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15% of area landlords might turn away housing voucher recipients
An Urban Institute study of five US urban areas found that in DC and Montgomery County, where it is illegal to discriminate against tenants paying with government-subsidized housing vouchers, about 15% of landlords still rejected them. (Andrew Giambrone / Curbed)
How would you design a bike loop for DC tourists?
Inspired by the San Diego Downtown/Uptown Bike Loop, WashCycle planned a route on primarily protected bikeways for visitors to sightsee in downtown DC. (WashCycle)
This summer’s rains are overwhelming the area’s national parks
Local national parks like the C&O Canal, Harper's Ferry, and the Prince William Forest Park are struggling to keep up with regular maintenance like cutting grass and empting septic systems after a summer of downed trees and washed out pathways due to heavy rains. (Marissa Lang / Post)
Maryland politicians say that Ellicott City needs federal flood help
Maryland's two Senators had a field hearing in Howard County, where local officials and the Army Corps of Engineers said Ellicott City needs structral changes to avoid future floods. It also needs federal funding and Congressional approval for new flood studies. (Mike Murillo / WTOP)
DC is going to tweak an intersection where a cyclist was killed
DC and the Golden Triangle BID will widen sidewalks and realign the position of the bike lane at M Street and New Hampshire Avenue NW where cyclist Jeffrey Long was killed in June. They are not removing right turns from New Hampshire onto M. (Rachel Sadon / DCist)
Virginia lets pipelines stay, but rural residents worry about water quality
Virginia officials voted down a proposal to pull water quality permits from two natural gas pipelines after one, the Mountain Valley Pipeline, filled small streams with sediment, causing residents to worry about their drinking water. (Gregory Schneider / Post)
WTOP is moving from DC to Montgomery County
The local news radio station WTOP is moving its headquarters and its 200 employees from Cathedral Commons in Northwest DC to Chevy Chase, Maryland. (Jon Banister / Bisnow)
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