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Bowser aims to revitalize Gallery Place-Chinatown ahead of possible Caps, Wizards departure
Bowser launches task force to revitalize Gallery Place-Chinatown area ahead of possible Caps, Wizards departure
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser is launching a task force aimed at revitalizing the Gallery Place-Chinatown area.
WASHINGTON – Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser is launching a task force aimed at revitalizing the Gallery Place-Chinatown area.
The plan COMES ahead of the potential departure of the Washington Capitals and Wizards from downtown D.C. to northern Virginia.
The news of that departure was a huge blow to businesses in this area who count on the crowds from the Capital One Arena to survive.
Now, Bowser has announced the creation of a task force that will focus on the future of the two-block area that includes Capital One Arena and Gallery Place.
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The task force will be chaired by two experts in developing retail communities. Jodie McLean and Deborah Ratner Salzberg are charged with leading the effort in creating an immediate activation plan, a long-term vision, and a financial plan.
McLean is Chief Executive Officer of EDENS, one of the nation’s leading retail real estate developers. Salzberg previously worked was chair of the Federal City Council.
The Gallery Place-Chinatown corridor has been a focus of economic development by the DowntownDC Business Improvement District.
A report released last year noted that visible drug sales, increased presence of unhoused people, and disruptive panhandling were negatively impacting experiences in the area.
The task force will convene on Monday afternoon at the Shakespeare Theatre Company.
WASHINGTON – The Metropolitan Police Department is searching for two people who broke into a Quick Stop in Northeast Washington, D.C., last month.
What we know:
The robbery happened just after 5 a.m. on March 21. Two suspects were seen on security video breaking into a Quick Stop store on Bladensburg Road.
The thieves broke the lock of the front door, destroying the entrance, police said, before grabbing some money and items before driving off.
The MPD said the suspects drove off in a black Nissan Altima with a Washington, D.C., license plate with the number DU2168.
What you can do:
The MPD is still investigating the burglary, and asked anyone who could potentially identify either suspect to contact police at 202-727-9099.
The Source: Information in this story is from the Metropolitan Police Department.
See what it’s like in a long TSA line
Crowds grow as TSA lines remain long at airports nationwide, travelers share their experiences.
TSA checkpoints have mostly stabilized at airports throughout the country, with the Senate advancing a proposal Thursday to fund the Department of Homeland Security in a move that could signal the end of a partial government shutdown that began in February.
Travelers often experienced hours-long lines through TSA during March, as hundreds of agents quit or called out of work while not receiving paychecks.
But following the Senate proposal and President Donald Trump signing an order to pay TSA officers, lines have shrunk, including at airports in the Washington DC area.
Here’s what to know if you’re traveling out of the DC-area airports Thursday.
TSA Wait Times at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
As of 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, security checkpoint wait times at DCA are less than five minutes at all three terminals.
Wait times at all three terminals have mostly been under 10 minutes all week.
TSA Wait Times at Dulles International Airport
At Dulles (IAD), estimated wait times Wednesday morning are 0-15 minutes, according to the My TSA app.
Dulles says on its website screening lines “remain steady and within normal wait times.”
TSA Wait Times at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
Lines are a little bit longer at BWI Thursday, but they still pale in comparison to last week’s lines that stretched outside the airport.
As of 10:30 a.m., the estimated wait times at BWI are 15 to 30 minutes, the My TSA app shows.
WASHINGTON (7News) — A second person linked to the murder of a D.C. man in his Logan Circle apartment was arrested over a month after the incident, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Wednesday’s arrest of D.C. man Alphonso Walker, 39, came two days after police arrested Rico Barnes, both for charges stemming from the death of Syed Hussain, 40, in the 1400 block of Rhode Island Avenue, Northwest. Walker was already in police custody for separate charges.
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Police said Monday that the pair followed Hussain back to his residence on Feb. 11 and attacked him shortly after he opened the door to the apartment lobby at around 1:40 a.m. The pair forced him into his apartment and stole items inside, police said about the motive.
Charging documents included surveillance images showing the men leaving the apartment with bags of clothing and a bicycle, among other items, about an hour after they entered.
At around 3:30 a.m. that same day, D.C. Fire and EMS crews were called to the apartment to extinguish a fire and found Hussain injured and unresponsive. He was declared dead at the scene.
Officials said Hussain’s cause of death was blunt force trauma and strangulation, and investigators said the fire was caused after the man died.
Barnes was arrested on Monday and accused of felony first-degree murder while armed. Walker will face the same charge, police said.
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