Mayor Muriel Bowser has committed to supporting the project. The arena now has a big goal to meet: raise $5 million in private funds for the project.

The campaign comes after Mayor Muriel Bowser asked the D.C. Council to divert funds that had been allocated for the Fort Dupont Ice Arena toward repairs for schools and rec centers instead.

The places we hightail it to for a walk (of varying degrees of strenuousness) in nature.

The city announced Tuesday its plans to build a new Fort Dupont Ice Arena in 2016.

“It’s critical to the next generation,” National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis said of the young people’s interest in the park.

Here’s a guide to skating rinks that are in D.C. proper or are easily Metro accessible.

A total of 15 people have been displaced by a house fire that broke out just before noon today at 1408 30th Street SE, according to D.C. Fire/EMS spokesperson Pete Piringer. The nine adults, six children and various pets who lived in the detached single-family home in the Fort Dupont neighborhood of Southeast D.C. are unable to return home due to significant smoke and fire damage. Firefighters believe the blaze started in the basement, but…

Donald Brashear, who visited Fort Dupont Ice Arena with Willie O’Ree yesterday, skates at a practice at the Kettler Capital Iceplex. Willie O’Ree came to Washington, D.C. yesterday to enjoy a hockey practice with kids at Fort Dupont Ice Arena. O’Ree was the first African American player in the NHL. Unlike the first African American players in professional sports like baseball and golf, he wasn’t a big star. But O’Ree is a hero for…

In response to the record temperatures outside, the District has opened eight of its public swimming pools today. If for some reason you’re free for the rest of the afternoon, head on down to cool off.: The following pools were opened until 6 p.m.: * Fort Lincoln (3201 Fort Lincoln Drive NE) * Fort Stanton (1800 Erie St. SE) * Benning Park (5300 Fitch St. SE) * Kenilworth-Parkside (4300 Anacostia Ave. NE) * Fort…

Written by DCist contributor Andrew Wiseman. Today, Northwest D.C. is the scene of battles over gentrification and parking. In 1864, however, it was the scene of another kind of battle: an invasion by Southern troops. Fort Stevens, hidden on Quackenbos Street NW between 13th and Georgia, is a pretty unremarkable place. A few steps from the Georgia Avenue Thrift Store and a 70 bus stop, it’s basically a strangely-shaped hill (the fort’s earthworks) with a…