Posts tagged Food Insecurity
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Breakfast links: Median Montgomery County home price hits new high
Median MoCo home price hits new record of $650K. New market with free fresh produce launches in Southeast DC. Fairfax County residents call for pedestrian improvements to Route 29. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: WMATA starts engagement process for changes at Brookland Metro station
WMATA opens public comment period for redevelopment of Brookland Metro station. Ten years later, authors investigate Uber’s effect on DC. Amtrak files eminent domain lawsuit for Baltimore tunnel project. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: DC Mayor Bowser releases five-year economic development plan
Bowser provides details on downtown development goal, and adds others for increasing Black incomes, grocery access. Federally-funded DC hotel shelter program to end. Structural problems continue at Bethesda’s Rock Creek West Apartments. Keep reading…
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As the need for healthy food grows, urban gardeners step up
As DC residents cope with the coronavirus and an economy in freefall, urban farmers like Tully could play a role in meeting the fast-growing need for healthy food. Keep reading…
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The Wharf closure highlights the complexities of social distancing and shame culture
Against the backdrop of a pandemic, pictures and videos of crowds at DC’s Maine Avenue Fish Market, commonly known as the Wharf, circulated over the weekend. On the surface, it was painfully obvious social distancing guidelines were not met. However, it is important to understand that the complexities of life that existed before this pandemic for some of our neighbors have grown more complex in the midst of the novel coronavirus outbreak. Keep reading…
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Activists fight food access and health disparities in DC with #Don’tMuteMyHealth
Healthy food is more accessible in whiter and wealthier parts of the District, and low-income communities of color are often targeted with ads for unhealthy food. Residents in affected communities have been working to address these disparities, and they’re continuing the fight for food justice with a campaign called #DontMuteMyHealth. Keep reading…
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Grassroots groups and growers east of the Anacostia defy the ‘food desert’ label
There’s been a lot of discussion about the lack of grocery stores in neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River in DC in the past few years. But it hasn’t always been this way, and there are a lot of people working to ensure their neighborhoods have access to high-quality, affordable food again. Keep reading…
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Inter/National links: Thriving car-free neighborhoods and pothole-filling gangs
This German neighborhood, part of a 15-year sustainable planning experiment, is a car-free success. A Roman gang fills the cities potholes and conducts other needed repairs. This Barcelona planner wants to make it the first post-car city. Keep reading…
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Events: Join fellow GGWash readers at the National Building Museum
As part of the new GGWash social events schedule, we are planning a trip to the National Building Museum (401 F St NW) with fellow urbanists! If you have never heard of it, the National Building Museum is one of the coolest museums in DC, and it's focused on architecture, design, and urban planning Keep reading…
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The Palisades Safeway files for historic designation to avoid historic designation
In DC’s historic preservation process, all nominations start with an application. Often composed by professional historians and/or architectural experts, the application lays out the history of the property and explains how it meets the designation criteria provided in the preservation law. Except when it doesn’t. Keep reading…