Spring is the best time to hang out with old friends and make some new ones. Maybe we can even link up?
Tonight, you can find me at Sycamore & Oak at our Congressional Delegate Debate. On Sunday, I’ll be supporting my dear friend and The 51st’s Lead Community Connector, George Kevin Jordan, at the opening of his new solo exhibit for The Nicholson Project (George will also be representing The 51st on Saturday at The Anacostia Mural Festival Closing Party — read more about that in our Civics Roundup). And next Tuesday, our team is back at The Strand to feature three D.C. native poets hand-picked by me and our Community Connector Dwayne Lawson-Brown. And if those aren’t enough, we’ve got a list of 15 more things for you to do around the city this weekend.
The staff of Cleveland Park paint-your-own-pottery shop All Fired Up voted unanimously to unionize this week. [Washingtonian]
Struggling under decades of disinvestment, Ward 7 and 8 residents are trying to decide which mayoral candidate has the most workable solution. [WAMU]
Meanwhile, one Ward 8 organization hopes their project can be a model for expanding food access in the city and beyond. [Civil Eats]
The director of an H Street affordable housing nonprofit allegedly gave himself more than $1.2 million in clandestine bonuses between 2017 and 2023. [WCP]
The fight over high Pepco bills continues: The Office of the People’s Counsel wanted recent rate hikes reversed and refunds issued after a court struck down the increase in March. The Public Service Commission says no, for now — but has set a new hearing for the fall. [The 51st, WTOP]
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