Posts tagged Economic Development
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DC sells valuable land, but loses interest in using it to create affordable housing
Since 2000, the District has generally required that when it sells publicly-owned land, part of the deal include new affordable housing for lower-income residents. But more recently, that commitment has waned. A bill in the DC Council could rejuvenate it by requiring affordable housing in city land development deals. The trend of weakening the city’s commitment to… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: DC gets pricier
Million dollar sales boom; Top millenial zips in Arlington; Buses a boon for business; Frm fire station to mixed-use?; A few speeders are still bad; Rockville is crucial for BRT; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rails and trails
Tysons growing up; Advocating for grade separation; A case for rails-with-trails; Bus status anxiety; Streamlining trade; Distracted driving; 1980s gentrification; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More money, more problems
Million dollar candidate; Housing on a budget; A crude conundrum; Baker goes to China; Seat Pleasant mayor not pleasant; App fights blight; Better grids mean better health; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: By the numbers
Gray vetoes budget; Pedestrian barrier for Route 1; How to pay for Phase Two?; Region falls behind in job growth; Buy DC land, build affordable housing; Housing trouble in Chinatown; Milloy doesn’t back down; Like riding a bike; Can’t buy booze in New Hampshire; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Federal damage
The racist feds; The feds won’t build; Transit still suffers; Flintbrook?; Stop the Idaho Stop?; See the kid behind you; Reckless bus drivers; The chameleonic condo; Stops will get screens; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Architects imagine
What MLK could look like; Skyscrapers along The Mall?; Food trucks coming to Alexandria; Older buildings are better economically; Where the (political) party is; If zoning were nationalized; Parking pilot succeeds; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cross with care
College Park focuses on pedestrian safety; More transportation options for young people; CityCenterDC only for the wealthy; Blame the canal; DC issues bad parking tickets; Farmers’ markets face red tape; Time changes Howard Theatre; Sell your house; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More travel
More lanes around Dulles?; 24 hour bus service, anyone?; Let cities decide on transportation; Assaults rise on area trails; How Clinton helped save DC; Markets, movies for Courthouse Square; Can the Garden City be the future again?; And…. Keep reading…
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Hungry for neighborhood eateries, Anacostia could get a Busboys & Poets
Neighborhood restaurants can be the foundation of a community. In Anacostia, plans to bring popular local chain Busboys & Poets to the area are moving forward, while residents remember one sub shop that was the “spot to come to” before closing a generation ago. In recent years, restauranteur and mayoral candidate Andy Shallal has hinted he intends to open a… Keep reading…