Posts tagged Marcie Cohen
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DC Council chairman Phil Mendelson is blocking Mayor Bowser’s zoning board nominee
Mayor Muriel Bowser has nominated David Franco, a local developer, to sit on the DC Zoning Commission, but DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson is blocking the nomination. I spoke with Franco about work, his vision for DC, and his views on the need to build more housing. Franco would replace Marcie Cohen, a former affordable housing and community development professional. Cohen… Keep reading…
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Rowhouse “pop-up” restrictions get much stricter at the eleventh hour
Jim, a homeowner in Columbia Heights who wants to add onto his row house, might be in trouble. New rules limiting homeowners’ ability to divide a house into more than two units or build a “pop-up” on top just got even stricter as DC’s Zoning Commission took its final vote. Responding to neighborhood outcry about row houses being converted into three,… Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Transportation no-nos
Don’t lock bikes to trees; Just don’t walk there; No aerial tram for Ocean City; Hit and run killer convicted; Marcie Cohen nominated to zoning board; Norfolk light rail about to open; Bike backlash over; Bike sharing sprouting everywhere. Keep reading…