“Dear PoPville,
I am curious to know how others have dealt with this: I live in a RPP zone of Mount Pleasant and have always had a IRL paper visitor permit. I have also used the app twice to get digital permits with no trouble. My current house sitter, who is visiting from AL, is registered via the Park DC Permits app, but in the last week she has twice gotten parking tickets, from the same officer. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I’ve opened a number of requests on 311 site, which are then closed without any update, or solution. I’ve called 311, where tickets are created by agents, but when I login all of the details I took the time to convey- and are important to the issue- ie where dumping is occurring- are not there as the agent didn’t bother to input. (more…)
Exciting bike news shared by ANC Rep Alex Lopez:
“After years of planning and community engagement, DDOT finally issued its NOI to install protected bike lanes on 9th St NW between Florida Ave NW and Pennsylvania Ave NW.
Take a look at the NOI: NOI 22-224-PSD 9th St NW
And the plans: 9th-St-NW-CycleTrack_07-22-22“
“Dear PoPville,
DC Health is holding a community meeting on Thursday, 8/18, to discuss the “rat crisis” in the Logan Circle neighborhood (specifically, the block between 14th and 15th streets and Rhode Island and P streets). The attached flyer was distributed to some residents yesterday. (more…)
Good news from DC Department of Public Works:
“DPW is awaiting the delivery of 96-gallon trash super cans.
We expect to receive a significant delivery in mid-September which should be sufficient to address all existing requests. We apologize for the inconvenience and sincerely thank you for your patience and understanding.”
“Dear PoPville,
For background, a bunch of folks who use the Rush Rink at Watkins Rec have submitted many maintenance tickets to ask DGS to fix this light and deal with other issues with the space, like the metal benches that have completely pulled out of their moorings. I estimate that between 15-20 tickets have been filed over the years, with little response. (more…)
photo by Eric P.
From the Mayor’s Office:
“Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that the District of Columbia secured $20 million in new funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to continue its path towards a climate resilient future. These federal funds will support the District’s effort to endure rising sea levels and more severe natural hazards. This work is timely and urgent as the District has seen increased rainfall and more frequent storms in recent years. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has forecasted above-average hurricane activity along the east coast for several years running. (more…)
Thanks to a reader for sending yesterday at 4pm: “Apparently DOH has closed Georgetown Cupcake.”
And Genevieve sends from the Potbelly at 11th & F: (more…)
From the Adams Morgan BID:
“The Adams Morgan Partnership Business Improvement District (AMPBID) is excited to announce that the long-awaited return of the 18th Street Pedestrian Zone will occur on multiple Sundays throughout the remainder of the year. The pedestrian zone will be located along 18th Street NW between Kalorama and Columbia Roads NW on the following dates: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Just wanted to write in and let you know DCRA is flexing its incompetent muscles again and inexplicably classified a chunk of occupied homes in DC as vacant properties. They then didn’t notify the homeowners and then let us all find out through OTR with our second half 2022 property tax payments. A lot of people opened the mail on 8/8 to $20,000+ half year property tax bills on homes that typically have $2-4k half year bills.
When we contacted DCRA , the person said “yeah, we’ve been getting a lot of calls about this today.” (more…)