Weekend Round Up May 16, 2019
On Sunday, canal mules Dolly and Eva will munch hay in Fish Market Square, vintage cars will gleam on King Street and bands will play on porches in Southeast D.C.
ANC Monday: Hyde-Addison, School Crowding, C&O Canal
Among other items on tonight’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission agenda: Consideration of a Resolution Regarding Area School Overcrowding.
Water Flows Again in C&O Canal in Georgetown
The National Park Service released water into the Georgetown section of the canal last month to test the new gates with the rehabilitated locks.
Canal Renewal: Lock 3 Gates Installed
In the coming year, the NPS will refill the Georgetown section of the C&O Canal with water. In 2020, a replica canal boat, for rides and educational purposes, is expected.
Georgetown Heritage: Unlocking C&O Canal’s Potential
Water by October, New Barge Farther Off Almost four years ago, on Oct. 29, 2014, about 60 of Georgetown’s movers and shakers met at the home of star real estate […]
Rollin’ on the River
The 405-mile Potomac isn’t the 2,320-mile Mississippi, and Georgetown isn’t New Orleans or Memphis, but if you come down to our partly tidal river, you’ll find plenty of people who live, work and play there, especially in the summertime.
Ears Perk Up at Plans for C&O Canal
Georgetown Heritage will be contracting for a new canal boat, using part of a $3-million grant from the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, matched with private funds.
Weekend Round Up July 26, 2018
On Saturday, after an aquatic happy hour, you can hear Willie Colón and the best of Wagner’s Ring. Recover on Sunday with glassblowing at Glen Echo and landscape-looking at Waverly Street Gallery.
Ideas Unlocked at Public Meeting on Canal Plans
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.