More than 45 percent of Americans make a resolution every year, according to statisticbrain.com. Some people vow to live a healthier lifestyle, others promise to spend more time with family, and many say they will try to save money.
As millions of Americans make resolutions to improve their lives, what could we do right here in Georgetown to make it an even better place to live?
Would you finally try to make changes to the variety of stores in the middle section of Wisconsin Avenue? Would you want to lure an exciting new restaurant to M Street? Maybe plans for the streetcar could get some momentum?
What is on your Georgetown wish list? What is one thing you would improve in 2013?
Tell us in the comment section below or blog about why you love living here!
Georgetown is no longer the destination of choice for DC city dwellers. With very few exceptions G'town is far outclassed compared to areas such as 14th St, downtown or 8th St on the Hill. Narrow sidewalks are an issue in G'town that impact not only bus shelters but the resultant lack of outside dining. In many ways G'town just has a "tired" look, not helped by the NIMBY's who seem to think that, by restraining development, the area will revert back to the more vibrant times of the 1970's when DC locals flocked to bars and stores here......ain't gonna happen. Other areas have passed us by. One notable exception with potential: we have to thank the poor worker - who was likely fired - for forgetting to pull up the flood gates at the harbor 2 yrs ago. The latest updates there show what a good "clean out" can do for a community!
The Reservoir Rd Metro stop would connect current buses and future street car idea out to Macarthur Blvd to Sibley. The East Branch would have to serve Georgia Ave. Red Line was built on the cheap on the Amtrak rail corridor from Union Station, and avoids where most people live, near the old Georgia Ave street car line, before it was ripped out by Congress in 1955-1962. Tunneling under Georgia Ave is what the city needs to prosper again. Downtown loop makes immense sense, duplicating Orange/Blue Metro stops, which currently require most DC citizens to change trains each commute. Looping downtown makes this a single seat ride. Connecting Georgetown directly to Union Station, down H Street, would put west branch passengers near most valuable commercial real estate. By Crossing the two branches east of Georgetown, at Foggy Bottom, places the best labor market and urban density east of Georgetown, and emphasizes walking through Georgetown for culture and recreation. A map of my idea. http://www.flickr.com/photos/65540798@N08/6603236315/in/photostream
Statehood looks like the only option. This requires Congress to pass a law revoking the simple law connecting land and people of Washington, DC, to the US Constitution's District Clause, and in that same law, make DC a full US state, restoring our full voting rights, and not disrupting Federal taxation in DC, which would create Federal budget problems.