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Seeing Double: Santa at Volta Park, Rose Park on Saturday
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Tawny Chatmon’s Portraits Take Center Stage at the National Museum of Women in the Arts
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Festive Fun Takes Center Stage at This Year’s Georgetown Jingle
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Friends of Jelleff Rec. Center Announce Renovation, Halloween Party Plans
• October 12, 2022
Big plans are afoot at the Jelleff Recreation Center at 3265 S St. NW. “The District finally has contracted with the DRL Architects Group to design the construction plans for the $37 million […]
Real Estate: ‘The Ever-Changing Plans of the Key Bridge Exxon’
• October 3, 2022
The Exxon gas station site on the western edge of Georgetown has gone through more development plans than Liz Taylor had husbands. Over the last decade, the site located at […]
Georgetown Community Day Delights at GU
• September 19, 2022
In the brilliant sunshine of a late-summer Saturday, Georgetown University held its annual fall Georgetown Community Day – a fun and family-friendly festival bringing together students, faculty and staff, local […]
New C&O Canal Boat to Help Revitalize Georgetown
• June 15, 2022
Upon its April 28 christening to much fanfare – with Mayor Bowser presiding – Georgetown’s new C&O Canal Boat, the “Georgetown Heritage,” launched a new era of local historical and […]
ANC 2E February Report
• February 7, 2022
Update on Ward 2 Recreational Parks In the ANC’s February virtual public meeting, Department of Public Recreation’s (DPR) Chief of External Affairs, Tommie Jones, provided an update on Ward 2 […]
Georgetown BID Criticized for Sidewalk Expansions, High Staff Costs
• November 29, 2021
The Georgetown Business Improvement District – a non-profit organization originally dedicated to “a cleaner, safer, more accessible Georgetown” and supported by some $5.2 million of annual mandated supplemental taxes on businesses […]
Proposed Bike Lanes, N Street One-Way Animate ANC Meeting
• September 2, 2021
Two informal proposals to install marked contra-traffic-flow bike lanes on busy residential Georgetown streets intersecting Wisconsin Avenue produced animated conversation during and after the Aug. 30 meeting of the Georgetown/Burleith […]
Community Calendar, Aug. 30
• August 30, 2021
Advisory Neighborhood Commission, ANC2E: Next Virtual Public Meeting via Zoom: Monday, Aug, 30, from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. For agenda go here. Meeting access info posted at: https://www.anc2e.com. Rose Park Farmers Market: Wednesdays from 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Sept. through Oct., at Rose […]
At First Anniversary, Pinto Prioritizes – and Thanks – Ward 2
• June 28, 2021
Ward 2 Council member Brooke Pinto is looking up these days. With the Biden-Harris administration in town, the pandemic’s easing and Mayor Muriel Bowser’s budget allocating funding to the District’s […]
During COVID, Georgetown Boosted Its ‘Silver City’ Appeal
• April 26, 2021
The neighborhood has become even more of a “Silver City”: one that offers a lifestyle and amenities attractive to people as they grow older.
