Posts tagged Retail
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Breakfast links: Follow the money
See Orange’s money orders; More in campagn finance; Election needs money; Nats Park area gets pop-up retail; Wheaton gets more residential; Help seniors with smart growth; Love bicycling and water infrastructure?; We’ve drunk our milkshake; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A high idea
11th Street recreation bridge?; Buses rise, rail stays flat; Adams Morgan work nearly complete; Concerns up the pike; One for the money; Marbury Plaza saga (sorta) ends; More real-time info, please; How to prevent bus bunching. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: WMATA on the move
Real-time signs real soon; Suicide during suicide debate; High income disparity in DC; Georgetown drives less; Lack of funding causes delays, uncertainty; Really express bus; And…. Keep reading…
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What does Wheaton need?
Improving or redeveloping Wheaton is on the Montgomery County Council’s agenda for this capital budget. The council is considering a County Executive proposal that would have a profound effect on the core area around the Metro station. We have a big decision to make. As Councilmember Nancy Navarro says, Wheaton’s time is now, and I am working with her and other county… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A bundle
Raid goes to the top; Move out or get a roommate?; DC’s most dangerous crossings; Herndon approves density plan; DC neglects crumbling facade; Where are the natives?; Residents revolt against liquor moratorium; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Unfortunately expected
Hurt cyclist ticketed for nonexistent violation; Costco “beautiful,” says Kwame; Let’s loosen the numbers; Evans has Logan Circle parking plan; Want a grocery? Add housing; Hidden urbanism; Sprawl is really quite big; Promise and peril in public housing; Elect the regionals?; And…. Keep reading…
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Liquor laws, lacking nightlife hurt Silver Spring bars
Last weekend, Piratz Tavern, a pirate-themed bar in downtown Silver Spring, received a makeover from the TV show Bar Rescue and re-opened as a more conventional hangout dubbed Corporate Bar & Grill. While host Jon Taffer and many customers say it failed because of bad food and poor service, there are other factors that sunk this ship. For starters, Montgomery County makes… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Policing strategy
Crime isn’t quite so bad; Whistleblowing officer to sue MPD; 3 streetcars isn’t enough; Should DCPS create charter schools?; House transpo bill getting changes; When loitering is good; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Phones
Pay phones don’t pay; Another use for pay phones; Get off the phone; Forget you!; Don’t shut the door; Second look at suburbs; And…. Keep reading…
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Sometimes, it’s okay for progressives to embrace progress
Takoma Park has long been known for civic activism, dating back to the freeway fighters who stopped I-95 and I-270 from cutting through the area 40 years ago. But that culture of resistance to change could prevent the community from allowing positive improvements to take place. Writing in Utne Reader, the same publication that once called Montgomery County the “Most Enlightened… Keep reading…