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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.
Little If Any June 1 Looting in Georgetown
June 2, 2020
•“There was no apparent looting or destruction in Georgetown on Monday [early morning],” said Georgetown Business Improvement District CEO Joe Sternlieb, who toured the neighborhood’s commercial blocks at 6:30 a.m. […]
BID and Halcyon Extend Emergency Relief
May 7, 2020
•The Georgetown Business Improvement District is also offering technical assistance to small business owners trying to apply to the second round of the Payroll Protection Program.
More Policing in Georgetown During Stay-at-Home Order
April 2, 2020
•Now that street traffic has been greatly reduced by the stay-at-home order, officers are not the only ones more visible. So are potential lawbreakers.
‘Glow’ to Light Up Georgetown on Dec. 6
December 2, 2019
•Running through Jan. 5, the light-art exhibition begins on Friday with the Grace Street Collective Holiday Party, offering s’mores, music and a pig roast from 4 to 8:30 p.m.
Seeking Ways to Save Georgetown Retail
November 18, 2019
•The Georgetown Business Improvement District will be collating and analyzing notes and ideas garnered at the Nov. 14 town forum to update its Retail Action Plan.
BID Modifies K St. Reconfiguration
July 30, 2018
•Because the changes have caused unacceptable congestion during evening rush hour, the BID and the District Department of Transportation are making three modifications, effective immediately.
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.
Glass-Encased West End Library Opens
December 11, 2017
•The 21,000-square-foot library is the first in D.C. to be entirely planned, funded and constructed as a public-private partnership, according to Deputy Mayor Brian Kenner.