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January 21, 2021
•For kids: a virtual field trip to the National Zoo’s Coral Lab and a “Books and Baseball” session with a coach from the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy.
Brand Guild Co-Founder Renovates ‘Beeler Fountain’ at Glen Echo
November 30, 2020
•Barbara Martin decided to use the fountain’s progress as a way to keep her friend entertained as she underwent cancer treatment. Now it has become a memorial.
Downtowner DC: Holiday Market, Wilson High, Tidal Basin
November 16, 2020
•Choosing not to let COVID get in its way, the open-air market at 8th and F Streets NW, which opens on Friday, Nov. 20, will have new health and safety protocols in place.
Downtowner DC: Eisenhower Memorial, Franklin Park, 202Creates
September 21, 2020
•The Eisenhower Memorial is open, 202Creates Month is underway and there’s a new app for copter-watchers. Also, due to the pandemic, D.C. expects a 50-percent drop in tourism.
Tennis, Anyone? Soon at Montrose Park
September 10, 2020
•The hope is to have the two brand-new, green-surfaced courts open to the public by the end of September, depending on the weather.
Approved: Water Tunnel Under Waterfront Park
April 30, 2020
•When completed in 2030, the project is expected to reduce the volume of combined sewer overflows into District waters by an estimated 96 percent.
Park Service: Cherry Blossoms to Peak March 27
March 4, 2020
•The National Cherry Blossom Festival, which encompasses dozens of events, will kick off with an opening ceremony on Saturday, March 21, and continue through Easter Sunday, April 12.
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.
Canal Renovation Is Moving Along
November 4, 2019
•A town meeting and workshop to view two alternative designs and to collect and consider public input on the Georgetown Canal Plan will be held on Nov. 7 at 7 p.m.
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.