It’s going to be a bright and beautiful day here in Washington, and since we’ve had some less than sunny headlines so far this summer, we’d like to take a moment to point some good news. Believe it or not, your daily walks to work could actually begin getting easier. How, you say? Well we’re just so glad you asked. It seems the city has begun spending money on rubberized sidewalks, which last longer than concrete and are made from recycled tires. Some joggers in N.E., where the initial installations have taken place, may have already begun to feel an extra boost in their strides. We’d like to think the new sidewalks are rubbery enough to launch pedestrians into the air just a little, but we’re comic book-reading computer geeks with superhero fantasies, so we hope you’ll forgive us. Any readers out there encountered these new sidewalk sections? Tell us about ’em in the comments.
$2.4 Trillion for D.C. Residents: We started to get really friggin’ excited when we read that, according to a study by Boston College’s Center on Wealth and Philanthropy to be released this week, Washington area residents will be bequeathed a whopping $2.4 trillion over the next 50 years. We got a little less excited upon seeing that the article that follows does not in fact include directions on how to sign up for our share — apparently this news only applies to charities and children of the super-rich. But um, those ten percent of you the article mentions whose families are worth more than $1 million, uh, hey, what are you doing Saturday night? We know this great Thai place.
Stadium Parking Deal Could Cost Us: WTOP is reporting that D.C. CFO Natwar Gandhi has warned the D.C. City Council that the the pricetag for the Herb Miller-led Nationals stadium parking plan they recently approved could end up costing the District an additional $44 to $98 million. Of course Gandhi has long been arguing that the Miller parking project, set to break ground by Labor Day, lacks fiscal viability, and the Council won’t be able to vote on a measure to lift the spending cap and approve additional funds of that sort until September. Hopefully we’ll have that additional $2.4 trillion by then.
Briefly Noted: Maryland Lt. Governor admits saying that being a Republican was like wearing a “scarlet letter” … 13-year-old boy arrested for multiple sex offenses … Walter Washington, first mayor of D.C., bestowed with his own street … Teen cancer patient won’t be forced to undergo treatment.
This Day in DCist: In 2005 we learned that Dulles was one of the nation’s ten tardiest airports; and in the very first two posts ever published during the soft launch of our site in 2004, the intrepid Rob Goodspeed told us about the “Second Boston Tea Party” to demonstrate for District voting rights, and the voyage of the Ten Commandments Monument to our fair city.
Photo by Flickr user FloydSlip.
