It's easy to find the watery beauty in these favorites from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool.
Photo Friday: Water Week!View this post on ggwash.orgggwash.org
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Photo Friday: Water Week!View this post on ggwash.orgggwash.orgBREAKFAST LINKS 7/31/26: Underground pumping station, tunnel open in Alexandria. Office redevelopment moves forward in Silver Spring. Parking deck redevelopment to be studied in Mount Vernon Triangle.
Breakfast links: Sewage project in Alexandria to protect local waterwaysView this post on ggwash.orgggwash.orgThe Rock Creek Park Tennis Center is in need of repairs, with broken lights, uneven court surfaces and no major updates since it opened in 1989. The DC Council has budgeted millions for fixes, but the center remains under National Park Service jurisdiction.
DC's tennis tournament wraps this weekend. What's next for the Rock Creek Park Tennis Center?View this post on ggwash.orgggwash.orgCapital Bikeshare riders were out and about across the region in June.
Bikeshare Beat: Biking to Pride and the poolView this post on ggwash.orgggwash.orgPlay GGWash Junctions, Water Week edition.
Play GGWash Junctions Water Week word puzzle (#55)View this post on ggwash.orgggwash.orgBREAKFAST LINKS 7/30/26: Noah Kahan concert drives big day at Navy Yard station. Falls Church lot hits the market as developer gives up mixed-use plan. Prince George's County Planning Board gets new chair.
Breakfast links: How many people rode Metrorail to a sold-out concert?View this post on ggwash.orgggwash.orgThis week on Do Something: how to run for a vacant ANC seat; four more years for Montgomery County's James Hedrick; and a job opening for a big transit advocate.
Do Something #129: Human resourcesView this post on ggwash.orgggwash.orgBefore it reaches DC taps, water flows through small villages, slows over dams, cools under forested state and national parks, picks up the remnants of abandoned industrial sites, and is shaped by the communities that line its shores.
How governments, advocates, and eels affect the Washington region’s waterView this post on ggwash.orgggwash.orgBREAKFAST LINKS 7/29/26: Wayfinding signs added to I-66 trail. Tax increment financing passes for Montgomery County project. Some skaters struggle to access renovated Fort Dupont Ice Arena.
Breakfast links: Trail parallel to I-66 improves wayfindingView this post on ggwash.orgggwash.orgOf DC’s approximately 1,931 outdoor pools, 1,730 are in single-family detached, semi-detached, and rowhouse zones.
Approximately every outdoor pool in DC, mappedView this post on ggwash.orgggwash.orgBREAKFAST LINKS 7/28/26: Maryland pilot to replace gas with geothermal stalls. Arlington County plans to increase prices for EV charging. Mixed-use development delayed near Takoma Metro.
Breakfast links: Maryland geothermal pilot needs to lower costsView this post on ggwash.orgggwash.orgWhat are your priorities for the District’s waterways? How can we improve public access? What concepts should we import from other cities? Share your ideas with the DC Waterways Advisory Commission.
How DC is reclaiming its waterfront identityView this post on ggwash.orgggwash.orgThis week on the blog, we're thinking about water.
GGWater Week returns to provide a riverine refresherView this post on ggwash.orgggwash.orgBREAKFAST LINKS 7/27/26: Streetcar trolley bridge in Georgetown gets closer to demolition. Report calls for stricter Virginia water rules. Year-over-year rents hold steady in Washington region.
Breakfast links: DC's last streetcar bridge close to disappearingView this post on ggwash.orgggwash.orgNATIONAL LINKS: -USDOT stops recommending time-tested safety measures -Dallas faces an inflection point -How to replace single-use architecture with circularity
National links: US Department of Transportation continues to undermine road safetyView this post on ggwash.orgggwash.orgBREAKFAST LINKS 7/24/26: Lack of bus lanes limits Metrobus. Prince George’s County targets vacant properties. Tenants report poor conditions at Congress Park Plaza.
Breakfast links: Lack of bus lanes limits MetrobusView this post on ggwash.orgggwash.orgWhen governments promote third spaces, as Arlington County has, people get direct experience with neighborhoods that helps them suggest improvements.
Why local governments should support third spacesView this post on ggwash.orgggwash.orgThis week on Do Something: what if you ran for ANC; Office of Planning office hours; and looking for info about the driver who killed a pedestrian in Silver Spring.
Do Something #128: What if you ran for ANC?View this post on ggwash.orgggwash.orgYou can play Junctions, even if you don't know the local pronunciation of "Bowie."
Play GGWash Junctions weekly word puzzle #54View this post on ggwash.orgggwash.orgThis style of road design is ubiquitous, unsafe, and inefficient — and it continues to fail drivers and non-drivers alike.
Route 29 in Montgomery County is bad for everyooneView this post on ggwash.orgggwash.org