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The City has added the following item to the agenda for tonight’s meeting of the Historic Preservation Advisory Committee:

IV. Courtesy Review

414 E. Diamond Avenue
Applicant: Identity, Inc.
1,270 square foot building

This item appears to be the same as the item that was on the Planning Commission Agenda on July 11. Full background materials are available from that meeting. My understanding was that the Planning Commission made HPAC review a condition of approval; it is unclear why this would have been added at the last minute like this..

• Mariana Minaya writes in the Washington Post: Giving Teens Alternatives To Becoming Mothers:
  

  Social services advocates hope to reduce the growing number of teenage Hispanic mothers in Montgomery County with culturally sensitive programs about healthy sexual practices, building self-esteem and improving parent-teen communication.

  This follows the story a few days ago about the high birthrate among Hispanic teens.

• William C. Flook writes in the Examiner: Herndon to decide fate of labor site this month:
  

  The future of Herndon’s embattled day labor site will be decided this month as the Town Council mulls whether to dismantle the center or renew a permit that two years ago thrust the town into the middle of a national immigration debate.

• Kathleen Miller writes in the Examiner: Area day laborers to gather for national convention:
  

  More than 200 day laborers and advocates are expected to gather in the Washington area to protest immigration raids in communities, brainstorm ways to combat negative stereotypes and discuss job standards during a weekend convention that begins today.