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All Things Current - March 23, 2016

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All Things Current: What you'll find in your March 23, 2016, edition

BUSINESS
Smartphone app Spotluck aims to spur residents to try out local independent restaurants.
D.C. COUNCIL
The price tag of Mayor Muriel Bowsers plan to build seven family homeless shelters across the
District dominated the conversation at the first D.C. Council hearing on the matter last week, but
administration officials emphasized the need to act quickly to replace D.C. General.
DEVELOPMENT
Two condo projects on Connecticut Avenue NW in Chevy Chase have irked residents of nearby
single-family homes, who are lamenting the loss of the area's traditional, comparatively low-density
character.
EDUCATION
Georgetown's Hyde-Addison Elementary School will face yet another delay to its planned
modernization and expansion, and parents are unhappy about the idea of proposed swing space near
Howard University.
ENVIRONMENT
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will soon begin using smaller, less-intrusive equipment to check for
buried munitions in Spring Valley.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Washington International School has canceled key presentations scheduled for this week on its latest
expansion plans for the Tregaron campus following recent feedback from the Historic Preservation
Office finding faults with the project.
TRANSPORTATION
After Metro's unprecedented shutdown, local officials say more funding is needed to get the troubled
transit system back on track.
The proposed route for the annual Army Ten-Miler race has sparked controversy among Foggy
Bottom neighborhood leaders, with some fearing that the event's road closures will inconvenience or
even endanger residents of the Watergate complex.
OTHER NEWS
From now until April 19, more than 150 student artworks depicting kites will be on display at the Pepco
Edison Place Gallery in Penn Quarter as part of the annual Cherry Blossom Youth Art Contest and
Community Art Show.
ON THE MARKET

A two-level, two-bedroom condo unit on the former site of Dupont Circle's Anna Maria Italian
Restaurant is available for $1,595,000.
OPINION
Editorial: We're heartened by the new safety culture demonstrated by Metro's general manager, and
it's time for regional and federal governments to adequately and consistently fund the troubled
system.
Editorial: The ruling in favor D.C. budget autonomy is a big win for local residents and their elected
officials.
Sherwood: When Donald Trump shared updates about his D.C. hotel on his visit to town, reporters no

longer wanted details on that project, and city officials weren't on hand to talk it up.
SPORTS (Northwest Current, Georgetown Current)
A pair of Northwest basketball players from Gonzaga and National Cathedral are respectively the
District's boys and girls Gatorade player of the year.
Wilson Highs girls lacrosse program has new leadership this season, with former NCAA player
Jessica Zenzel taking over the head coaching job that was held last year by the schools athletic
director Mitch Gore.
DISPATCHES
Maret welcomes grandparents and special friends, School With Walls interviews applicants, and other
reports from local schools.
ALSO IN THE CURRENT
Crime report
Advisory neighborhood commission reports and agendas
Reports from local citizens associations
Calendar of the week's events
Classified ads and service directory
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