Press Releases

Saturday, December 14, 2019 (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser broke ground on the Lafayette Recreation Center. The $4.6 million renovation and expansion of Lafayette Recreation Center will fulfill programing needs and offer a more energy efficient space. “We know how important our neighborhood parks are for our families, and we’re going to keep […]

Thursday, December 12, 2019 (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the extension of the Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) 2019 Safer Stronger DC Fall Crime Prevention Initiative (FCPI) through January 1, 2020. The initiative is a coordinated effort to reduce violent crime in specific areas in the District through strategic prevention and coordinated enforcement […]

Thursday, December 12, 2019 Project will Reenergize the Exterior of the Convention Center in Shaw (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser was joined by Events DC, the District’s convention and sports authority, to break ground on the Walter E. Washington Convention Center streetscape project. The streetscape project will feature lighting, art, new retail kiosks, digital […]

Thursday, December 12, 2019 (Washington, DC) – On Friday, December 13, at 11:30 am, Mayor Muriel Bowser will highlight her Administration’s efforts to transform the student experience at Anacostia High School and Ballou High School in Ward 8. Since April, Anacostia and Ballou have been engaged in the School Redesign Process, partnering with their communities […]

Home for the Holidays District of Columbia sent this bulletin at 12/12/2019 01:38 PM EST John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 Phone: (202) 727-2643 Email: [email protected] Chief of Staff: John Falcicchio City Administrator: Rashad Young Director of the Mayor\’s Office of Legal Counsel: Ronald R. Ross Senior Advisor: Beverly Perry Director […]

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 (Washington, DC) – On Wednesday, December 11, at 11 am, Mayor Muriel Bowser will highlight her Administration’s third annual “A Home for the Holidays” campaign to transition vulnerable families and individuals experiencing homelessness into permanent housing during the holiday season. At the event, Mayor Bowser and DC Department of Human Services […]

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 Residents Encouraged to Sign Up for Weather Alerts Through AlertDC (Washington, DC) – With the National Weather Service (NWS) forecasting a dusting to less than one inch of snow to accumulate beginning early Wednesday morning, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced she will deploy the DC Snow Team this evening, December 10, at […]

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 (Washington, DC) – On Tuesday, December 10, at 5:30 pm, Mayor Muriel Bowser will proclaim December 12, 2019, “Coach Neal Henderson Day” ahead of Coach Henderson’s induction into the US Hockey Hall of Fame’s Class of 2019. Mayor Bowser will honor Coach Henderson’s lasting contributions to the District’s hockey community as the […]

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 (Washington, DC) – Ahead of presenting Vivian Lowery Derryck with the Perdita Huston Human Rights Award at tonight’s United Nation Association of the National Capital Area’s Human Rights Awards, Mayor Muriel Bowser has proclaimed December 2019 “Human Rights Month” in Washington, DC. In addition to tonight’s awards, last week, the DC […]

December 10, 2019 Joint Investigation with DOEE Found Company Repeatedly Allowed Buses to Idle Longer than the Legal Limit Endangering Public Health WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today filed a lawsuit against Greyhound Lines Inc. for allowing buses to idle at Union Station for longer than the legal limit, polluting the air […]