Posts tagged Grocery Stores
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DC’s Ward 7 and 8 residents stage ‘grocery walk’ to draw attention to lack of food access
There are only three full-service grocery stores for more than 148,000 people in Wards 7 and 8–far fewer than in wealthier districts. Some residents and local activists are hoping to change that. Keep reading…
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A developer has agreed to build shorter and less dense than the law allows, but neighbors are still fighting it
An apartment building is slated to go up at the site of an old grocery store near American University. Some residents oppose the new housing and only want a grocery store to return there, but apartments are likely coming to the site no matter what. It’s the grocery store that the opposition could kill. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Statehood to a vote
One step closer to statehood; Prince George’s new perception; Grading the gondola; Taxi turn in Arlington; Give me a brake; Originally office, now housing instead; Rural gentrification; And…. Keep reading…
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National links: How the highways happened
The US highway system is around partly because of a road trip Dwight Eisenhower took right after WWI, and if our leaders don’t invest in our transit infrastructure, we’ll have to sit back and hope for the best until they change their minds. Check out what’s happening around the world in transportation, land use, and other related areas! Interstate prelude:… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Step up
Stood up by Walmart, again; Potomac Yard overhaul; MVP MBT; Plaza plans too big?; Planning pick in Montgomery; Metro couture; Building blocks for success; Rural recovery; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A different track
ICYMI; Bring on the buses; Homeless families on the rise; Car2go2more places; From retail to residence; Tall Oaks short on retail; Make the grade; Gaithersburg, the most diverse city; Traffic nightmare or hidden art?; And…. Keep reading…
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Housing atop Georgetown’s Safeway would have strengthened the neighborhood
Retail is struggling in upper Georgetown, and a big reason is because not all that many people live there. Safeway could have added housing when it redesigned its Wisconsin Avenue store, but says it didn’t because doing so would have delayed building. That was a lost opportunity. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Grocery stories
Waiting for groceries; Next stop: groceries; Tiny Orange houses; Bail for Baltimore?; You think it’s hard to walk?; Hotel or studio; Bright lights of Loudoun; The rent is slightly lower!; The tracks beneath; Bikeless in Seattle. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Priorities
Creeping back to normal; New Olympic sport; See something, shovel something; Bikes are not a priority; To the skies; The sharing economy digs out; Where does all the snow go?; Where’s the beef?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Win some, lose some
Why, WMATA?; Alexandria votes; From the ashes; Affordable housing wreaks no havoc; MoCo focus on taxis; Feeling Whole; Gondolas are legit; And…. Keep reading…