OCTOBER 2024, Volume 71, Issue 55
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City Officials hope to revitalize Transit workers protest layoffs at Downtown D.C. John A. Wilson Building
(Aerial viw of The National Monument and downtown District of Columbia)
(Photo: Local transit workers protest strike line Getty Images)
By Ashleigh Fields
By Ashleigh Fields
After the COVID-19 pandemic, officials in the District are looking to revitalize the housing market. Mayor Muriel Bowser shared her five year plan for downtown D.C. which saw a decline in professional employees since the health crisis.
Workers formerly employed by the D.C. Circulator are raising concerns about the new transition to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) metro system with individuals facing layoffs as soon as Sept. 30. Some say they have not been provided with a timeline or outline for pay amidst the transition.
“Downtown D.C. has long struggled to build its household base, as the value created by new offices has historically outcompeted the value produced by residential uses,” she wrote in the plan. “Office activity is trickling back, concentrated on a few days per week, but underlying vulnerabilities are now an imminent threat to the vitality and economic stability of Downtown D.C.”
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