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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• More on the Mono Diner, which is hoping to open later this month, or February.
• Spotty job around town for shoveling. How was your experience?

3900 block of Reservoir Rd.

Now beginneth GM’s annual plea to neighborly decency: Shovel Your Sidewalks!

And if appeals to decency are not enough, consider that as of 2016, DC can fine residents who don’t shovel the sidewalk in front of their house within 24 hours of the end of the storm. The fine is $25 for residents and $150 for businesses. It’s long been the case that the law mandated the shoveling, but the process of actually obtaining a fine against the scofflaw was so cumbersome that it was literally never used. Continue reading →

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• New York Falafel restaurant coming to Georgetown.
• Despite the DC government being closed for snow today, it appears that trash is still getting picked up, which means Georgetown’s Tuesday pickup will not be pushed back either.

3200 block of O St.

Photo by Don Ward.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Is 14th St. the new Georgetown? (It will have to get way more retail before it’s comparable…)
• NPS doing some local maintenance in Georgetown despite the shutdown.

1200 block of Wisconsin Ave.

The eastside of the 1200 block of Wisconsin Ave. is soon going to be converted to a 24 hour pick-up/drop-off zone. What that means is that the right most lane of this block will be used only for loading or unloading or either passengers or goods. The parking will be eliminated.

The goal of this is to move Ubers, Lyfts, and other taxis out of the moving lanes when they’re dropping off passengers or picking them up. It is also hoped that this will reduce double parking by delivery trucks. Continue reading →

Photo by Wayne Thume.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Khashoggi Way protest sign up at Wisconsin and M.
• Anyone see this bike?

3000 block of Cambridge St.