G.U. by Ehpien.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Georgetown’s Tackle Box opening new branch in the old Waffle Shop space.
- GM heard a rumor that Urban Outfitters might be closing up shop, but hasn’t been able to confirm it yet.
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Casa Stephanopoulos Under Contract
Courtesy of TTR Sotheby's International Realty
As reported here in January, the Stephanopouli are leaving Georgetown and put their 31st St. manse up for sale. Well it appears that it is now under contract. It was listed for $6.35 million, but GM guessed it would sell for $5.67 million. What do you think the final number will be?
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ANC Round Up: Jack Evans Edition
Last night ANC2E met for its March session. While GM wasn’t too hopeful for an interesting meeting, he really ought to know by now that it doesn’t take an exciting agenda to have a noteworthy meeting. On top of the list of items worth noting was an extended riff by Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans.
Jack Speaks
Councilmember Jack Evans made his semi-annual trip to ANC2E. He started out giving a stump speech on the state of the District’s finances. But from there he really just went off in a bunch of directions. For the sake of brevity, GM is just going to list the real choice quotations:
- “The District of Columbia remains one of the strongest financial entities in America, state, county, or city. Our management of our finances since the Control Board Era, 1995 and 1996 to the present, has really been astute.” (Keep in mind that Evans has been the Chair of the Finance Committee for much of that time.)
- “My goal as a resident of Georgetown has always been to improve the infrastructure of Georgetown. When I first moved here back in 1994, Georgetown was a wreck.”
- “I always think it’s a bad decision when you are starting to run deficits in your government to raise taxes to cover them because it is a short term fix for a long term problem…The only way to deal with it is to get to the structure problem, you’re spending too much money…You can never raise taxes in a recessionary environment.” (Proving once again that this isn’t really a one party town; We’ve got Republicans in office, they just call themselves Democrats). Continue reading
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Inside the Old Stone House by StreetsofDC.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- As mentioned here last week, Propper Topper is featuring a pop-up store from fashionisspinach.com
this weekend(oops, it was last weekend). - Georgetown (supposedly, GM’s got his doubts) inspired new indie film from Ireland.
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Student Group Aims to Encourage More Solar Panel Use
Last week, GM previewed tonight’s ANC meeting. One of the items is a presentation on the topic of solar energy by some group labeled Georgetown Energy. A Google search didn’t come up with an answer what exactly this group is. But hanging off the doorknobs of Georgetown yesterday was the answer. Georgetown Energy is a group of G.U. students who are committed to encouraging more solar panel use by area residents.
The website provides a couple handy guides such as one on the merits of installing solar panels. The group uses as a model a coop that was created in Mount Pleasant. But how likely is it that solar panels can find much of a home in Georgetown? Continue reading
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Purses by M.V. Jantzen.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Attention drivers, arcade goers, and those that need to do their laundry: Bank of Georgetown is not the place to go for quarters.
- DCist doesn’t mince its words about Georgetowners who don’t clear their sidewalks of snow.
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Georgetown’s Liquor Licenses Held in Safe Keeping
Two weeks ago, the Current dug into the story about how ABRA is considering adding two more liquor licenses to the Georgetown Moratorium. One of the bigger issues that stem from the moratorium is the issue of liquor licenses held in safe keeping. Which got GM wondering, who’s holding on to those anyway?
Quick background: There is a moratorium on new liquor licenses for Georgetown. Thus, ABRA cannot issue any new licenses for bars or restaurants in Georgetown (hotels aren’t subject to the moratorium). They can, however, buy licenses from people or entities that already have one.
This legislated scarcity has reportedly pushed the going rate of a liquor license in Georgetown up to $70,000. As the Current reported, the most recent five year moratorium period is coming up, and ABRA is proposing to add two more licenses to the total. The stated reason for these two new licenses is, in the words of ANC Commissioner Bill Starels, to “dampen the bidding wars.”
But who are they bidding to? An active restaurant or bar isn’t likely to sell its liquor license, so any new establishment must look to the defunct restaurants and bars that are still holding on to their inactive licenses (known as licenses held in safe keeping). Continue reading
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