All Things Current: What you'll find in your Aug.

5, 2015, edition
BUSINESSES
Following unexpected success of its watches, leather goods, bicycles and other high-end Detroit-built
items, Shinola is moving from a temporary space to a permanent home nearby at 1631 14 th St. NW.
(all editions)
Glover Park Hardware is scheduled to reopen in its new location at 2233 Wisconsin Ave. NW in midSeptember, more than eight months after the stores lease expired at its old location a block away. (all
editions)
DEVELOPMENT
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital is taking first steps toward a $400 million modernization
project that would involve constructing a new pavilion for surgical, critical-care and emergency
procedures on the space now occupied by a parking lot at 3800 Reservoir Road NW. (all editions)
The Ingleside at Rock Creek retirement community has revised its development plans, making
changes that include lowering the height of two new buildings from eight stories to seven. (all editions)
EDUCATION
As the Marie Reed Elementary School modernization project moves forward in Adams Morgan,
community members remain concerned about the design process and public input. (Dupont Current,
Foggy Bottom Current)
ENVIRONMENT
The new D.C. firm Up Top Acres founded by a trio of Wilson High alumni is working to establish a
network of rooftop farms, with the first three already in place. (all editions)
INFRASTRUCTURE
A series of Ward 4 power outages late last month -- some of which repeatedly hit the same
neighborhoods -- were unrelated coincidences, Pepco officials told residents at a community meeting
Monday. (Northwest Current, Georgetown Current)
As the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority grapples with emergency repairs to a leaking sewer line in
Soapstone Valley Park, the agency is also seeking the best permanent long-term solution to replace
the pipe. (all editions)
PUBLIC SAFETY
City officials are rolling out a new protocol that they say will help them better address the issues of
homeless encampments, including in the Foggy Bottom area, where many residents have long
complained about the issue. (all editions)
OTHER NEWS
Adams Morgan Day will go forward after all next month, albeit in a scaled-down version organized by
an area resident. (all editions)
Dupont residents near The Carlyle hotel are contending that the city shouldn't have issued building
permits for the hotel to expand its restaurant and bar or construct a roof deck, prompting Board of
Zoning Adjustment reviews. (all editions)
In recent remarks to the Rotary Club of Washington, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine outlined his
priorities as pursuing juvenile justice reform; protecting consumers, particularly senior citizens; and
helping to get more freedom from Congress for the District government. (all editions)
ON THE MARKET
A traditional row house exterior in 16th Street Heights hides a modern, environmentally friendly interior
in a home that's on the market for $1,349,000. (all editions)

OPINION (all editions)

Editorial: We hope the National Park Service will look at the greater good and allow a sewer project in
Soapstone Valley Park, rather than forcing DC Water to have an even greater environmental impact
by laboriously routing its pipe around the parkland.
Editorial: The University of the District of Columbia's rooftop farming program is a laudable initiative
with many great results for the city and its residents.
Sherwood: The world's most famous lion inspires a look at hunting regulations closer to home, and
they're not always pretty.
SPORTS (Northwest Current, Georgetown Current)
University of Maryland volleyball player Hailey Murray took her National Cathedral-honed talents to
Europe this summer as part of the Big Ten Conferences first-ever volleyball foreign tour.
Recent Roosevelt grad Maurice Morris was named the Districts Gatorade boys track and field athlete
earlier this summer.
ALSO IN THE CURRENT
Crime report
Advisory neighborhood commission reports and agendas
Reports from local citizens associations
Calendar of the week's events
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