Breakfast links: Green spaces can ease urban dwellers’ depression
New research finds access to green space can combat depresssion
While studying vacant lots in Philadelphia, researchers found that access to green space means a lower likelihood for symptoms of depression, especially among low-income city dwellers. (Rhitu Chatterjee / NPR)
A local developer could take over the Discovery heaquarters
Folger-Pratt, a Potomac-based real estate developer, is reportedly one of two companies bidding on the Discovery headquarters in downtown Silver Spring. Reports also suggest that the headquarters will remain office space. (Bethesda Beat)
The latest Red Line shutdown invokes SafeTrack
The 45-day shutdown of the Red Line between the NoMa and Fort Totten stations began on Saturday, and Metro officials hope customers will adjust in the same way that they did during a 25-day shutdown during SafeTrack two years ago. (Martine Powers / Post)
A DC homeowner mulls a second home on single-family lot
A homeowner in Northeast DC is applying for a zoning amendment to build a second single-family home in the lot's backyard. If approved, could the amendment be a model for increasing density in the District's single-family home zones? (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
Churches and cemetaries face high Anacostia cleanup fees
Churches and cemetaries disproportionately face high user fees for the $2.7 billion Anacostia River clean-up. Some have to divert funds normally used for historical preservation efforts to pay skyrocketing water bills. (Reis Thebault / Post)
Elrich says he’ll hold up Montgomery’s end of the Amazon deal
Marc Elrich, the Democratic nominee for Montgomery County executive, assured Amazon that he will honor the county's prior commitments on tax incentives and transportation improvements should it land the tech giant's second headquarters. (Jennifer Barrios / Post)
The new Alexandria school chief faces tough decisions
Alexandria City Public Schools' newest superintendent will have to weigh in on whether the system should build a second high school to accommodate its growing enrollment, as well as how to bring the system up to par with its peers in Northern Virginia. (Debbie Truong / Post)
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