From Martin/CCCA: Fenty to Sign Bill for 1,160-Room Convention HQ Hotel Mayor Fenty will hold a bill signing ceremony, with Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development Valerie Santos, for a new hotel which will be built next to the Washington E. Washington Convention Center. At Large Councilmember Kwame Brown has been invited. 5:30 p.m. … More Mayor Fenty in Shaw TODAY
A Ward 5 development project — Arbor Place — near the National Arboretum hasn’t had much press coverage in quite a while. DC Metro Urban Diary (DC MUD) blog provides an update on the Arbor Place development. The revised plans appear to reflect the current financing market conditions. The plans have been revised to increase the percentage of … More Arbor Place project revised to reduce market-rate housing to 30%
It was recently reported that the DC Council approved the land disposition for the Northwest One project, located south of the Bates area. I thought that I would just post the general information on Northwest One from the Jair Lynch website: PROJECT DETAILS: Location: North Capitol Street & New York Avenue NW (NoMa) Type: Residential, Commercial … More More Info on Northwest One
via Prince Of Petworth » Blog Archive » Progress on New Bar Coming to Bloomingdale. (This is a P of P image too) This has been quite an epic development at 84-86 T Street, NW (just off North Capitol). A friend of mine lives nearby and told me that construction has restarted on this spot. … More Progress on New Bar in Bloomingdale
Via the North Main Streets Blog Bloomingdale is getting a new retail business at 1st & Rhode Island Avenue NW. The business, called Y.E.S.S.S. (Your Educational Supplies, Systems and Services), is offering affordable, high-quality school supplies and uniforms. The business owner is Ms. Octavia Jackson. There will be a grand opening reception this Sunday afternoon from … More School uniforms store at 108 RI Ave NW
(Unofficial) Deborah Crain, Ward 5 Planner spoke. See this Ward 5 fact sheet she handed out about development plans in Ward 5. See this Fact Sheet that she handed out She stated that funding for planning has been severely cut (I think she said normally there is $300,000 or $400,000 and this year there is … More Aug 3 BACA Meeting Minutes
On 8/2/2009, I posted here the announcement that the DC Council had authorized the land disposition of Northwest One. A follow up question by “Barefootvet” at the DC BACA blog was then posted: “So does anyone out there know how this land disposition fits into the larger development schedule for Northwest One? Does this mean … More What’s Next for the Northwest One Project?
I just met with and welcomed to Eckington Mr. Mien Sagib, owner of the New York Pizza restaurant opening at the corner of Florida Avenue and North Capitol Street N.E. (old KFC site) by the end of August. It is a full service Italian restaurant with a variety of Italian favorites on the menu. I … More New York Pizza at corner of Fla. and NCap
The Northwest One project south of the Bates Area has reached a major milestone — its land disposition has been approved by the DC Council. … More DC Council authorizes land disposition of Northwest One
Will the new inclusionary zoning regulations impact the Bates area? … More Inclusionary zoning begins in DC on 8-14-2009
Bates Area Civic Association 