Press Releases

Mayor Bowser Encourages Residents to #GoZeroWaste by Dropping Off Food Waste at Locations in All Eight Wards

Friday, August 9, 2019 (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser encouraged District residents to participate in a Food Waste Drop-Off Program to help meet the District’s zero waste goal of diverting 80 percent of waste from landfills and waste-to-energy facilities. Nine Farmers’ Markets are designated across the city for residents to drop off their […]

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Mayor Bowser Encourages Residents to #GoZeroWaste by Dropping Off Food Waste at Locations in All Eight Wards

Friday, August 9, 2019 (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser encouraged District residents to participate in a Food Waste Drop-Off Program to help meet the District’s zero waste goal of diverting 80 percent of waste from landfills and waste-to-energy facilities. Nine Farmers’ Markets are designated across the city for residents to drop off their […]

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Mayor Bowser Expands Taxi-to-Rail Transportation Options for East of the River Neighborhoods

Thursday, August 8, 2019 T2R Pilot Program Adds Two Metro Stations, Trips to and from Grocery Stores and Public Facilities (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced expansions under the Taxi-to-Rail (T2R) pilot program to give more transportation options to residents in neighborhoods East of the Anacostia River. T2R will increase the number of […]

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Mayor Bowser Announces DC Will Now Accept Medical Marijuana Cards From Any State

Thursday, August 8, 2019 Emergency rulemaking will allow non-District residents with medical marijuana cards to purchase medical marijuana during their visits to Washington, DC (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser, DC Health, and the Mayor’s Office of Policy is announcing an expansion of the scope of its reciprocity rules for medical marijuana to all […]

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Mayor Bowser Announces MuralsDC to Install Six Original Works in Five Wards

Thursday, August 8, 2019 (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Department of Public Works (DPW) announced that this week the MuralsDC program will begin creating six new murals in Wards 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7. The new mural in the popular 14th and U Street corridor will include possibly the city’s […]

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August 8, 2019 | Vol. 5, Issue 32Letter from the Mayor

Back to School Part 1 District of Columbia sent this bulletin at 08/08/2019 02:12 PM EDT 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 […]

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Suspects Sought in an Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Gun) Offense: 3500 Block of Clay Place, Northeast

Wednesday, August 7, 2019 Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department\’s Sixth District seek the public’s assistance in identifying suspects in reference to an Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Gun) offense that occurred on Thursday, August 1, 2019, in the 3500 block of Clay Place, Northeast. At approximately 3:22 pm, the suspects approached the victim at […]

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Mayor Bowser and DC Youth “Mussel” a Cleaner Anacostia River

Wednesday, August 7, 2019 (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the launch of a $400,000 conservation initiative that will reintroduce 35,000 native mussels into the Anacostia River while also providing 400 District youth the opportunity to gain experience monitoring and studying the mussels’ ability to remove pollutants from waterways. “Clean and healthy rivers […]

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Mayor Bowser Activates Heat Emergency Plan for August 7, 2019

Wednesday, August 7, 2019 (Washington, DC) – According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the current temperature in Washington, DC is 92 degrees with a heat index of 98 degrees. Because of the heat, Mayor Bowser has activated the District’s Heat Emergency Plan. When the temperature or heat index in the District reaches 95 degrees, […]

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Mayor Bowser Announces First National Housing Trust Fund Project Financed in Washington, DC

Wednesday, August 7, 2019 New Federal Housing Resource Used to Complement Local Affordable Housing Investments (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced 1736 Rhode Island Avenue, NE, as the first affordable housing project in Washington, DC financed in part by the National Housing Trust Fund (HTF). The HTF is a new federal affordable housing […]

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