Two of the four Walmarts planned inside the District's borders have cleared a major hurdle, clearing a review from the city's Office of Planning enabling them to move forward with construction as soon as permits from the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs can be obtained. more ›

Harriet Tregoning, the Director of the District's Office of Planning, was struck by a car while riding her bicycle to work this morning. Fortunately, she came out of it without injury. more ›

Are you ready for some consideration of proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan of the National Capital? Well, I sure hope the Council was. This afternoon, the Council's Committee of the Whole considered amendments to the Comprehensive Plan that have been submitted over the past fiscal year -- and those amendments number in the hundreds. more ›

City officials expect the D.C. Office of Planning will submit by the end of this month its final recommendations to loosen restrictions on the number of eating and drinking establishments allowed to operate in the U Street and Logan Circle neighborhoods. more ›

As we told you last week, the city is moving forward with its proposal to redevelop the Saint Elizabeths Hospital campus. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton held a public meeting on the plans already, and tonight it's Mayor Adrian Fenty's turn to host his version. The deadline to register to present testimony at the public hearing has already passed, but anyone may attend tonight from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at 2700 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue SE. The DC Office of Planning is running the meeting, so call (202) 442-7600 with any questions.
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