DCNew OpeningsFrom the public records

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How do you decide something is new?

Our rule for this state, and its limits.

We read the file every day and keep licenses first issued recently. We leave out premises outside DC, rentals, salespeople, parking attendants, charities and other non-storefront types.

A license is issued close to the start of operating, so it isn't a months-ahead signal. Some are offices or home businesses, and a street address with a unit number often is.

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