Photo by Spectreman.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Sprinkles is opening February 11th.
- Nice roundup of some store openings and closings.
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Counting Georgetown
Last December, an event happened that GM has been waiting for for years: the release of the five year estimates from American Community Survey. Sounds terribly dry, yes, but what it means is that data on a host of questions and categories has been released at the census tract level.
With this data, we can start to get an idea of what Georgetowners actually look like, and act like, and live like, etc. Before this release, the most current source of this information was the 2000 census.
Yes, those familiar with this data set be quick to point out that the margins of error on some of these statistics is huge. So you should take them with a grain of salt. But they’re certainly good enough to start the discussion, and they’re certainly the best we’ve got. (Also, it’s really important to keep in mind that these numbers are meant to be averages over the last five years, not a snapshot of today).
So that said, on to some of the first numbers! Continue reading
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Inside Moreso by Jim Malone.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- There’s another one of those pop-up shops where Field’s tailor used to be. GM thinks these are a much better way to fill an empty store front than with “for lease” signs.
- BeyondDC looks into the old Aqueduct Bridge ruins.
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Looks Like Somebody Didn’t Get Their New Year’s Smooch
From MPD2d:
On Friday, December 31, 2010, at 11:50 p.m. a Simple Assault/Domestic Violence offense occurred in the 3200 block of M St., N.W. (PSA 206) and was subsequently reported to the MPD.
The victim reported that he and his girlfriend were having a verbal dispute. The dispute turned physical when his girlfriend began to punch, knee and kick him. The victim sustained defensive injuries to his left hand and bruises to his neck. The MPD was summoned and arrested the suspect. This is a closed case.
And with that, crime in Georgetown closed out its 2010 numbers. And what did they look like? Sort of a mixed bag really.
- Total crimes: 880 (down 4.76%)*
- Categories up in 2010:
- Stolen Autos up 10.53%
- Robberies up 26.83%(!)
- ADW up 48%(!!)
- Sexual Assault up 200%(!!!)
- Categories down in 2010:
- Thefts down .18% (there was only one less theft in 2010)
- Burglary down 12.2%
- Car Break-ins down 36.67%
In fairness, some of these percentages are getting skewed by how low the numbers are. But they are troubling nonetheless. GM will dig in a little more to the numbers over the next week or so, so stay tuned!
*Interestingly, at the ANC meeting Luitenant Hedgecock stated that crime in Georgetown (i.e. PSA 206) was down 6%, so either he’s got different stats than GM or someone’s math is wrong.
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Blues Alley by M.V. Jantzen.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Casey Trees declares January the month of the American Elm. Learn more about the majestic tree and how Casey Trees helps Georgetown keep wonderful collection of them alive.
- Find out how historic homes like Dumbarton House investigate and interpret the stories of the building’s past residents.
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ANC Round Up: Good PR Edition
DC Triathlon by Arjubx.
Once more unto the triathabreach!
Last night the ANC met for its first session for the futuristically sounding year 2011. And pretty much right at the top of the agenda was a resumption of the dispute over triathlons in Georgetown.
For those of you who missed it last month, the ANC demanded to know how much the for-profit enterprise that runs the DC Triathlon (and the Nations Triathlon) donates to charity. In particular they wanted to know roughly what percentage of the event’s revenues went to charity. The owner of the company, Charles Brodsky, refused to answer the question, so the ANC told him to come back when he could.
Skip to last night. Representatives of the triathlon, Molly Quinn and Jill Hansen (Brodsky wasn’t there), talked up the merits of the organization that benefits from the charity (which they also run) called Achieve Kids Tri. As part of the presentation, Quinn asked a little girl named Eliza Bowling to come up and give a speech about her experiences with Achieve and how it helped her fight her own childhood obesity.
It was a move of brilliant audience misdirection. Why? Because Bowling had the crowd in her hand talking about how she has already run several triathlons and dropped her BMI significantly. She was great and GM congratulates her on her achievements and her skillful public speaking. But it was almost completely irrelevant. Nobody doubted the merit of the recipient of the charity. That wasn’t the question. The question was whether that recipient was getting enough of the money flowing through the event to justify turning over a public good to a private enterprise. Continue reading
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Roosevelt Island (which is close enough to Georgetown to justify showing this cute dog) by ad454.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- A little birdy tells GM that Serendipity 3 is hoping to open January 15th. GM will believe it when he sees it.
- TBD stops by the National Pinball Museum.
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