Posts tagged Churches
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Do Something: The week of January 15, 2024
This week, here’s how you can Do Something about rezoning 1617 U St NW, learn how to participate in DC’s upcoming performance oversight hearings, a parking miracle in Montgomery County, and how to make it easier for churches and nonprofits to build affordable homes in Maryland and Virginia. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tourism spending hasn’t reached pre-pandemic levels
In 2021, DC tourists spent 35% less than in 2019. Arlington parks rank 3rd in the country. Badly-needed bike lanes are finally coming to UMD’s campus in College Park. Keep reading…
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Exodus: Why DC’s Jewish community left the central corridors, then came back
Beginning in the 1950s, synagogues and other Jewish institutions left DC’s central commercial corridors for Upper Northwest and Maryland, and they didn’t return until the late 1990s. Keep reading…
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Why the 9th Street bikeway became a debate over race, power, and space
Recently, the fight over the 9th Street bikeway, a critical piece in the Eastern Downtown Protected Bike Lane, boiled over into another conversation over race, power, and space in the District of Columbia. The conversation, like previous ones, should leave no one feeling like a winner. Keep reading…
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9th Street’s bikeway project is at a standstill, again
Facing a divided council, Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau withdrew her emergency legislation to install the 9th Street Cycletrack during a legislative hearing on Tuesday. Keep reading…
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This Brightwood congregation built affordable housing for their community
The Emory Fellowship, a United Methodist Congregation in Ward 4, has been holding their Sunday worship services in a nearby school for more than two years. It was a hardship they knowingly undertook when they decided to build affordable housing for the surrounding community. Keep reading…
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(Take me to) Church in the Flickr pool
Inspired by beautiful snaps from National Cathedral's Seeing Deeper event, here are some of our favorite old and new photos from the archives of the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool, on the theme of churches. Keep reading…
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DC’s old school and church buildings are getting a new life
We should applaud projects that aim to repurpose closed churches and schools for the benefit of the larger community, and recognize that such efforts can take many forms. Keep reading…
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Exodus: Why DC’s Jewish community left the center city, then came back
Beginning in the 1950s, synagogues and other Jewish institutions left DC’s central commercial corridors for Upper Northwest and Maryland, and they didn’t return until the late 1990s. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: 24 long days
Bring on the single-tracking; Sparks fly over digital billboards; Student loans to homeownership; Ben Carson for HUD Secretary?; Uncertainty for Women’s March on Washington; Kenilworth’s big moment; MoCo’s legal battle; Muni, hacked; And…. Keep reading…