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Come Learn More About the Georgetown Village
Tomorrow night, organizers of the Georgetown Village will be holding reception at the Georgetown Presbyterian church on P St. at 7:00 pm.
GM has mentioned this before, but it’s probably worth repeating. The Georgetown Village is a proposed program modeled after other successful programs in the area (e.g. the Capitol Hill Village). The concept is to create a network of support for Georgetown senior residents so that they may live in their homes longer. For example, here are some of the services that the Georgetown Village would like to provide:
- Transportation to the supermarket, doctor, etc.
- Help around the house with simple tasks
- Social events
- Educational programs
You get all that for just a introductory yearly fee of $500 for an individual or $800 for a household. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Turns out Paul Bakery still has a ways to go until it opens in Georgetown.
- A closer look at how the Washington Harbour’s walls are supposed to work.
- The lines outside Dumbarton Oaks have gotten a lot longer in the last couple years. So GM was very happy to learn over the weekend that they now let you skip the line if you’ve got a season pass.
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Paul Bakery Finally Opening
The other day, GM reported that Serendipity 3 was still full steam ahead, even though they have suffered some rather lengthy delays. Right across the street is another proposed restaurant that has been even longer in the offing: Paul Bakery.
Way back on March 2009, GM first reported that Capital Restaurant Concepts was planning on opening a bakery in the old City Tavern Club kitchen (the space just south of Banana Republic). Two years of starts and stops later, and the restaurant is finally ready to open. Specifically, next Tuesday. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Blues Alley by Lnkyhack.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- A descriptive tour of Serendipity.
- Georgetown exporting its problems to Bethesda.
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Georgetown to Get Two More Bikeshare Stations, But Locations Lacking
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Yesterday, DDOT announced the proposed location of 25 more Capital Bikeshare locations. Of those, two are going to be in Georgetown. This is great news. What’s not so great is where DDOT is planning to put them.
In January, as a result of efforts mostly from Ken Archer, the ANC approved a resolution asking DDOT to consider putting Bikeshare stations at four locations: the sidewalk outside Hyde-Addison, the playground of the Jackson School (across from Montrose Park), the Georgetown Library, and the sidewalk of M St. just west of the Rock Creek bridge. Each of the first three of those locations was vetted with the stakeholders and even representatives of DDOT. So they weren’t merely idle wishes for locations. The last location was added by ANC commissioner Tom Birch because, hey, it’s probably a great location if a station could fit.
No one from DDOT promised that Georgetown would get any stations, let alone at these recommended locations. But it seemed reasonable to assume that if DDOT gave Georgetown more stations that they’d put them at locations specifically requested through a diligent process.
So it came as a surprise to see that DDOT is proposing putting two stations at locations not even previously considered. They recommend putting a station at the intersection of Reservoir and Wisconsin and a station along P St. near the Rock Creek Parkway exit.
Both these locations have significant problems. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by VickyS.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Wow, that didn’t take long. Class action filed by restaurants, retailers, and employees against MRP for damages from the flooding of Washington Harbour.
- Some shots of the devastation inside those restaurants.
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