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Mayor Wants 5,000 New Tech Jobs For Underrepresented Workers By 2020

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DCist by Rachel Kurzius

In a bid to make Washington D.C. the "nation's premier hub for technology inclusion," Mayor Muriel Bowser has set forth a series of goals—including creating 5,000 new tech jobs for underrepresented workers and 500 new tech businesses founded by underrepresented entrepreneurs by 2020.

"We want people see the District as more than a government town," says spokesperson Joaquin McPeek. "One of our strengths is the diversity of the District's human capital."

Affordable two- and three-bedroom apartments planned for D.C.’s Shaw

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Washington Post by Michele Lerner

While micro-units have a place in a city with rapidly rising housing costs, families need a little more room. Ditto Residential, best known for its high-end condo developments, is partnering with Irving Developmentand Group 360 Real Estate Advisors to develop a vacant site at Seventh and Rhode Island Avenue NW in Shaw into The Ellis, a rental community with mainly two- or three-bedroom units.

DC just set an ambitious goal to become the No. 1 city for ‘inclusive innovation’

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Technical.ly DC by Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Why start your tech company in D.C.?

Silicon Valley has the big names, the big successes, and Boston and New York both have more venture funding. What does D.C. have? It’s a question that comes back again and again within #dctech, and there are a variety of potential answers.

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