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And...: Washington added more urban dwellers than any other Northeast city. (Examiner) ... MARC and the Maryland MTA had record ridership in February. (Post) ... JBG proposed a signature apartment building for downtown McLean. (Patch) ... Developers say there aren't enough candidates to meet DC local hiring rules. (Post) (Comment)
Lawn mowing contract creates buzz: The DC government is spending an inordinate amount of energy on a $1.7 million lawn mowing contract. Why? It's all about the prefrences for small, local, and/or minority-owned businesses. (Post) (Comment)
Ward 8 wants construction jobs: Dozens protested the lack of District residents working on the St. E's reconstruction yesterday. But the federal government doesn't have to hire local and construction jobs aren't necessarily sustainable. (City Paper) (Comment)
Development agreements not followed: DC often requires developers receiving public funds to hire a certain proportion of DC residents and pay living wages, but they often aren't following the agreements, the DC Auditor concluded. (WBJ) (Comment)
@ggwash
Successful speed cameras require fair speed limits
- Successful speed cameras require fair speed limits
- Amid scandal, don't lose sight of Gray's policy achievements
- Bethesda gets new but terrible bike racks
- Montgomery plans 160-mile, "gold standard" BRT system
- DC's parks are 5th best in the nation, says "Park Score"
- DC's divide need not be black and white
- VDOT ignores own data, pushes widening I-66
Thu May 24
6:30 pm M Street SE/SW public meeting
Wed May 30
10:00 am Bike-ped safety enforcement hearing
Mon Jun 4
Wed Jun 6
6:30 pm WMATA Riders' Advisory Council
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