2025 Year in Review in Georgetown  
• January 12, 2026

Perusal of the 2025 Year in Review leads to one conclusion …  “Georgetown is hot!” Mayor Muriel Bowser said it, city organizations said it, savvy observers said it. Even the Washingtonian wrote that Georgetown was “cool again” (meaning hot).   More than any other neighborhood in Washington, D.C., Georgetown is lined with businesses […]

ANC Report: Parking, Parking and More Parking, Or Not?
• December 15, 2025

December’s Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC2E) meeting began with big congratulations for Executive Director Anna Noakes, who got engaged. Congrats! Here are minutes from the Dec. 8 meeting. Stay tuned […]

Council Eases Streatery Fees, Rules  
• December 9, 2025

On Tuesday, Dec. 2, the District Council voted unanimously to reduce occupancy fees for streateries and allow additional design flexibility. The legislation went into effect immediately and will be in place for 90 days.    Before the emergency legislation, the District Department of Transportation determined that restaurants […]

Georgetowner Readers Weigh In on Streateries 
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Last month, The Georgetowner raised a question important to the Georgetown community: Are streateries beneficial or a terrible long-term idea? Our editorial, followed by a submission from Citizens Association of Georgetown President Amy Titus, prompted responses from readers. Here are their comments.   Limit the number of streateries. […]

D.C. Council’s Vote on the Streatery Emergency Act Is Tomorrow
• December 1, 2025

The Georgetowner received this letter from the Citizens Association of Georgetown President Amy Titus over the Thanksgiving holiday. In an opinion piece about streateries in our November print issue and […]

Streateries at a Crossroads: Georgetown Residents, Businesses, City Officials Weigh In
• November 17, 2025

This submission is from Citizens Association of Georgetown President Amy Titus. The Citizens Association of Georgetown (CAG) participated in the Council of the District of Columbia’s November 5 Oversight Roundtable […]

Opinion: Are Streateries Still Cool or a Disaster Waiting to Happen?
• November 10, 2025

Another buzzword that has stuck around since the pandemic is “streateries.” The D.C. Department of Transportation opened the citywide Temporary Streateries Program in June of 2020. The DDOT’s Temporary Streatery […]

Long Agenda Takes ANC 2E Meeting Past Midnight  
• October 6, 2025

 The “October” meeting of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission for Georgetown, Burleith and Hillendale, held on Monday, Sept. 29, began at 6:30 p.m. and didn’t gavel down until about 1 a.m. Besides […]

BID Applauds New CEO, Celebrates Georgetown at the Four Seasons 
• September 22, 2025

The Georgetown Business Improvement District held its annual meeting at a Four Seasons lunch Sept. 18 and introduced its new CEO Deborah Kerson Bilek, who took over from longtime leader, […]

Opinion: This Pandemic Holdover Is Ruining Historic Georgetown
• July 7, 2025

The Georgetowner received this letter, along with an op-ed published June 30 in the Washington Post. The op-ed is by Elizabeth Miller and Stefanie Scott of the Georgetown Coalition for Public […]