Posts tagged Retail
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Breakfast links: What you think about Metro
Metro gets good marks…; … but not from Hiatt; More Metro morsels; Survey also says; Bike bits; Transit-oriented Wegmans at Tysons?; Howard tax break dead?; Would living wage scare off Walmart?; Borderstan no more; And…. Keep reading…
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Summer air and a new challenge in the Flickr pool
We’ve been getting some great new photos from around the region in the Flickr pool, but just a reminder, we want pictures from all over the region, not just our most photogenic neighborhoods. This week, we’re challenging you to get outside and capture a photo (whether it’s with your DSLR or your phone) of outdoor food and dining — whether that’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Legislative action
Higher wages, lower taxes; Funding battles restart; What’s “AMI,” anyway?; Lawsuit to stop lawsuits; Park the park and rides?; Seeing is believing; Next stop: Kennedy Center?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Growing
Walkability is for young adults; Stop planting flowers at the Metro!; Why run more 8-car trains; The Silver Line and North Korea; Very large, somewhat-urban Wegmans?; Capital Crescent gets a gate; Reticence on Reston redevelopment; Dangerous part of the region; Require complete streets; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where and how the people go
People up, driving down; Baltimore wants to “poach” residents; Now white and black people lose rights; Bases get smart (growth); Metro intercoms sort-of-broken?; Is it gentrification?; Congress Heights needs food options; Fighting continues at Manassas; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stereotypes
“Gentrifiers” aren’t all white; Bad apples lead to viral videos; Simmons: Roads not rights; Primary will stay a joke; Food trucks get compromise; Bag fee just for food?; Chevy Chase Lake gets changes; Make the MBT safer; Talk bike lanes, safe streets; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Influence
There is a (little) bike lobby; Is the council too powerful?; Safeway expands, goes mixed-use; Fence blocks the way; No jail for Raquel Nelson; Fraud with disability parking; Education elements; House may scrap Ike design; And…. Keep reading…
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Residents organize for positive change in Bluemont
Arlington’s Bluemont neighborhood fought plans to rebuild the local Safeway and add apartments. Now that the project’s stalled, a new group called Bluemont Forward wants to change the debate over growth. In April, the Bluemont Civic Association voted to oppose a proposal from Safeway and developer Silverwood Companies to replace the 1960’s-era store… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Don’t blindly widen
Residents against VA’s Outer Beltway; Unbiased language would be an improvement; Bus loses brakes; Five points against intersection; DIY crosswalk leads to arrest; Why NY elites hate bikeshare; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Regulatory choices
Large retailers may have to pay more; Food truck rules going down; NPS stepping back on Penn; Utility problems; Compare bikeshare geographically; Companies quiet on transit nationally; And …. Keep reading…