New BID CEO: ‘No Place Like Georgetown’  
• May 26, 2025

Deborah Kerson Bilek has long been a fan of business improvement districts. With a background in economic development, particularly land use and transportation planning and policy — as well as […]

Georgetown Ministry Center Punches Above Its Weight to Help Unhoused Community 
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From “modest beginnings” in 1987 and amid considerable challenges at present, the Georgetown Ministry Center is leading with “kindness and an open mind” to provide essential services for those most […]

CAG Readies for Annual Meeting With Wind at Its Back
• April 28, 2025

When the Citizens Association of Georgetown kicks off its annual meeting Tuesday evening at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, CAG President Amy Titus will emphasize the significant opportunities […]

Buzz on National Security and Signal Chat Packs Q&A Café
• April 14, 2025

About 100 people crowded into the cozy upstairs dining room of the GeorgeTown Club on April 8 to have lunch and to hear Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Shane Harris, formerly with […]

April News Bytes: Four Seasons, EastBanc
• April 9, 2025

Additional reporting by Charlotte Meyer-Schönherr     Four Seasons Residences Top Out   Neighbors may have seen the construction of the Four Seasons Private Residences at 1051 29th St. NW moving right […]

Detained Georgetown Professor Awaits Hearing  
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On March 17, the Department of Homeland Security detained Georgetown University professor Badar Khan Suri outside his home in Rosslyn, Virginia. Following his arrest, Dr. Suri was sent to an […]

Community Calendar, Dec 11-Jan. 14
• December 11, 2024

Cultural Leadership Breakfast with Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper  Thursday, December 12   Join The Georgetowner from 8:30 to 10 a.m. at the Dupont Underground (19 Dupont Circle Northwest Washington, DC 20036) to […]

Andreae Leaving Georgetown Ministry Center for Food Bank  
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Executive Director Kelly Andreae will leave Georgetown Ministry Center to become the Capital Area Food Bank’s senior director for the Northern Virginia region, responsible for expanding regional partnerships. The food […]

In Memoriam: James Bracco
• July 17, 2024

The Georgetown Business Improvement District’s former executive director, Jim Bracco, died on May 21 after a long battle with cancer.   The BID offered the following remembrance: “Jim came from a […]

News Bytes: Mansion Tax, ‘Bibi’ Visit, G.U. President Recovering From Stroke
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This article was updated July 22. ‘Mansion Tax’ Targets Georgetown   The District Council passed the city’s $21-billion budget for fiscal 2025 on June 12. The new budget contains a property […]