 | In this Issue  Agreement Reached on Fire Hydrant Maintenance
Mayor Appoints Schools Ombudsman; Announces Town Hall Meters for the District DC Village Gives Way to Enhanced Homeless Services 'The Yards' Breaks Ground on Anacostia Waterfront Mayor Addresses National Press Club on Education |
|  | Agreement Reached on Fire Hydrant Maintenance The District Government and DC Water and Sewer Authority have signed an agreement to improve maintenance and standards for fire hydrants. The agreement outlines the financial and physical responsibilities of each agency, removing confusion from the process of maintaining more than 9,000 public fire hydrants. Read more. |
|  | Mayor Appoints Schools Ombudsman; Announces Town Hall Mayor Fenty has named Tonya Vidal Kinlow as the first Ombudsman for Public Education in the District of Columbia. The Ombudsman will serve as a single point of contact for parents, teachers and students with concerns about public and public charter schools—from kindergarten to the University of the District of Columbia. The Mayor and the DC Public Schools are hosting a town hall meeting Nov. 3 for young people to speak out about their schools. Read more. |
|  | Meters for the District Mayor Fenty has announced that the District will switch to time-and-distance meters in taxicabs. The meters will replace the current zone system, which has been in place for more than 70 years and is the only one of its kind in a major American city. Read more. |
|  | DC Village Gives Way to Enhanced Homeless Services The Fenty Administration has closed DC Village, one of the District's emergency shelters. More than 106 families from the shelter system have been placed in scattered site apartments throughout the city. This "housing first" approach is a national best practice in the delivery of services to people who are homeless. Read more. |
|  | 'The Yards' Breaks Ground on Anacostia Waterfront Mayor Fenty, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and others broke ground this month on The Yards, a $1.5-billion mixed-use development near the new Nationals baseball stadium. The Yards is scheduled to open in 2010. Read more. |
|  | Mayor Addresses National Press Club on Education Mayor Fenty delivered a speech at the National Press Club entitled "Mayoral Accountability in Education," outlining his plans for the future of the DC Public Schools. C-SPAN carried the address live. Read more. |
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