Updated: Feb. 18, 2021 at 1:43 p.m.
Officials plan to tear down the Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service building later this year and move its offices to the new GW Hillel building soon to open on H Street.
Amy Cohen, the executive director of the Nashman Center, announced the University’s plans last week to replace the area surrounding the Nashman Center with green space “to create an enlarged outdoor space for community use.” Cohen said officials with the Division of Safety and Facilities will “coordinate the details of the move” of the Nashman Center’s offices into the third and fourth floors of the Hillel building before the end of June.
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Jeri Epstein, the chair of the Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission, will head the infrastructure committee, which will focus on priorities like safer sidewalks.
News By Rio Matsumoto Feb 16, 2021 12:01 AM
A local governing body will launch committees this year to prioritize small businesses, pedestrian safety and homeless communities in Foggy Bottom.
Jeri Epstein, the chair of the Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission, said members of the local ANC will partner with community members to assemble four committees overseeing infrastructure, the economy, strategic planning and neighborhood life. Commissioners said the committees will give community members more say in the ANC’s affairs and help commissioners prioritize long-term projects, like supporting businesses and combating food insecurity.
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The strip of New Hampshire Avenue in front of the Saudi Arabian Embassy will be dedicated to the late journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2020 at 4:50 p.m.
A local governing body approved plans to rename two roads near campus after journalist Jamal Khashoggi and former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during its first meeting of the year Wednesday.
The Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission unanimously voted to sign off on two D.C. Council bills that Ward 2 Council member Brooke Pinto introduced this month to honor Khashoggi with a strip of New Hampshire Avenue and Ginsburg with a strip of Virginia Avenue. The meeting was a first for five of the seven commissioners who began their new terms this year.
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Without further stimulus from the federal government, the planned cuts may enter effect in 2022, WMATA officials said.
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority officials plan to dodge devastating service cuts for now, thanks to the agency’s $610 million in funding from the federal COVID-19 stimulus package.
After proposing a bundle of service cuts late last year to plug a budget fallout resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, Metro officials said they plan to resume regular service in 2021. The funding will help the agency avert cuts they planned to implement in fiscal year 2022, like eliminating weekend service and shutting down 19 stations, but local leaders said they may need to revisit the cuts in the future without more federal funding.
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The Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission seat representing a large swathe of campus is vacant.
News By Abigail Osborne Jan 11, 2021 12:10 AM
For the first time this month, much of the University’s student population doesn’t have direct representation on a local governing body.
The district known as 2A08 is the only sector of the Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission that relies on a student to represent a constituency, which is nearly entirely comprised of GW students – aside from University President Thomas LeBlanc’s on-campus residence. Former commissioners said the COVID-19 pandemic drained the area of potential candidates, and the district will lose a voice that has elevated students’ interests for years.