Posts about Community
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Year’s end in the Flickr pool
To round out 2013 in photos, we’ve got some beautiful new images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool, showcasing the best and worst of the Washington region. Keep reading…
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See Washington area traffic pulse throughout the week
MapBox animated a map of Washington-area traffic for the week of Thanksgiving, using data from INRIX. Keep reading…
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Greater Greater Education is going on hiatus for the holidays
Happy holidays, and we’ll see you next year! Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: DC’s liberty
Meet the Ubertarian; DC keeps fighting for rights; What’s more dangerous?; Broad Branch could get sidewalks, bike lanes; McLean’s catalyst?; Revenue share for DC United; Development’s best and worst. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Time for improvement
Federal aid after Sandy; Kidnapping, robbery on Metro; Is the USA that dangerous for bicycling?; A greener L’Enfant Plaza; Controlling the area around Quantico; White Flint plans move forward; Terrorism slogan not catching on; And. Keep reading…
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If you’re parking, be especially careful on these blocks
DC has created maps of where parkers get the most tickets downtown and citywide (but it’s mostly downtown). Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: 2 Mount Vernons, many visions
Spa in NW, poor in Anacostia?; Mount Vernon v. urban blight; Expanding transit beyond Metrorail; Nonprofit tax exemptions fading; MGM casino coming 2016; Surge into the New Year; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Festivities for DC test gains, but not for graduation rates
DCPS celebrates test gains compared to other cities: Officials exulted in recent results showing DCPS as the only large city school district to make major gains across the board on tests given nationwide to 4th and 8th graders. But DC’s ranking is still below the urban average, and its achievement gap is the largest of any big city. (Post) But graduation rates only inched… Keep reading…
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Discuss: Lesser Washington in the Flickr pool
Last week, reader Jeff Norman pointed out that we tend to stick to the best of Washington with our picks from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool. So this week, we’re taking a new tack. Here are our favorite new photos of “Lesser Washington.” Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: It’s not really a big college town
Howard Town Center lawsuit tossed; Gallaudet growth; More residential to Capitol Riverfront; Needed: a lot more housing; Bus ridership beats rail in most cities; Can our shoulders carry buses?; Pedestrian tunnel gets a hearing; And…. Keep reading…