Georgetown BID Initiatives Signal Reinvigorating Year for Commercial District 
• January 12, 2022

Sponsored Content We’ve all learned our lesson from the past two Januarys: Expect the unexpected for the year ahead. Still, there’s a lot the Georgetown Business Improvement District (BID) can […]

Downtowner: Kitten for POTUS? Dennis Owen R.I.P., Staff Shortages
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Crumbs & Whiskers to President Biden: How About a Kitten? With the news of President Biden’s new German Shepherd puppy Commander at the White House, Georgetown’s kitten and cat café, Crumbs […]

G.U. and 15 Other Elite Universities Sued for Collusion
• January 11, 2022

Georgetown University has been named in an antitrust lawsuit alleging that it, along with 15 other prestigious mainly private universities, engaged in price fixing and unfairly limited student financial aid […]

Sidewalks, Streets, Schools, Parks and Politics: Top Town Topics of 2021 
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Georgetown in 2021 was abuzz with news and events even though so many of the normal activities of business, shopping, dining out, schools, the university, night life, non-profit and town […]

Crime Report: 2 GU Incidents, Suspected Arsonist Nabbed
• January 10, 2022

At the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E January meeting, Second District Captain Steve Andelman of the MPD reported that property and auto theft are significantly down over the last 30 to […]

Georgetown BID Hires 2 New Business Development Professionals
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Georgetown’s Business Improvement District (BID) – a commercial tax-funded non-profit business development organization responsible for numerous projects from streateries and widened sidewalk platforms (that may be a model for the […]

Tech Tip: VoIP Cuts Communication Costs
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Investment in communications is one way any company can improve overall operations. There are many options out there to improve communications, but few have the same impact on your bottom […]

DDOT Turns Down Synagogue’s Request for Bollards
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The Kesher Israel Congregation of Georgetown at 2801 N St. NW has requested support from the city for security bollards to protect their synagogue. A bollard is a short post […]

Business Ins & Outs of 2021
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The coming and going of Georgetown businesses — retail and restaurants — seemed to tilt on the positive side in 2021, despite the pandemic and other stressors. Here’s to more […]

January 6, One Year On: The World Is Watching 
• January 6, 2022

On this day, one year past, the sovereign people of the world’s oldest constitutional republic pause to reflect on the horrific events of January 6, 2021, the single most traumatic […]