DC's Bid for Amazon headquarters; Grocery stores in Wards 7 and 8
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Brian Kenner, D.C. Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, talks about the District's bid to win the Amazon headquarters contest and about grocery stores in Wards 7 and 8.
D.C.’s food deserts get a $3M investment for new grocery options
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DC Curbed by Michelle Goldchain
The Wharf Officially Opens with Much Fanfare
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The Washington Informer by Sarafina Wright
Here are the four sites D.C. is pitching for Amazon HQ2
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Capitol Crossing lands its first office tenant
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Washington Business Journal by Michael Neibauer
Property Group Partners made it official Tuesday: The American Petroleum Institute has signed on as the first office tenant at Capitol Crossing.
Startup in Residence Program to Expand to Washington, D.C.
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Government Technology
Washington, D.C., will lead the East Coast expansion of the Startup in Residence (STiR) program, which facilitates partnerships between government agencies and startups to develop tech-based solutions to challenges facing cities.
Greater Washington turns giddy over Amazon HQ2 prospects
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Washington Business Journal by Karen Goff and Daniel J. Sernovitz
Who wants to host Amazon HQ2?
D.C. wins national Housing Policy Leadership Award
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DC Curbed by Michelle Goldchain
The measures that Washington, D.C. has taken to preserve and create affordable housing have been recognized as paying off.
The Urban Land Institute (ULI) awarded the District the Robert C. Larson Housing Policy Leadership Award, which recognizes innovative strategies to produce, rehabilitate, or preserve workforce and affordable housing, according to a press release.
To win the award, Washington, D.C., competed against three finalists, which included New York City, Boston, and Denver, Colorado.
Historic Thaddeus Stevens school to reopen under new program
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The GW Hatchet by Catherine Moran
Ten years after being shut down, a local historic school will once again open its doors to students in time for its 150th anniversary.