DC's crime increase spurs conversation - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
But what does that mean, exactly?
One answer comes from a soon-to-be-built park in Washington, D.C. Constructed on an abandoned bridge across the Anacostia River, the 11th Street Bridge Park will link upscale Capitol Hill with Anacostia – a historically African-American, predominantly low-income neighborhood east of the river. When it is completed in 2023, the park will offer playgrounds, gardens, performance spaces, an environmental education center, public art and a boat launch.
And Building Bridges across the River , the nonprofit behind the bridge plan, is channeling the resources raised for the park to promote truly equitable development, especially in long-neglected Anacostia and its surrounding neighborhoods. The strategies used by Building Bridges and its partners – engaging the community, building trust, backstopping existing residents and businesses – offer a model for the Biden administration and others working to rebuild from the wreckage of the last year.
Bowser bill bosts streateries,outdoor drinking alcohol consumption in some neighborhoods washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Streateries are thriving, but only in some parts of D.C. Now Bowser wants to expand them.
Michael Brice-Saddler and Fritz Hahn, The Washington Post
Feb. 1, 2021
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Ryan Rabac, Clara Goldfield and Sarah Baline dine in a tent outside Sababa on January 29, 2021, in Washington, D.C..Washington Post photo by Bonnie Jo Mount.
Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wants to expand street dining and allow public drinking in more parts of the nation s capital, offering a glimpse into how officials hope to reimagine a hospitality industry ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic.
The District approved hundreds of temporary outdoor dining permits last year that allowed businesses to take advantage of unused sidewalk space, alleys and parking lanes - generating a lifeline as indoor dining was shut down or drastically curtailed. Legislation unveiled by Bowser, D, last week would allow restaurants to keep operating these streateries at no charge this year, and for six-month sp