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Business Ins & Outs
• March 16, 2020
In the face of current challenges, the neighborhood is welcoming a chocolatier, a butcher and a unisex shoe store, with more to come.
Georgetown Rector Contracts Coronavirus: D.C.’s First Case
• March 8, 2020
According to Christ Church spokesman Rob Volmer, the Rev. Tim Cole fell ill shortly after attending an Episcopal conference in Louisville on Feb. 22.
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.
Meeting on Main Street Grants, March 4
• March 2, 2020
To qualify for a grant, applicants will have to document expenses they have incurred or intend to incur during the period from October of 2019 to Sept. 15, 2020.
ANC 2E: 31st St. Bridge, Census, Café Georgetown
• February 28, 2020
Tonight’s meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E will include an update on the 31st Street Bridge replacement project.
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.
Georgetown Bus Service Reductions Planned
• February 24, 2020
A public meeting with the WMATA board regarding the proposed changes is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 4 p.m. at the agency’s headquarters, 600 5th St. NW.
Whole Foods in Glover Park Will Reopen
• February 21, 2020
The store’s 2017 closure, “due to a rodent problem,” grew into a contract and remodeling dispute between building owner Wical and Whole Foods, acquired by Amazon that year.
Comprehensive Plan Amendments, Language Concern ANC
• February 18, 2020
On Feb. 12, a quorum of Georgetown-Burleith advisory neighborhood commissioners lugged two thick copies to Visitation School for a two-hour-plus once-over.
GU272: Advocating for Descendants of the Enslaved
• February 12, 2020
In 1838, the Jesuits of Maryland sold 272 enslaved persons to plantations in Louisiana — in part to pay off debts for the struggling Georgetown College in Washington, D.C. It […]
