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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Sprinkles Opens Today
Today another cupcakery enters the fierce Georgetown market: Sprinkles. It’s the first foreign import to the market; it comes from California.
One of the few perks GM has running a website on Georgetown is that he occasionally gets invited to events around the neighborhood. Thus on Tuesday he stopped by a party at Sprinkles. (As part of the event, Sprinkles donated $25,000 to Babylove DC. Good on them.)
This gave GM a sneak preview at what this new store offers: Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Michael Foley Photography.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- An argument against making changes to the GUTS buses.
- The Post weighs in against Jack Evans attempt to just make the Hardy issue go away.
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The ANC’s Anti-Ten Year Plan Resolution: Conduct Section
Monday night, the ANC adopted a resolution opposing G.U.’s proposed ten year campus plan. GM’s already taken a closer look at the enrollment section and the transportation section. Today he’ll take a look at the last section, the one regarding student behavior off-campus.
The ANC’s approach is pretty simple and concise: they simply stated that the measures previously taken by G.U. and those proposed are inadequate to address the negative impact that student behavior has on the non-student population.
The strategy being taken by the ANC is to put the burden on G.U. to develop a program that is adequate. And it further argues that if G.U. doesn’t present an adequate plan, the Zoning Commission should reduce G.U.’s student cap until their are fewer students in the neighborhood.
And what are the steps that G.U. has put forward which the ANC considers so inadequate?:
- Three reimbursable detail police officers stationed in trouble spots
- A second SNAP car at night
- Two G.U. staff members living off campus among the students to supervise them
- New community contract to be signed by all off-campus students
- Additional shuttles around the neighborhood to give students a ride back to the campus. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by damienvanachter.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- GM’s always been suspicious about how many homes are listed as being build it 1900, now it turns out his suspicion was justified. Jerry McCoy of the Peabody Collection chats with WBJ and points out that 1900 is the default for any building built before 1877 or when the construction date is unknown.
- Friend of GM and fellow Georgetown blogger Carol Joynt has fought many battles in her life, but the next one might be her toughest: cancer.
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ANC Round Up: Moving On Edition
Last night the ANC met for its March session. The most important item on the agenda was the adoption of its resolution opposing Georgetown’s ten year campus plan. In the end, though, this was one of the shorter items on the agenda. The rest of the evening was filled with projects and items that will surely dominate the discussion for the rest of the year.
Ten Year Plan
The discussion around the proposed resolution was strictly hemmed in. G.U., CAG/the Burleith Citizens Association, and DC Students Speaks, were each given ten minutes to make their final case. Linda Greenan, Vice President of G.U.’s external affairs, spoke first. She expressed the disappointment the school has that the parties couldn’t reach an agreement and reiterated the school’s position that the proposed plan is modest and has been tailored to address the neighbors’ complaints.
Lenore Rubino of the Burleith Citizens Assoc. and Jennifer Altemus of CAG then split up 10 minutes. They repeated their organizations previous statements that that the plan fails to seriously address the already existing negative impacts that the school has on the neighborhood and the threat that the non-student uses are going to be pushed out unless the situation is remedied. They both supported the ANC’s resolution (CAG strayed a bit from the ANC’s resolution by demanding that no students be allowed to park a car in the neighborhood).
Finally, Hao Shen of DC Students Speaks, well, spoke. He gave an energetic defense of the school’s proposal. He pointedly stated that objecting to the plan is a violation of the District’s Human Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based upon matriculation status. This would be a compelling argument, that is if the DC Court of Appeals hadn’t explicitly rejected it in one of the court cases that sprung from the last ten year plan fight (837 A.2d 58, in case you’re interested).
Beyond this, there was little other discussion. Ron Lewis echoed Greenan’s disappointment in the failure to agree. In the end the resolution was passed 6-1, with Jake Sticka voting nay. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Ehpien.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Art sale at the Corcoran Art School at the Filmore School on Sunday.
- WMATA considering bringing the Silver Line through Georgetown, with express service to Dulles.
- But why go all the way out to Dulles? The FAA is in serious talks to build a small floating airport right next to Georgetown on the Potomac.
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Brownpau.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Awful, awful story from yesterday. A 22 year old employee at Billy Martins was killed by an SUV-driver in a hit and run on Key Bridge (the driver was later arrested on I-66). The victim has a very young son. Billy Martin’s is gathering a fund to help the victim’s family (GM learned of this at last night’s ANC meeting, and he didn’t manage to write the victim’s name down.) Please reach out to the restaurant to pitch in to this worthy cause.
- Big Planet Comics store building is on the market. No word whether they’re getting kicked out. GM hopes they can stick around.
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