Mayor Bowser Highlights Over $1.4 Billion Dollars Invested in the Housing Production Trust Fund and the Most Robust Affordable Housing Toolkit in the Nation

Washington, DC - Mayor Muriel Bowser and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge went to Spring Flats to announce HUD's Our Way Home initiative, a national effort to connect communities across the nation to tools and resources to produce and preserve more affordable housing. Mayor Bowser also highlighted the $1.4 billion her Administration has invested in the District's Housing Production Trust Fund and the affordable housing toolkit the District is using to reach 36,000 new homes by 2025, including at least 12,000 affordable homes.

"In DC, we set and we’re working toward bold housing goals because we understand that

Mayor Bowser Celebrates Immigrant Heritage Month and Announces the Appointment of the New Director of the Mayor's Office on Caribbean Community Affairs

Washington, DC - Mayor Bowser proclaimed June 2022 as Immigrant Heritage Month, recognized the rich heritage and contributions of the District’s immigrant community, and announced the appointment of Natalee S. Snider as the new Director of the Mayor’s Office on Caribbean Community Affairs (MOCCA).

“We are a stronger and more vibrant city because of the contributions of our immigrant communities,” said Mayor Bowser. “I am proud of the work that our community affairs offices do every day to engage and support the community and to bring people together. We look forward to the work that the Mayor’s Office on Caribbean Community Affairs will do to support DC’s Caribbean community and advance our DC values.”

Natalee S. Snider, a veteran of the United States Air Force, spent most of her career

Architectural Engineering Services – A Pledge to Building Design & Construction

Architectural Engineering Services - A Pledge to Building Design & Construction

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Bathroom Remodeling Services of Tejjy Inc.

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Architectural engineering services provide limitless opportunities to explore a space's potential & create structures to improve aesthetic & social well-being.

For optimal construction planning & installation, we ensure realistic building model creation. Our architectural engineering services are executed through space planning, design & contract management”

— Sukh Singh

WASHINGTON DC, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA , USA, June 2, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Architecture provides limitless opportunities to explore a space's potential for building development. Architectural engineers are at the forefront of addressing various concerns, from the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to the creation of resilient buildings. Key

First Time Author Kelly Speck Celebrates Book Launch of Acclaimed New Family Memoir HOPE IN THE HEARTACHE

Pictured L-R (back row): Allen Media Strategies Burke Allen, former Ballast Books Marketing Director Mary Beth Albertini, Ballast Books Publisher Andy Symonds (front row) Kelly and Bennett Speck.

Hope In The Heartache On Display

WASHINGTON, DC, USA, June 1, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A beautiful and powerful story elegantly written by inspiring mom and wife Kelly Speck, HOPE IN THE HEARTACHE chronicles the family journey of the Speck family as they navigate life as a family with a special needs child, son Bennett. The book was officially released on May 31st by Ballast Books.

The official book launch party in suburban Washington DC was attended by

Community Oncology Alliance Files Amicus Brief in 340B PBM Contract Pharmacy Dispute

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COA Warns Court That PBM Contract Pharmacies Have Taken Over 340B Program, Diverting Funds from Patients in Need

For-profit PBM contract pharmacies siphon 340B discounts away from patients in need and the grantees that serve them”

— Ted Okon, COA

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, June 1, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Today, the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) filed an Amicus Curiae brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit warning that contract pharmacies affiliated with pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have taken over and mutated the 340B Drug Pricing Program. In addition to diverting 340B discounts from patients in need, lucrative for-profit PBM contract pharmacy arrangements are fueling the broader PBM takeover of

THE GIANT NATIONAL CAPITAL BBQ BATTLE 30TH ANNIVERSARY AS AMERICA'S FOOD & MUSIC FESTIVAL, JUNE 25-26 2022

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Washington DC’s tastiest summer celebration pays tribute to everything barbecue and truly embodies the best that America has to offer.

We’re thrilled to bring together food and music lovers in our nation’s capital to enjoy and celebrate the 30th year of this dynamic event.”

— Ralph Morton

WASHINGTON, DIST OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES, June 1, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- For the past 30 years, tens of thousands of people have flocked to the nation’s capital to celebrate the “Official Start of Summer” at the Giant® National Capital Barbecue Battle, one of the largest and most unique food and music festivals in the country. It’s a celebration of unity, community, inclusiveness, and cooperation in our

Now Available - "A Road Running Southward: Following John Muir’s Journey through an Endangered Land"

A Road Running Southward by Dan Chapman

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In "A Road Running Southward" Dan Chapman retraces John Muir's journey through the South, exploring how to balance population growth with protecting nature.

An engaging hybrid — part lyrical travelogue, part investigative journalism and part jeremiad, all shot through with droll humor.”

— The Atlanta Journal Constitution

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, May 31, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- John Muir, the “father of the national parks,” began his journey as an environmentalist on a road running South, traipsing from Kentucky to Florida and recording the botanical wonders he encountered. One hundred and fifty