Council Eases Streatery Fees, Rules  
• December 9, 2025

On Tuesday, Dec. 2, the District Council voted unanimously to reduce occupancy fees for streateries and allow additional design flexibility. The legislation went into effect immediately and will be in place for 90 days.    Before the emergency legislation, the District Department of Transportation determined that restaurants […]

DowntownerDC
• October 6, 2025

Those Against Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) Re-election Bid Get Louder Political strategist Donna Brazile and D.C. Councilmember Robert White (D-At Large) are getting more vocal about requesting Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton […]

First ANC Meeting of 2024 Confronts Crime and Bagels 
• January 10, 2024

The first 2024 meeting of the Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E) on Jan. 8 dealt with last year’s continuing problems as well as looking to the year ahead.   Rising […]

Georgetown ‘Pot Shops’ Flourishing as City Licensing Delayed
• January 4, 2024

As many have noticed, cannabis “gifting shops” and dispensaries have been scrambling energetically – and often furtively – to set up shop behind Georgetown storefronts, to the delight of marijuana […]

Deal to Move Caps, Wizards Strikes Blow to Mayor’s Downtown Plans
• December 14, 2023

A dueling set of press conferences on either side of the Potomac yesterday – one from Potomac Yard, Alexandria, featuring Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) with Ted Leonsis, owner of […]

Crime: D.C.’s ‘Real-Time Crime Center’, CAG’s Public Safety Efforts, Local Reports
• December 11, 2023

Yes, crime is up. But, so are public safety efforts.  From the Office of the Mayor, to Ward 2 Council member Brooke Pinto’s headquarters, to the Citizens Association of Georgetown, […]

Crime: Secret Service Shots Fired in Georgetown; Chief Smith Confirmed
• November 13, 2023

In a show of unity to address the city’s “crime crisis,” the D.C. Council voted unanimously Nov. 7 to confirm Mayor Bowser’s nomination of Acting Police Chief Angela A. Smith […]

Crime: City and Its Council Need to Get Real  
• August 16, 2023

On Aug. 7, Ward 8 Council member Trayon White made headlines as he suggested the use of the D.C. National Guard to combat the city’s unrelenting lawlessness and violence.  “The […]

Jelleff Community Friends Launch Survey on Rec Center Refurbishment
• June 26, 2023

Now’s your chance to weigh in on Jelleff Community Center’s extensive refurbishments project and what you’d like to see improved at the aging recreational and community facility managed by the […]

Profs & Pints DC: Uber and Urban Politics
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Prof and Pints DC presents: “Uber and Urban Politics,” with Katie Wells, postdoctoral fellow in tech and society at Georgetown University, former visiting scholar and lecturer in geography at George […]