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.

Georgetown Gateway Designs Shared

April 23, 2018

The designs will be presented at the next meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E on Monday, April 30, and are expected to have a preliminary review by the Old Georgetown Board soon after. 

Gateway Designs to Be Shared April 19

April 9, 2018

The design work for the Georgetown gateways project was awarded by the Business Improvement District to architectural firm Beyer Blinder Belle last February after a competitive bidding process.

Hot Ticket, ANC Monday: Parking Changes Considered. Be There.

February 22, 2018

Expect a large crowd (and some verbal fireworks) at the Feb. 26 meeting of the Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission, when a proposal on the perennial issue of parking is presented.

What Do Georgetowners Really Want?

January 22, 2018

“More cutting-edge new restaurants as well as better ‘neighborhood’ eateries” turned out to be the most requested “want” identified in the just completed survey of Georgetown residents by the Georgetown Business Improvement District.

Georgetown to Glow Starting Dec. 8

December 4, 2017

Nine unique interactive light installations by artists from around the world — some from light-art shows in Holland, Lebanon and India — will be featured in the 2017 edition of “Glow.”

Ideas Unlocked at Public Meeting on Canal Plans

November 6, 2017

On Nov. 2, following the formal presentation by Superintendent Kevin Brandt, attendees shifted between four planning stations to ask detailed questions and prepare comments about four aspects of the refurbishment plan.