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AMAZON

Amazon is giving back to the Arlington community with a multimillion donation. The Arlington Community Foundation (ACF) has announced a $3 million gift from Amazon to improve access to affordable housing and support services in the region. The foundation says that the gift will create a fund to support programs that maintain and create housing options for low-income individuals and families. (AN)

CALL YOUR MOTHER

It’s pink, it’s teal and, it’s on wheels. Call Your Mother has debuted as a bagelmobile twice the size of a typical food truck. It’s equipped with a full kitchen for toasting the growing local company’s signature bagels and building them into breakfast sandwiches. In addition to Call Your Mother’s regular menu, the trolley will offer hot drip coffee and iced coffee. Given the unique set up, espresso drinks are not available. (WCP) DAILY DC

SLOW STREETS INITIATIVE

DC has taken steps that they believe will make streets more hospitable for residents to be outside while maintaining distancing recommendations. Seven locations are now subject to the Slow Streets initiative. They are the following: • The roughly 8 blocks of 19th Street NW between Dupont Circle and

Biltmore Street, as well as “most of” the blocks of Biltmore Street and

Cliffbourne Place NW; • The roughly 10 blocks of 36th Street NW between Connecticut Avenue and Reno Road NW; • The roughly 12 blocks of 8th Street NW between Piney Branch Road and

Missouri Avenue NW; • The roughly 8 blocks of Newton Street NE between 12th Street and

South Dakota Avenue NE; • The roughly 9 blocks of 12th Street NE between K and East Capitol

Streets NE; • The roughly 3 blocks of Grant Street NE between 46th Street and

Minnesota Avenue NE; • The roughly 2 blocks of 15th Street SE between Mississippi Avenue and

Savanah Street SE, and the roughly 5 blocks of 15th Place SE between

Alabama Avenue and Bruce Place SE.

These streets will have a speed limit of 15 miles per hour, and drivers are meant to only use the designated streets if their destination is within two blocks. Additional Slow Streets are expected to be designated throughout the summer. (Urban Turf)

MARINE CORPS MARATHON

The Marine Corps Marathon organizers are figuring out a way to bring the race live to participants. Their working solution is to break the 45th MCM up into 24 waves that will start over an expanded window of time on event morning. This plan will necessitate a smaller field of in-person participants. Those in the late waves will have less time to Beat the Bridge. (Marine Corps Marathon)