MetroWeekly profiles new DCCA president Joel Lawson, whose top priority is fixing 17th Street. He’ll be paying particular attention to the long-standing conflicts between residents and businesses to ensure that residents can sleep and business want to stay on 17th.

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David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.