Breakfast links: Restaurants are gearing up for winter with outdoor dining grants
Le Diplomate restaurant’s outdoor dining setup in August by Elvert Barnes licensed under Creative Commons.
Hundreds of DC restaurants get winterizing grants for outdoor dining
DC gave 428 restaurants grants to winterize their outdoor dining setups with tents, heaters, furniture and the like. Other restaurants are still vying for a piece of the $1.4 million out of $4 million that is still available. DCist maps where grants have been issued. (Jordan Pascale / DCist)
Hogan sounds the alarm on COVID-19 but takes no action
With Maryland coronavirus cases and hospitalizations surging, Gov. Larry Hogan urged Marylanders to wear masks and follow existing restrictions, but did not issue any new ones. (Pamela Wood and Jeff Barker / Baltimore Sun)
Eight months in, downtown DC is still a ghost town
A report from the Downtown Business Improvement District shows that the economy in downtown DC is still struggling due to the pandemic, though it did make a very slight recovery. The area’s crisis could have an outsized impact on overall District tax revenues. (Mikaela Lefrak / DCist)
Fairfax County families are suing over TJ admissions change
A group of Fairfax County families are suing over a change to the admissions process at magnet school Thomas Jefferson High School. The school board agreed to stop using an admissions test to help diversify the student body, but the plaintiffs want to reinstate the test. (Hannah Natanson / Post)
New guidance is issued for DC travelers from COVID-19 hotspots
Travelers to the District from coronavirus hotspots will no longer have to quarantine for 14 days. Instead they’ll have to test negative before traveling and again after arrival. Private institutions like hotels will be allowed to require a negative test. (Jane Recker / Washingtonian)
Shaw could be getting a new development
A developer has filed a planned unit development (PUD) application to build a 230-unit apartment building with 7,440 square of retail space on the corner of 7th and P Streets in Shaw. The site is currently a surface parking lot and a building with a barbershop. (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
DC Council considers declaring racism a public health crisis
A DC Council committee held a virtual roundtable on whether to declare racism a public health crisis in the District. Proponents say racism leads to legal and structural disparities that affect health outcomes. (Acacia James / WTOP)
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