Author: Elena Sorokina

Twinbrook: Placemaking in Progress

Twinbrook: Placemaking in Progress

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The Twinbrook Metro Station opened in 1984 surrounded by 26 acres of parking lots for Metro commuters. Join us to learn how a walkable, mixed-use community is taking shape on the site of those surface parking lots.

Tour speakers:

  • David Levy, Chief of Long Range Planning and Redevelopment, City of Rockville
  • Lori Shirley, Planner Coordinator, Montgomery County Planning Department
  • Stan Wall, Director of the Office of Real Estate and Station Planning, WMATA
  • Jamie Weinbaum, JBG
  • Joe McClane, President of Cambridge Walk I HOA

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Amend B20-604, “Affordable Homeownership Preservation and Equity Accumulation Amendment Act of 2013”

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The “Affordable Homeownership Preservation and Equity Accumulation Amendment Act of 2013,” Council Bill 20-604, over time could reduce the amount of resources available for future housing needs by shrinking how much of the public’s investment in affordable housing is preserved. While the bill currently proposed would make several changes that would exclude many current affordable homeownership organization’s efforts, amendments to reverse these proposed changes have been agreed to by the key supporters of the bill with the Coalition for Non-Profit Housing and Economic Development (CNHED).

THE TOP THIRTEEN YOUNG GUNS OF MARYLAND

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1. Sarah Elfreth is Government Affairs Director for the National Aquarium. The smartest, wittiest lobbyist walking the halls of the Lowe House Office Building, she is also one of the youngest young guns on these lists. Whether she remains behind the scenes or runs for office in the future–a distinct possibility–one thing is for sure: you’ll be sure to hear the name Sarah Elfreth for decades to come.

16th Street bus lane fact sheet

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How to get better bus service for 16th Street – Rush hour bus lanes – 16th Street NW buses are plagued by overcrowding and delays – A rush hour bus lane would greatly improve service – What would a rush hour bus lane on 16th street NW do? A dedicated bus lane operating during rush hour in the peak direction would keep buses from getting stuck in traffic. Buses in dedicated lanes would avoid traffic delays, move at increased speeds, and arrive on time. This means more reliable, regular service, and less overcrowding for riders.

Testimony to DC Zoning Commission on McMillan (Parcel 1)

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We wish to express our support for the healthcare building on Parcel 1 as part of the adaptive reuse of the McMillan Sand Filtration site. The scale of the medical buildings responds to the scale of the hospitals on the other side of Michigan Avenue, with the highest point closest to the similar height at Children’s Hospital. The healthcare building uses Cell 14 as an acre of open space next to North Capitol Street to buffer its massing from nearby rowhouse neighborhoods.

They Want to Ride Their Bicycles, But How?

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“Ever bike? Now that’s something that makes life worth living!…Oh, to just grip your handlebars and lay down to it, and go ripping and tearing through streets and road, over railroad tracks and bridges, threading crowds, avoiding collisions, at twenty miles or more an hour, and wondering all the time when you’re going to smash up?”

16th Street will get another bus upgrade, but only a dedicated lane will really fix it

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Metro has added more buses to the 16th Street “S” line, but ridership just keeps rising, the buses are crowded, and they’re seriously bunching. A dedicated lane is the best solution, say WMATA planners, but in the meantime, they’re going to add articulated (or “accordion”) buses along the congested corridor.