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Northern Dessert Desert Soon to be Addressed
GM has long documented the various “dessert deserts” that plague Georgetown. There are some stretches of Wisconsin Ave. or M St. that you have to walk up to a block and a half in order to find ice cream, frozen yogurt or other sweets.
GM has focused mostly on central Georgetown when monitoring this situation. Thus he failed to notice that the northern stretch of Wisconsin in Georgetown is utterly bereft of purveyors of frozen and/or chocolated goods.
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Mr. T in DC.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- The bidding for the West Heating Plant is approaching $20 million.
- Hyde parents work to get a new crossing guard.
- That huge house across the street from where Herb Miller used to live is now being turned into condos. Was zoning approval ever given for that? GM doesn’t remember anything like that.
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The State of Georgetown: Preview
Every year GM performs a census of sorts of all the stores and restaurants in Georgetown. It was originally inspired as a way to rebut the accusation that Georgetown is mostly full of chain stores (it isn’t). But GM has continued to build his database each year, adding stores he missed the previous year.
GM has performed his review for 2013. However, he still has to do some error-checking and other edits before diving in with a full blown review of the state of Georgetown.
That said, today he’s offering a quick preview of the data: what opened and what closed?
Between the 2012 survey (which was done in February 2012) and this year’s survey (which was done last weekend) there were 56 store closings, 43 store openings, and 7 stores moving locations within Georgetown.
That’s a drop in closings from last year’s (probably record) high of 79 closings. Last year’s number was mostly so high because the mall was getting cleared out. This year’s number is also inflated a bit by the 13 mall stores that were still around last year. Oddly, in 2012 there were also 43 openings, just like this year. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- NPS has awarded the Jack’s Boathouse concession to a Massachusetts-based company called B&G Outdoor Recreation. The current owner of Jack’s, Paul Simkin, has called this move illegal and promises to fight it. On a side note, let GM say that he was totally wrong when he said that he believed that NPS was going to give the contract to Guest Services International. Maybe the pressure from local groups made a difference?
- The Washington Harbour ice rink closed for the season yesterday. Let’s give MRP a round of applause for a great addition to the community!
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Annual Rites of Spring Right Around the Corner
It’s easy to forget on a chilly first of March, but spring is right around the corner. And spring in Georgetown carries with it several annual rites. It’s not too early to start looking forward to them.
The Georgetown House Tour
First of the two grand dame tours, the Georgetown house tour will be held this year on April 27th. It is held every year to benefit St. John’s Episcopal church. As the title states, this tour gives you a chance to walk through 8-10 of Georgetown’s nicest homes. The patrons party is always the place to hobnob with the nobbiest hobs.
The Georgetown Garden Tour
Of the two tours, the Garden Tour is probably GM’s favorite. Like the house tour, you get a chance to look behind the gates of 8 or so homes, but GM just thinks there’s something more interesting about gardens than interiors. This tour will be held on May 11th, and is run by the Georgetown Garden Club. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by kkfea.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Harlem Globetrotters show off some moves.
- Where horses once lived, now humans pay seven figures to live.
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