Posts tagged Stormwater
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Breakfast links: Creative ways to boost tourism
Give Pittsburgh the scaffold?; When movie tax credits help a city; Bikeshare thievery; GSA proposes cybersecurity campus; Corupt developer punished; Alec Baldwin, bike salmon; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: And a cherry on top
Best blossom bet; Tax base boom; Marijuana is less of a crime; Metro door mayhem; Protection creates jams; Elevated super train?; Less building for Clarksburg; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Time for some traffic problems
Stuck in a jam; A world without farecards; Bikeshare riders brave the cold; Waiting for renewal; Fairfax forgoes McMansions for paintball; The war on rats; Foreign investment drives DC real estate; Metro’s track work schedule; And…. Keep reading…
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Bike to work and school, and much more on the calendar
May is a great month to bike to school or work (and so is every other month!) Tomorrow is the national Bike to School Day, Bike to Work Day is Friday, May 17, and Greenbelt is having a vintage New Deal-themed bike ride later this month. Also, there are public meetings to learn about and weigh in on some of the most important questions shaping our communities, like what the Purple Line… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Dig yourself a hole
DC Water is spending big; Bonds’ platform: “I’m black”; Benning is better; MPD not releasing marijuana data; Landmark Mall redevelopment far off; How smart is Street Smart?; Count traffic for $200; And… Keep reading…
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Bigger park, taller buildings on tap for McMillan site
DC Water will temporarily use two former water filtration cells in the McMillan Sand Filtration Site to store excess rainwater and mitigate flooding in neighborhoods like Bloomingdale beginning in spring 2014. That decision forces Vision McMillan Partners (VMP) to redraw its plans to transform the site into a mixed-use neighborhood. The previous plan called for new rowhouses… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Councilmember wishes
Buses may still come to Ivy City; Money order ban; Go green to save green; Plow Arlington; Long Branch bets on transit; Count on it; People talk commutes; And…. Keep reading…
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Landscape architects envision a greener Chinatown
How could Chinatown be a greener and more livable neighborhood? Designers from the American Society of Landscape Architects and Fuss & O’Neill created a vision for an inter-connected series of green “complete streets,” with new, safer bicycle lanes, a pedestrian-friendly “festival street,” and a central hub for new street-level sustainability… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stop the madness
Use McMillan site to stop flooding?; Trade the FBI for the Redskins?; Cyclist stabs driver; Rail yard construction could delay Silver Line; Wards 1 & 2 making the most children; Development along Lee Highway?; Fairfax wants funds from Pentagon; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Storm stories
Sandy hits the Northeast hard; Climate change does cause Sandy-like storms; Pepco does a bit better; Why Sandy didn’t flood Bloomingdale; Teleworking: why just in storms?; Region still faces risk of flooding; More storm stuff; Parks get more private money; Housing recovery doesn’t reach everywhere. Keep reading…