Posts tagged Dc Council
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Will tax incentives make food deserts bloom?
With hunger spreading across America at levels unseen since the Great Depression and with low-income urban communities continuing to be disproportionately affected by a lack of access to healthy food, many are asking questions about the best way to reach communities without adequate food sources. One option that has been tried in many places, including Washington, DC, is… Keep reading…
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Bonus links: Parking extravaganza
$80,000 a space for another DC USA?; Tenleytown Safeway too suburban; Three parking bills, one hearing; Free holiday meters?; Free transit for some Chicago shoppers; Potomac Yard station still just out of reach; A Green City but without green transportation. Keep reading…
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Deputy Mayor wants to give $7 million to one tech company
Next year will be tough for many DC residents, companies, and agencies. But it could be a good year to be a “high technology commercial real estate database and service provider.” Under a new bill introduced in the DC Council, these businesses, and only these businesses, would get up to $700,000 in annual property tax breaks for 10 years — a $7 million subsidy. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Safety, please!
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Breakfast links: Harebrained approaches to traffic
The right to drive distracted?; Debate tolls thoroughly! Now don’t!; Making transit more accessible; Talk long-term; Jaydriving worse than jaywalking; Buffett Northern Santa Fe; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Green and/or parking
College Park should be green; Solar Decathlon; Parking pushback; Green(ish) parking; No grid for Benning; “Racial” arguments make HOT suit hotter; Circulator to Rosslyn?. Keep reading…
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Cheh wants to restore “professionalism” in traffic calming
DC Councilmember Mary Cheh yesterday introduced a bill to require DDOT to conduct a formal analysis of traffic patterns before installing speed bumps or other “high-impact” traffic calming measures. The bill would essentially require DDOT to return to a previous policy, similar to their procedures on other traffic changes like rush-hour parking restrictions. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hitting a wall
Free transit if you develop an app; Put the jobs near the people; Why-Mart?; Distracted reporter driving; Don’t be chicken; Klingle all the way; Two mayors on parking. Keep reading…
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Ask Kwame Brown to maintain public access in downtown Ward 7
This afternoon, the DC Council Committee on Economic Development will decide whether to give Donatelli Development an entire large parcel at the corner of Minnesota Avenue and Benning Road for free, or whether to give them almost all of the parcel while maintaining a public right-of-way around the perimeter for a future road connection and a reasonable Community Benefits Agreement. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Keep on the grass
Catoe gets silent nay from Albert; Parking rites; Chicago free market acolytes create price ceiling; Pull ya car on up; Where the sidewalks end; The great park bench debate; Watch out for reply-all. Keep reading…