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2024 Year in Review
D.C.’s Newest Place Name: Boris Nemtsov Plaza
January 16, 2018
•Last week, the District Council unanimously approved the renaming of a portion of Wisconsin Avenue directly in front of the Russian Embassy, just north of Georgetown.
D.C. Expands War on Waste: Pizza Boxes to Be Recycled
January 5, 2018
•Almost all food-service containers can now be recycled. However, they have to be larger than two inches by two inches and must be clean and empty (no organic waste).
Fans Get Their Baseball Fix at Nats Winterfest
December 17, 2017
•At the Washington Convention Center on Dec. 16 and 17, there were interviews and game shows on the main stage and photo opportunities with players, coaches and team mascots.
GBA Honors Police, Appalachian Spring; Elects 2018 Officers
December 14, 2017
•The Georgetown Business Association officers for 2018 are Hope Solomon, president; Constantine Ferssizidis, vice president; Alan Helfer, treasurer; and Paul Monarch, secretary.
Georgetown ‘Glow’: Reimagining the Season of Light (photos)
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Presented by the Georgetown Business Improvement District, the fourth edition of the light show, with more artists than ever before, will be on view through Jan. 7.
Lighting the Capitol Christmas Tree (photos)
December 7, 2017
•During a Dec. 6 ceremony on the Capitol’s West Front Lawn, the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree was lit by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) with the assistance of 11-year-old Ridley Brandmayr of Bozeman, Montana.
GBA Pays Tribute to Georgetown’s Economic History
November 16, 2017
•The Georgetown Business Association held its monthly reception Nov. 15 at one of the neighborhood’s oldest businesses, Georgetown Tobacco, which opened in 1964.
Mayor Opens Georgetown Main Street
October 26, 2017
•In the Phoenix boutique on Wisconsin Avenue, filled with business persons and supporters, Mayor Muriel Bowser presented a certificate to the new Georgetown Main Street program on Oct. 25.
ANC Monday: Airbnb, Park Police, Circulator, Streetlights
October 2, 2017
•There will be a presentation on the regulation of Airbnb rentals at tonight’s meeting, along with resolutions on the DC Circulator and streetlights.
How to Help Puerto Rico
September 30, 2017
•This hurricane season, three hurricanes caused a lot of damage in the United States: Harvey, Irma and Maria. With Hurricane Maria, the damage that was done to Puerto Rico has […]