The three-term councilmember has been a stark critic of County Executive Marc Elrich on economic development issues.

Charitable efforts can only go so far in combating food insecurity, in part because food deserts persist in D.C., according to nonprofit leaders.

And they will be smaller than earlier this decade.

In a month’s time, Loudoun County will have to decide whether or not it wants in on Metro’s Silver Line extension. Depending on who you ask, at stake is either billions of dollars in economic development potential for the county or the county’s current low taxes and bucolic living.

Mayor Vince Gray and a D.C. delegation are taking the show on the road with a June visit to three Chinese cities, where they seek to expand business opportunities.

Picture of Vince Gray presenting his economic development plan, courtesy of his campaign. This morning, mayoral contender Vince Gray presented his plan for economic development in the District, criticizing Mayor Adrian Fenty for ignoring the issue, while outlining a broad, if vague plan to get more District residents to work. Gray’s plan, presented during a speech at Ray’s the Steaks at East River in Ward 7, argues that Fenty has not provided D.C. with…

WTOP’s Mark Segraves got a hold of a partial list of the folks who’ve been receiving tickets to use the city’s free luxury box in the Verizon Center — the one that the D.C. Council is so miffed they’re being boxed out of — and there’s some fun tidbits he discovered.Most of those invited to D.C.’s Luxury Suite at the Verizon Center by Fenty either contributed the maximum $2,000 to Fenty’s campaign or worked on…

Now that the gloves have come off in the relationship between the D.C. Council and Mayor Adrian Fenty, it’s apparently time for more of their amusingly petty disagreements to become public. The Post has a hilarious story in today’s District Extra about a brewing battle over exactly how the city’s allotment of free Wizards tickets will be distributed. Turns out last week the mayor’s office slyly attempted to pick up all 24 tickets for the…

Cultural Tourism DC’s free WalkingTown DC event this Saturday, Sept. 29 has a walking tour for everyone, but one of the tours that most interests us is the “What’s Going On: Marvin Gaye Park” tour, led by volunteer Steve Coleman and presented by the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. From 10 to 11:30 a.m., participants will have the opportunity to follow the path of famed soul singer Marvin Gaye’s early life growing up…

Written by DCist contributor Jesse Kaye T-21 days. The countdown is on for what may determine the fate of a large part of Southeast D.C. October 19 is the date set by the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development when all RFEI’s, or requests for expressions of interest, are due — and the date by which we ought to finally have an idea of what will happen to Poplar Point. A year ago, the…