/2024/10/29/a-vending-zone-plan-in-columbia-heights-aims-to-fix-congested-streets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-vending-zone-plan-in-columbia-heights-aims-to-fix-congested-streets DC Neighborhood Stories from American University Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:03:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /2024/10/29/a-vending-zone-plan-in-columbia-heights-aims-to-fix-congested-streets/#comment-15093 Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:03:25 +0000 /?p=19238#comment-15093 “Street vending in Columbia Heights and Mount Pleasant has been the heart of its neighborhood for decades.” This is simply false. I’ve been in this neighborhood for almost 15 years and we went from having one or two vendors in the entire neighborhood, no more than anywhere else, to a complete free-for-all when council decriminalized street vending. This is about circumventing regulations for some at the expense of everyone. The quality of our streetscape has suffered – as a result, brick and mortar businesses have suffered, ultimately the neighborhood is rapidly losing it’s appeal as our councilmember sits on her hands and takes no concrete action to solve the problems created by the lawlessness that has been allowed to proliferate on 14th street.

]]> /2024/10/29/a-vending-zone-plan-in-columbia-heights-aims-to-fix-congested-streets/#comment-14976 Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:28:14 +0000 /?p=19238#comment-14976 Has to go away from Columbua Heughts where stolen goods are sold. I can’t get thru the street walking and feel unsafe. Try to avoid going to the area as much as possible.

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