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Georgetown ‘Pot Shops’ Flourishing as City Licensing Delayed
GBA Touts Main Street, Real Estate, Water Taxis
September 21, 2017
•Approval of a Georgetown Main Street, a small-business marketing program for Wisconsin Avenue, should be coming next week, according to GBA President Sonya Bernhardt.
Georgetown Gathers on Healy Lawn
September 18, 2017
•The Sept. 16 activities included music, free burgers and hot dogs, a moon bounce, photos with the G.U. mascot Jack the Bulldog, face painting and fingerprinting by the Metropolitan Police Department (in a good way).
Will Compactors Stymie Rat Banqueting?
September 11, 2017
•The District extended the deadline for compactor grant applications until 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 15. Grants of up to $13,500 are available.
Tree Lovers and Killers in Georgetown
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Sept. 10 was the annual gathering of Trees for Georgetown, a committee of the Citizens Association of Georgetown. The group’s mission is to plant and maintain the trees that line the neighborhood’s residential streets.
ANC: Heating Plant, K St. Bike Lanes, Community Updates
August 30, 2017
•The Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E) will hold its September meeting, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 6:30 p.m. at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School
2 Dead From Jumping in Potomac River Near Key Bridge
August 28, 2017
•Two adult males went into the river from the Aqueduct Bridge ruins on Sunday evening. One did not make it out alive; the other died at the hospital.
2 Men — and Dog — Confront DDOT Contractor in Georgetown
August 24, 2017
•A large portion of sidewalk on 30th and Dumbarton Streets, traditionally Georgetown brick, was nearly covered with a cement-based surface.
Georgetown University Students Arrive Friday, Next Week
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Students are returning. There are Georgetown University events for the neighborhood — and a message from the school’s president, Jack DeGioia.
Slur Against Jews Found on Burleith Building
August 17, 2017
•The anti-Semitic graffiti, now painted over by workers, was spotted by a Georgetown University graduate student.
Business Ins & Outs: Take Care Party Aug. 17; Rene Ruiz Gone
August 14, 2017
•Changes are coming to (where else?) Georgetown’s main retail strips: Wisconsin Avenue and M Street.