Georgia Avenue NW is the spine of DC: the 7th Street-Georgia Avenue corridor connects diverse neighborhoods with rich histories, institutions, historic sites, and locally owned businesses to one another and downtown. The street was the site of DC’s inaugural Open Streets event, in which the street was closed to vehicles for a Saturday in October 2019. It was an overwhelming success and a clear indicator of the street’s potential to become the multimodal destination residents dream it can be.
But Georgia Avenue is also designated as a principal arterial, meaning that, supposedly, it “typically serve[s] major activity centers” as one of “the primary commuter routes.” This label disregards the Avenue’s role as a place entirely and sets up a positive feedback loop: decision-makers observe high traffic volumes that confirm their biases and prioritize through-movement of cars. That makes driving more enticing than transit, walking, biking, and rolling not to mention sittin
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Emory Schley: It’s a special day today, if I can remember why
Emory Schley
It was 55 years ago this very day, a Sunday as I recall, when
Dearly Beloved and I stood before an Army chaplain,
Maj. Paul Hopkins, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center’s Forest Glen Chapel and pledged to cherish, honor, obey – and all that stuff – each other for the rest of our lives.
Of course, I’m writing this a few days ahead of time, so I’m assuming we’ll still be together by the time Saturday rolls around and this newspaper winds up in your hands. I suspect we probably will be. As I’ve told her many times, we’re rapidly coming up on the time when we’re going to have to decide if we want this to be a permanent arrangement or not.
(Lia Shaked)
Welcome to this week s Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. Please submit the good news or the bad from your shop, and we will feature it here at the end of each week.
Hinge Health
Jim Pursley was named president of
Hinge Health as part of a slew of new executive leadership changes announced by the company this week. Pursley has been a longtime adviser to Hinge, a digital musculoskeletal clinic.
Lex Annison (Hinge)
Pursley most recently served as chief commercial officer for Livongo Health. He was part of the founding executive team that grew the consumer-focused chronic condition management company to help take it public in 2019, which culminated in an $18.5 billion acquisition by Teladoc Health in 2020.
Bob Dole Fast Facts
Personal
Birth place: Russell, Kansas
Father: Doran Ray Dole, grain elevator and produce station operator
Mother: Bina (Talbott) Dole
Children: with Phyllis Holden: Robin (1954)
Education: Attended University of Kansas, 1941-1943; University of Arizona, 1948-1949; Washburn Municipal University, BA and LLB, 1952
Military: US Army, Captain; US Army, Honorary Colonel
Religion: Methodist
Dole serves as a spokesman for men’s health issues including prostate exams and impotence.
Dole served as Chairman of the International Commission on Missing Persons and the Chairman of the National World War II Memorial fundraising campaign.
Timeline
1945 – Seriously wounded during a World War II battle in Italy. He spends the following three years recovering from injuries that leave his right arm permanently disabled and his left arm minimally functional.