Georgetown Lawyer Protests Protests

August 6, 2020

Georgetown resident and lawyer Don Crockett sent a formal letter to the mayor decrying certain protests in Georgetown, as well as the May 31 looting that followed the downtown protests.

Georgetown BID: ‘Where Do We Go From Here?’

June 11, 2020

The mayor, Georgetown University President John DeGioia and Emerson Collective CFO Dan Tangherlini participated in the Georgetown Business Improvement District’s virtual annual meeting on June 10.

Flower Mart, French Market Go Online

April 30, 2020

Flower Mart began on April 26 and will continue through May 10, Mother’s Day. The Georgetown French Market will run from May 1 through 8.

Georgetown Small Businesses Hit Hard; Virus Advice

March 16, 2020

Mayor Bowser directed restaurants to shut their bar areas and make a six-foot distance between patrons. For Billy Martin of Martin’s Tavern, that directive makes an already small establishment smaller.

Park Service Approves C&O Canal Plan

February 27, 2020

Among the plan’s design concepts are improved canal and towpath access and accessibility, increased interpretive and educational opportunities and more welcoming and usable open spaces.

ANC 2E: Commercial Revitalization, Old Stone House, ‘Glow’

November 1, 2019

At tonight’s meeting, National Park Service representatives will share plans for improvements to the garden at the Old Stone House on M Street.

BID to Host Aug. 15 Public Safety Meeting

August 12, 2019

Among the Metropolitan Police Department officers attending will be Duncan Bedlion, commander of MPD’s Second District since the beginning of the year.

Georgetown BID Celebrates 20 Years

June 13, 2019

The presentation at the June 11 event listed the top three game changers: the C&O Canal, reconstructing and programming alleys and establishing Georgetown as an interactive public arts destination.

Georgetown Gondolas: They’re Baaack!

December 13, 2018

Everything changed when Amazon’s Jeff Bezos announced that the mega-retailer’s massive East Coast headquarters would be divided between a site in Queens and a site in Arlington County.

M St. Sidewalk Expansion on Hold

May 24, 2018

The Georgetown Business Improvement District’s sidewalk-widening project, which added six feet of sidewalk out from the curb on each side of the street last year, won’t return until late summer or early fall.