Greater Greater Washington
By Chelsea Allinger (Executive Director) October 17, 2024. Washington region sees big increase in office leasing volume. Northern Virginia and DC are seeing a big increase in office leasing activity; in DC’s case, the square footage leased outpaces 2019’s pre-pandemic levels while Northern Virginia has seen a 49% year-over-year jump.
How much federal money does DC actually get?
2011年7月5日 · But it turns out several states rely on federal largesse even more than the District. A Congressional appropriations subcommittee recently passed a $637 million payment to the District that includes a number of provisions detailing how the city can and cannot spend money. That bill will now make its way to the House appropriations committee ...
What are the 10 longest Metro escalators?
2014年7月8日 · Metro has 588 total escalators. The longest in the system, in fact the longest in the Western Hemisphere, are at Wheaton, which have a span of 230’. The Wheaton escalators are so long, they’re twice the length of Cleveland Park’s, which are 10th longest. Interestingly, 9 of the 10 longest escalators in the system are on the Red Line.
Curbside composting is working in DC. But don’t knot those bags!
2024年1月30日 · The District’s long-anticipated curbside composting program is underway, turning kitchen scraps from 9,000 DC homes into gardener’s gold. “It’s a big deal for our region,” says Dan Israel, senior vice president for sales and marketing at Compost Crew, the company that won the contract to run DC’s composting experiment.
Why affordable housing can’t pay for itself
2024年1月25日 · Total: $300 per sq. ft. * 1,175 sq. ft. = $352,500. Soft costs: 10% of hard costs = $35,250. Financing costs: Because the financing tools of affordable housing involve higher transaction costs (more on this below), we can assume that financing costs will be on the higher end of our original 7-15% range.
The Faircloth Amendment, explained – Greater Greater Washington
2021年2月15日 · Last summer, the House of Representatives passed the Moving Forward Act, a $1.5 trillion plan to upgrade the national infrastructure and combat climate change by reducing demand for fossil fuels. The bill incorporated a handful of amendments related to housing and homelessness offered by a group of Congressional Democrats. One of those amendments would have repealed the Faircloth Amendment, a ...
After six years of failure, it’s time to start over on Vision Zero
2021年4月21日 · Safe streets advocates gathered at the Wilson building to memorialize Jim Pagels and demand action on April 16, 2021. Image by Conor Shaw used with permission. Six years after Mayor Muriel Bowser committed DC to the goal of ensuring that “no lives are lost on our streets or at our intersections,” DC is on pace for its deadliest year of ...
Anacostia River cleanup efforts continue, after swim events were ...
2024年9月30日 · Members of the DC Strokes rowing team practice near the Frederick Douglass Bridge. Image by the author. An event planned for this past summer would have been the first legal swim in the Anacostia River in over 50 years. For the fourth time in a row, the event was canceled due to pollution concerns ...
Do Something: The week of September 23, 2024
2024年9月23日 · Image by Dan Reed. Weekly, Regional Policy Director Dan Reed and DC Policy Director Alex Baca will share with you an action you can take in the immediate future that has the potential, sometimes great and sometimes small, to increase the number of homes in our region, decrease the trips people take by car, make all of it safer, and not screw people over in the process. This week: a guest ...
Not ready for prime time: The flawed 495 Southside Express Lanes
2024年6月13日 · The corridor regularly has commuter traffic back-ups in the morning going into Virginia and in the evening going into Maryland. It also lacks any dedicated lanes for buses or carpools or a rail option. Location of VDOT’s 495 Southside Express Lanes and widening project Image: VDOT. In the first phase of their study, VDOT hampered fair and ...