All Things Current: What you'll find in your Aug.

3, 2016, edition
BUSINESSES
Food trucks have brought a diversity of lunch options for office workers in Van Ness but
neighborhood leaders are also hearing from brick-and-mortar stores that are seeing business suffer
as their four-wheeled foes feed growing slices of the towns lunchtime demand.
DEVELOPMENT
The new development planned for the Marrakech property on P Street NW is facing resistance from
the Historic Preservation Review Board on top of earlier objections from zoning authorities.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
The Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District is likely to take on expanded boundaries and a shorter
name following a Historic Preservation Review Board vote Thursday in favor of the proposal, though a
technicality prevented it from winning final approval just yet.
RECREATION

The National Park Service has narrowed its proposed options for new Georgetown boathouses, with
only one development scenario remaining under consideration for the 1,500-foot stretch of riverfront
from 34th Street NW to west of the Key Bridge.
The end date for renovations to Friendship Recreation Center, commonly known as Turtle Park, has
been pushed to next spring, with an excavation setback slowing down construction.
TRANSPORTATION
The long-awaited rehabilitation of Beach Drive NW and the Rock Creek Trail is nearing its start date,
as community members cheer on federal and city agencies despite lingering concerns about the
major construction project.
A newly launched study of downtown roadways could yield a dedicated H Street NW bus lane and a
westward extension of the Pennsylvania Avenue NW central cycle track.
OTHER NEWS
Northwest libraries are increasingly picking up on the trend of adult coloring, with programs now
available in six branches.
ON THE MARKET
A Sheridan-Kalorama home available for $5,750,000 will let its new owners call Mr. and Mrs. Obama
neighbors once they move in around the corner next year.
OPINION
Editorial: Vincent Orange should resign from the D.C. Council due to the conflicts presented by his
new job as CEO of the DC Chamber of Commerce.
Editorial: We'd like to see an in-depth study before we can support Metro's proposal to permanently
reduce its hours of operation.
Sherwood: The members of the D.C.-based Gold Star Mothers of America, an organization for women
who lost their children in combat, are deserving of respect for their searing loss no matter their
heritage.
SPORTS (Northwest Current, Georgetown Current)
Sidwell's boys basketball team is using last season's heartbreak to fuel its summer league hoops
season.
ALSO IN THE CURRENT

Crime report
Advisory neighborhood commission reports and agendas
Reports from local citizens associations
Calendar of the week's events
Classified ads and service directory

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