Breakfast links: Phase 2 of the Wharf will include apartments, retail, & maritime services
What is coming to Phase 2 of the Wharf?
Over the next three years the Wharf will add 223 boat slips, a marina club, a restaurant, three office buildings with retail, a condo building and a combination apartment building and hotel. Together the buildings add 350 residential units. (Nena Perry-Brown / Urban Turf)
Two men were killed walking on busy roads in the region
On Monday a man walking across I-270 near Germantown was hit and fatally injured by the driver of a dump truck, and on Tuesday a car driver hit and killed a man crossing Lee Jackson Memorial Highway in Fairfax County. (Fatimah Waseem / Reston Now, Bethesda Beat)
Maryland will not wait to build out I-270 after a bill to slow the process dies
A Maryland state senator blocked a bill that would impact I-270 expansion planning, saying drivers need traffic relief. Legislators and and county officials in both Montgomery and Prince George County supported the bill, which would make the state wait until after federal environmental impact studies are done before moving forward with contractors. (Katherine Shaver / Post)
MoCo students push back against comments over school boundaries
After a community meeting over proposed changes to the school boundaries devolved into comments that the students called segregationist, the students themselves had a meeting to discuss racial equity and discrimination at school and how to reach the vehemently opposed parents. (Caitlynn Peetz / Bethesda Beat)
Free pre-K is slowly expanding in Maryland
Maryland will spend $700 million over the next two years expanding access to free pre-K for low-income families in the state. The eventual goal is to offer free pre-K for all families, but state officials estimate that would take nearly $4 billion dollars and more a decade to implement. (Martin Austermuhle / WAMU)
NCPC approves updates to the Rock Creek Parkway multi-use trail
The National Capital Planning Commission approved final plans last week from the National Park Service for pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements near the Kennedy Center and Memorial Bridge, including trail widening and eliminating the paved loop near Memorial Bridge known as the Belvedere. (Max Smith / WTOP)
New scooters from Jump hit DC streets this week
Uber's dockless subsidiary Jump is adding scooters to its fleet of electric bikes available to book through the Uber app. Jump scooters join Bird, Spin and the city's other scooter companies, as DC's dockless cap increased from 2018. (Natalie Delgadillo / DCist)
A zine for Metro riders
Patrick Wright's new zine, SIDETRACKED, features portraits of everyday Metro riders that Wright photographed over the past four years. (Nicole Javorsky / CityLab)
A new children’s book is designed to spark discussion about homelessness
A picture book for kids by clinical psychologist Michael Genhart encourages compassion and empathy towards people experiencing homlessness, and provides information and discussion points for adults to talk about homelessness with their children. (Grace Collins / Street Sense)
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