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Mayor Has Declared State of Emergency, Preemptively Requested a Presidential Disaster Declaration and Is Coordinating Citywide Preparations; Public Schools Closed Tomorrow (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Mayor Vincent C. Gray today announced that the District government will be closed Monday, October 29 and said that the District’s agencies and regional, utility and federal partners are preparing the … More UPDATE: Mayor Gray Closes District Government Monday

The Dunbar Shaw Historic Society held it’s Historic Neighborhood Walk on Saturday, October 27. The Walk was lead by Ms. Jennifer Ragins following opening remarks from Commissioner Bradley Thomas. The Walk originated at the Florida Avenue Park and included the hoes of Emmett J. Scott, Robert Terrell, Anna J. Cooper, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Mayor Walter … More Dunbar Shaw Historic Society Walk A Success

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, October 26, 2012 CONTACT: Doxie McCoy (EOM) 202.727.9691; doxie.mccoy@dc.gov Linda Grant (DPW) 202.671.2375; linda.grant@dc.gov John Lisle (DDOT) 202.671.2004; john.lisle@dc.gov Alan Heymann (DC Water) 202.787.2616; Alan.Heymann@dcwater.com District Government Prepares for Hurricane Sandy’s Effects Mayor Gray Declares State of Emergency as Workers Clear Storm Drains, Distribute Sandbags, Prep to Remove Debris; … More DDOT Release: District Government Prepares for Hurricane Sandy’s Effects

District Government Prepares for Hurricane Sandy  Mayor Vincent C. Gray has declared a state of emergency in the District in anticipation of the effects of Hurricane Sandy and a simultaneous Nor’easter, which are expected to rake the region beginning late this weekend and continuing through the early part of next week. He and other District … More District Government Prepares for Hurricane Sandy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 25, 2012 Media Contact: Tisha Gant (MPD) – 202-727-4383, tisha.gant@dc.gov Monica Hernandez – 202-671-2261, monica.hernandez@dc.gov ***TRAFFIC ADVISORY*** Weekend Street Closures for the AIDS Walk and Marine Corps Marathon (Washington, DC) – The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and US Park Police have provided the following information about the road closures that … More Weekend Street Closures for the AIDS Walk and Marine Corps Marathon

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 25, 2012 Media Contact: John Lisle, 202.671.2004, john.lisle@dc.gov Pay By Phone Parking Vendor Offers New Option to Offset Transaction Fee Increase Customers Who Sign Up For “Wallet” Will Pay Less Than Current Fee (Washington, DC) Parkmobile, the vendor that provides pay by phone parking service in the District of Columbia, … More Pay By Phone Parking Vendor Offers New Option to Offset Transaction Fee Increase

Council of the District of Columbia Committee on Libraries, Parks, Recreation, and Planning Notice of a Public Oversight Roundtable REVISED COUNCILMEMBER TOMMY WELLS, CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE ON LIBRARIES, PARKS, RECREATION, AND PLANNING ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC OVERSIGHT ROUNDTABLE ON THE NEW PARK POLICY AND PROGRAMS DIVISION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION & THE NEW PARK … More Committee on Libraries, Parks, Recreation, and Planning Notice of a Public Oversight Roundtable

Energy-Saving Trees Tool As a part of our ongoing commitment to the environment and energy conservation, Pepco is working with the Arbor Day Foundation to educate customers about energy conservation and provide energy saving trees on a limited basis. We currently have 2,300 trees for distribution. Interested customers will receive two free trees by going … More Two Free Trees Available, Per Household, to Residential Customers (Limited Through November 5th)

Councilmember Tommy Wells, Chair of the Committee on Libraries Parks, Recreation, and Planning, has scheduled a public hearing on Bill 19-1016, the “Ward 5 Industrial Land Transformation Task Force Act of 2012”. Bill 19-1016 would establish the Ward 5 Industrial Land Transformation Task Force to develop a strategic plan for the modernization and adaptive reuse … More Notice of Public Hearing for Bill 19-1016, the Ward 5 Industrial Land Transformation Task Force Act of 2012″