All Things Current: What you'll find in your Aug. 5, 2015,
edition
BUSINESSES Following unexpected success of its watches, leather
goods, bicycles and other high-end Detroit-built
items, Shinola is moving from a temporary space to a permanent
home nearby at 1631 14th St. NW. (all editions)
Glover Park Hardware is scheduled to reopen in its new location
at 2233 Wisconsin Ave. NW in mid-September, more than eight months
after the stores lease expired at its old location a block away.
(alleditions)
DEVELOPMENT MedStar Georgetown University Hospital is taking
first steps toward a $400 million modernization
project that would involve constructing a new pavilion for
surgical, critical-care and emergency procedures on the space now
occupied by a parking lot at 3800 Reservoir Road NW. (all
editions)
The Ingleside at Rock Creek retirement community has revised its
development plans, making changes that include lowering the height
of two new buildings from eight stories to seven. (all
editions)
EDUCATION As the Marie Reed Elementary School modernization
project moves forward in Adams Morgan,
community members remain concerned about the design process and
public input. (Dupont Current, Foggy Bottom Current)
ENVIRONMENT The new D.C. firm Up Top Acres founded by a trio of
Wilson High alumni is working to establish a
network of rooftop farms, with the first three already in place.
(all editions)
INFRASTRUCTURE A series of Ward 4 power outages late last month
-- some of which repeatedly hit the same
neighborhoods -- were unrelated coincidences, Pepco officials
told residents at a community meeting Monday. (Northwest Current,
Georgetown Current)
As the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority grapples with emergency
repairs to a leaking sewer line in Soapstone Valley Park, the
agency is also seeking the best permanent long-term solution to
replace the pipe. (all editions)
PUBLIC SAFETY City officials are rolling out a new protocol that
they say will help them better address the issues of
homeless encampments, including in the Foggy Bottom area, where
many residents have long complained about the issue. (all
editions)
OTHER NEWS Adams Morgan Day will go forward after all next
month, albeit in a scaled-down version organized by
an area resident. (all editions) Dupont residents near The
Carlyle hotel are contending that the city shouldn't have issued
building
permits for the hotel to expand its restaurant and bar or
construct a roof deck, prompting Board of Zoning Adjustment
reviews. (all editions)
In recent remarks to the Rotary Club of Washington, D.C.
Attorney General Karl Racine outlined his priorities as pursuing
juvenile justice reform; protecting consumers, particularly senior
citizens; and helping to get more freedom from Congress for the
District government. (all editions)
ON THE MARKET A traditional row house exterior in 16th Street
Heights hides a modern, environmentally friendly interior
in a home that's on the market for $1,349,000. (all
editions)
OPINION (all editions) Editorial: We hope the National Park
Service will look at the greater good and allow a sewer project
in
Soapstone Valley Park, rather than forcing DC Water to have an
even greater environmental impact by laboriously routing its pipe
around the parkland.
Editorial: The University of the District of Columbia's rooftop
farming program is a laudable initiative with many great results
for the city and its residents.
Sherwood: The world's most famous lion inspires a look at
hunting regulations closer to home, and they're not always
pretty.
SPORTS (Northwest Current, Georgetown Current) University of
Maryland volleyball player Hailey Murray took her National
Cathedral-honed talents to
Europe this summer as part of the Big Ten Conferences first-ever
volleyball foreign tour. Recent Roosevelt grad Maurice Morris was
named the Districts Gatorade boys track and field athlete
earlier this summer.
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