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All Things Current: What you'll find in your June 22, 2016,
edition
BUSINESS
The former Savoy Suites in Glover Park reopened as the Kimpton
Glover Park Hotel last week
!oastin" renovated a##ommodations and a new Italian restaurant
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Burleith took a tentative step toward histori# distri#t
desi"nation at a #ommunity meetin" Thursday ,
!ut not everyone was immediately won over !y the prospe#t%
&Geor"etown $urrent -upont $urrent
.o""y Bottom $urrent'
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)esidents near the proposed 0ard 1 homeless shelter lo#ation are
in#reasin" their #riti#isms of the
-%$% $oun#il2s site sele#tion pro#ess with a new #iti3ens "roup
and the area2s advisory nei"h!orhood
#ommission !oth #allin" for further study of the plan for 1145
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Glover Park2s )ite +id pharma#y staved off a fi"ht with the
#ommunity2s advisory nei"h!orhood
#ommission last Thursday !y si"nin" an a"reement that limits its
hours of planned al#ohol sales and
esta!lishes other operational re8uirements% &Geor"etown
$urrent'
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Hundreds of 0ashin"tonians turned out for two #onstitutional
#onvention events over the weekend to
"ive their say on how the -istri#t should fun#tion as a state
#ompletin" the final round of pu!li#
#omment in the re9ener"i3ed push for statehood% &all
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)E$)E+TI(N The desi"n pro#ess for the Hearst Park renovation
pro:e#t "ot underway this weekend , !ut some in
the #ommunity #ontinue to dispute the #on#ept of addin" an
outdoor pool to the site% &Northwest
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Nei"h!ors of .ran#is .ield in the 0est End hope to start the
se#ond phase of a lon"9term renovation
pro:e#t later this year althou"h fundin" for the pro:e#t is
still in dou!t% &-upont $urrent .o""y Bottom
$urrent'
)e#ent floods at the Guy /ason )e#reation $enter2s pottery room
were #aused !y pro!lems with a
sewer pipe whi#h had #lo""ed with #lay in one se#tion and had
#ollapsed in another a##ordin" to the
-%$% -epartment of General Servi#es whi#h !elieves it has
addressed the issue% &all editions'
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.lappers kimono9#lad ladies and dapper "entlemen in tu;edos
re#ently took over the "rounds andhalls of Hillwood Estate /useum
and Gardens in .orest Hills for the -e#o
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Editorial> 0e=re "lad the -%$% $oun#il has voted to raise the
#ity=s minimum wa"e to AC@ an hour for
most employees and we hope mem!ers will look into ways at
ensurin" tipped workers are treated
fairly as well%
Editorial> Tallyin" the results of this month=s primary
ele#tion went smoothly !ut the -%$% $oun#il yet
a"ain !ot#hed the s#hedulin"%
Sherwood> The re"ion=s politi#al leaders are #ontinuin" to
sound the alarm a!out the deterioratin"
/emorial Brid"e%
SP()TS &Northwest $urrent Geor"etown $urrent'
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