Posts about Development
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Breakfast links: Over, atop, and across the road
Not what they meant by “on Bladensburg Road”; Planners disagree on bridge; What’s excellent?; Bus-and-ride; Hotel ok, still too tall?; Air rights development to cover 395. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What the future has in store
Metro cell service coming to some stations; Google Street View Trike; Smart Growth in Waxman-Markey; Triangular parking; Outdoor movies aren’t gone; Making the median; Blogging salon tonight. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Running away with it
What about those old car dealerships?; Navarro wins; Transit bait-and-switch; MARC gives the wrong information; Gas prices going up; Outdoor classrooms; What a robbery looks like. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: High-speed to stupid town
George Will hates Portland, facts; How about just old-speed rail?; Cops upset they can’t park illegally; DC Beltway neither skinny or obese; Mixed-use beats a dead mall; Third Church redevelopment economically uncertain; Jaywalker strikes speeding SUV. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Survey says
The transit divide; Suburbanites want more city amenities; Bag fees would cut bags 80%; Roads don’t pay for themselves; Open Champlain, already; Look at those cute bicyclists!. Keep reading…
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Burtonsville residents protest affordable housing
In eastern Montgomery County, fears of low-income housing have galvanized the community. Pushed by civic activists who were able to rewrite the local Master Plan to favor the development of single-family homes, the Planning Board approved a waiver last Thursday reducing the number of required Moderately Priced Dwelling Units (MPDUs) in a proposed 365-home Burtonsville development… Keep reading…
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On the calendar: Shop, ride, talk, listen
Shop at Whole Foods and support CSG; Ride of Silence; Bloggers, residents talk; Talk back to MoCo; Later on. Keep reading…
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One small step for inclusionary zoning
After months of inaction and 98 days beyond the Council’s final, final, we’re really serious this time deadline, the Fenty Administration has published final Inclusionary Zoning regulations in the DC Register. This is a big step toward actually implementing the law the Council first approved in December 2006. Keep reading…
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Leggett: “Isolating revenue” via special districts is bad, unless for parking
Psychological research has shown that people’s brains naturally respond to arguments that support our point of view, but reject almost identical arguments if applied to issues where we disagree. That’s why Democrats think Republicans are hypocrites, and Republicans think the same of Democrats. This also applies to policies about prioritizing walkable versus… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Trains or the lack thereof
Haymarket endorses VRE line but not to Haymarket; Retail Smartrip locations; Funding bias for highways “squandering” stimulus funds; Car dependence stifles Columbus, Ohio economy; No British word for high-speed rail?. Keep reading…