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Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore’s Passion Behind D.C.’s Cherry Blossoms
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Applications Open for Mayor’s, DSLBD Retail Grant Program
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March ANC: Billion-Dollar Shortfall, Rush-Hour Parking
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Bisnow Hosts a D.C. Area Office Repositioning Summit
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BID Bids Farewell to Longtime CEO Joe Sternlieb
Catching Up With Ward 2 Council Member Brooke Pinto
October 21, 2024
•District Council member Brooke Pinto has been representing Georgetown and Ward 2 since June of 2020. A 2017 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, the 32-year-old Pinto is the youngest […]
BID CEO Joe Sternlieb Stepping Down in 2025
September 23, 2024
•Joe Sternlieb, CEO and President of the Georgetown Business Improvement District since 2012, has announced that he will be stepping down in the first quarter of 2025 to become an […]
At Pure Sweat + Float Studios, Relaxation for Stressed Washingtonians
June 17, 2024
•By Hailey Wharram When we experience episodes of stress, those around us sometimes utter the lackadaisical phrase: “Don’t sweat it.” However, Pure Sweat + Float Studios proposes a real solution […]
Georgetown Main Street Brings Back Christmas Tree
November 27, 2023
•“Georgetown’s first community Christmas tree has arrived!” Rachel Shank, executive director of Georgetown Main Street, told The Georgetowner on Nov. 27. “Georgetown’s small business community has long dreamt of a […]
Public Servant Jayne Plank — 1933-2023
February 27, 2023
•A seventh-generation Washingtonian, Jayne Harper Plank, who spent a career in public service in local and federal government, died Feb. 23 at the age of 89. Wife of the late […]
Exclusive Interview: Mayor Muriel Bowser Has ‘Best Job in Washington’ and Plans to Keep It
June 15, 2022
•Mayor Muriel Bowser met with Georgetowner staffers at their office next to the C&O Canal on the hottest day of the year so far, May 31, to discuss what she […]
Maroon on … Salad Dressing, Sophia, That Is
March 9, 2022
•The girl who grew up on P Street eating salads tossed with her mother’s homemade dressing never dreamed she would one day be selling it in bottles by the hundreds […]
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 […]
ANC 2E: MPD’s Bedlion to Share Election-Week Plans
October 30, 2020
•At the Nov. 2 virtual meeting of the Georgetown-Burleith advisory neighborhood commission, Second District Cmdr. Duncan Bedlion will review the department’s preparations.
Next Georgetowner Issue: Oct. 14
October 5, 2020
•For our 66th birthday, we’ll cover D.C.’s oldest neighborhood from its very beginning to today, and also pay tribute to our veteran and beloved writer Gary Tischler, who died this year.