All Kinds of Good News-UPDATED

-Two restaurants are coming to CityVista: Kushi Restaurant and Taylor's Deli. Kushi will be a 4,000 square foot Japanese Izakaya-style restaurant. It is expected to open in the fall at 465 K Street NW. Kushi will serve sushi, regional Japanese food and Kushiyaki — skewers of meat, seafood, poultry and vegetables grilled over open flames. Taylor’s Deli will open what will be its second location at 5th and L, NW. Taylor’s is a Philly style sandwich shop that also has a store at 1116 H Street NE.

-The Mayor's Conservation Corps, at MVSNA's request, will do a clean up of the 1000 and 1100 Blocks of 4th Street NW. They'll be removing trash and weeds some time next week.

-Last week, the Downtown BID removed its storage bin previously located at 4th and L. Our thanks to the BID in helping us improve the environment of this area to make it less attractive for prostitution and drug sales.

-Long-awaited construction is underway on multiple lots on the 1200 Block of 4th Street NW. As you may remember, these lots were under various public and private ownership and it took advocacy by MVSNA and legislation from the DC Council to get it underway. It will be mixed-income housing.

-In other neighborhood development news, The Lindsay Reishmann Group closed on the vacant lot at 451-453 Ridge Street last Friday. They are submitting plans for permitting this week and hope to start construction in the Fall.

-The Unique Learning Center is still moving forward with their plans for renovation of "the Hoagie House" at 4th and N. Last week, they met with Forrester Construction to review final plans. If the projects stays on schedule with obtaining permits etc, work may begin as early as September.

-MPD had an "all hands on deck" this past weekend, which included vehicle check points in our neighborhood.

-The Convention Center Hotel will move forward after a vote by the D.C. Council to put another $25 million into the deal plus another $47 million for the Convention Center Authority's cash reserves.

-I've invited the Department of Parks and Recreation to share with us their plans for the park on the 600 Block of N Street NW at the next meeting.

-MVSNA is working on a new report and recommendations to share with the District Department of Transportation for improving pedestrian and traffic safety in our neighborhood. It will document the status of our past requests and suggest additional ideas to make the neighborhood safer.