New Department of the Environment director calls for more parklets. [@TommyWells]

Flooding damages $8 million RISE Demonstration Center at St. Elizabeths. [Post]

Grandmother stuck with $7,000 bill for water used before she moved in. [WJLA]

The Ward 8 condo crisis. [CHOTR]

What puts cyclists at injury risk? It’s not so much what they wear. [Streetsblog]

Muriel Bowser, challenged by activists, says she “hates guns.” [Post]

Today on the market: Four-unit Georgetown apartment building—-$1,600,000