Posts tagged Bids
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Business Improvement Districts are expanding across the Washington region. What’s a BID anyway?
In order to attract new businesses and residents and better maintain the downtown area, a group of local businesses and property owners in Silver Spring want to start a business improvement district, or BID. But what is a BID anyway? Keep reading…
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Day centers put vital services for people experiencing homelessness in one place
People experiencing homelessness often have no place to go during the day, and figuring out where to find a meal, get an ID card, do laundry, and get started on the journey to finding a home takes a lot of effort and coordination. Day centers can help. Keep reading…
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More car-free zones and parklets are coming to the District
Following the success of the Open Streets event on Georgia Avenue NW this past October, the District is creating some new pilot pedestrian zones and parklets in Georgetown and downtown. Keep reading…
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Business Improvement Districts are expanding across the Washington region. What’s a BID anyway?
In order to attract new businesses and residents and better maintain the downtown area, a group of local businesses and property owners in Silver Spring want to start a business improvement district, or BID. But what is a BID anyway? Keep reading…
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Bids, bids, bids: What should we make of the Washington region’s efforts to woo Amazon?
DC and Fairfax/Loundoun have just released their Amazon HQ2 bids, but are they good for area residents? Our contributors have a lot of mixed feelings about them. Keep reading…
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DC has over 14 million square feet of vacant office space. What if some became homes?
While there's a glut of empty office space in downtown DC, there is a dearth of homes available for rent or purchase in the area. Could tax incentives to transform vacant offices into homes help with the city's housing shortage? Keep reading…
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GGWash partners with DC Surface Transit to advocate for better sustainable transportation
We have really exciting news: Greater Greater Washington is launching a new partnership with DC Surface Transit to advocate for better transit in DC! Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rosslyn gets a better bike lane
Protected lane in Rosslyn; Bowser wants answers from Metro; Just kidding! on service cuts?; HPAP hiccups; Residential joins the BID; 2040 and no new Metro; Bike trail =/= road; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Churches fight to build housing
A little denser in Little Rome; Fort Stevens’ war of affordable housing; Derailed because they didn’t inspect; No ride to victory; Better biking for MoCo; How to bid BRT; CaBi’s grand opening in Fairfax; WiFi around the White House; RVs take on Silicon Valley. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Unfair alquiler
Weasel around rent control; Little levees for Metro; It’s not just Metro’s closing time; More green for the Greenway; Making the grade by opting out; Haven for homeless youth; A Brompton is not a bike; Race in rentals; And…. Keep reading…