Aerial image of New York Avenue, Florida Avenue and 1st Street NE intersection in 2017 by Airbus777 licensed under Creative Commons.

“Dave Thomas Circle” Wendy’s building to be part of DC Walls festival

The building will be one of 19 sites in the DC Walls festival; an annual event centered along the Metropolitan Branch Trail, where a mural is repainted every year and new murals are painted on other sites by artists invited from around the globe. The former Wendy’s building is expected to stay adorned until its expected demolition in early 2023.  (Cari Shane / DCist)  

VA housing advocates want Youngkin to consider subsidies, not just regulation for affordable housing

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin agrees with the advocates that housing is too expensive and affordable housing is needed. However, he only wants to use zoning and regulatory changes to provide housing, not loans and subsidies from the state. Advocates say that financial subsidies are vital to balance out all costs involved with providing housing.  (Dan Brendel / Business Journal)  

Number of NoVA federal tax filers has dropped

Northern Virginia, along with several other Virginia municipalities is seeing a population decline in people who are eligible to file taxes. While this doesn’t count the number of people moving into the region who aren’t eligible to file taxes, it does suggest a financial shift in the population of Virginia’s major municipalities.  (Dwayne Yancey / Cardinal News)  

Bowie Mill Bikeway could be finished ahead of schedule

The proposed Northeastern Montgomery County sidepath along Bowie Mill Road and two adjacent roadways would be able to open in FY2028 pending more funding being put in the county’s capital budget for design and planning. The alignment was finalized via funds from this year’s capital budget.  (Steve Bohnel / Bethesda Beat)  

Former MoCo economic development head back in state goverment

Former Montgomery County Economic Development Corp. CEO Ben Wu had served in the Maryland state government before, in the Department of Commerce from 2015-2019. He is now a special adviser for economic development for Governor Larry Hogan.  (Steve Bohnel / Bethesda Beat, Dan Brendel / Business Journal)  

Fence at the Supreme Court building removed, for now

While the fencing was removed over the weekend, the building remains closed to the public, as it has been since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. The fencing went up in May after the leak of the draft decision of Dobbs v. Jackson.  (Sarah Y. Kim / DCist)  

Some DC business associations hope new DC Council is more in their favor

Several DC business associations are focusing on the at-large council race to elect candidates they believe will be less likely to issue regulations that they deem disruptive to their operations, especially as they recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.  (Julie Zauzmer Weil / Post)  

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