Posts by Tommy Wells — Guest Contributor
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The new downtown: A place for all of us
As Washington reimagines its urban core, the key is mixed-use development, creating an environment where people can live, work, play, send their kids to school, and age in place. Keep reading…
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Put affordable housing for seniors in the new MLK Library
The District of Columbia is about to start an ambitious project to renovate the Martin Luther King Jr. Library downtown. Affordable housing, primarily for seniors, should be a primary element of that vision. Keep reading…
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Federal board wants “dignified,” dull Southwest Waterfront
The Wharf development has the potential to create an exciting pedestrian-oriented, human-scale space along DC’s Southwest Waterfront. But a federal board of artists and architects, most of whom don’t live in the Washington region, is trying to make it much more boring. Keep reading…
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A fair budget includes a smarter tax increase
On Tuesday, the DC Council will vote on how we’ll close the District’s gaping budget gap. Grappling with a budget deficit of $188 million, that could balloon up to $500 million in 2011, the Mayor and DC Council have put virtually all city services on the chopping block. Human services, public safety, public education, health care, public works and the government… Keep reading…