to build a sustainable and inclusive Washington region.
These maps illustrate what a century of climate change could do to the US. Some cities bring daylight to local rivers. Modest densification may have wide-reaching results on housing.
By Adam Froehlig (Contributor) • December 13, 2019
How much of each of DC’s quadrants is land? Water? Parks? Military bases? The quadrants aren’t all equal. Far from it. I created this map using shapefiles from DC OCTO to illustrate how the areas differ.
Governor Larry Hogan postponed this week’s meeting of the Board of Public Works, which was expected to vote on the controversial Beltway/I-270 toll widening project. This is not the first time the vote on the proposal has been delayed.(Katherine Shaver / Post)
More than a year after tenants of a Brightwood apartment building went on a rent strike, a developer selected by the tenants purchased the building. Most of the tenants are low-income immigrants from Latin America who said they long faced decrepit conditions such as vermin and mold. (Natalie Delgadillo / DCist)
A 17-year-old student at Walter Johnson High School in Montgomery County was hospitalized for serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle while crossing a street to board a school bus. (Caitlynn Peetz, Dan Schere / Bethesda Beat)
The Arlington County Board met on Saturday to discuss how it would be setting aside millions of dollars for two affordable housing projects: a $14 million redevelopment of Terwilliger Place Apartments and $11 million for a new complex on Arlington Boulevard. (Kalina Newman / ARLnow)
Reston, VA was founded in the 1960s as a community where people of varying generations, races, and incomes could thrive together. Nowadays, the situation is much more tense as older, wealthier homeowners spar with younger, lower-income residents over how the community should grow. (Benjamin Wofford / Washingtonian)
A new pilot program in the District is helping builders to achieve net-zero energy (NZE) development. The District is expected to adopt NZE construction standards into its building codes for all new construction over the next few years as it hopes to eliminate all carbon emissions by 2050. (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
Nearly all vendors along sidewalks in Columbia Heights operate without a license and are occasionally issued citations they cannot pay. The vendors are now organizing and working with Ward 1 DC Councilmember Brianne Nadeau to establish a pathway to licensure. (Jake Maher / The DC Line)
