Last year, Councilmember Tommy Wells introduced legislation to create a Pedestrian Advisory Committee (PAC), a volunteer advisory body modeled on the the Bicycle Advisory Committee. The PAC convenes soon and each Councilmember will nominate one person to the board. To date, more than 50 people have applied to represent Ward 6. You can submit an […]
Existing-home sales on Capitol Hill—including single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops—increased 21.6 percent in 2009, according to a report issued by Don Denton of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. Collectively, 928 Capitol Hill homes sold in 2009 compared to 763 homes sold in 2008. Real estate agent Phil Guire of Guire and Harrison Realty Group expects […]
After a spike in the number of carjackings in late 2009, Councilmember Wells and Chief Lanier of the Metropolitan Police Department promised a number of results at a community meeting on December 21st. So, how are they doing? Well, first, they promised to get back to us in 30 to 45 days with another meeting, […]
So remember how this time last week it was 60 degrees? Yeah…who can we talk to about bringing back those kinds of temperatures? The snow is fun and all, and this last storm was particularly pretty, but I think we’ve had more than enough for the year and I am now officially ready for spring. […]
We’ve been lucky this winter that the big snow falls have come on weekends, when there is less for it to disrupt. Given DC and its population’s general inability to deal with snow, it would be interesting to see what would happen were the snow to hit at a truly inopportune time. Like, say, the […]