Developers are not the only offenders when it comes to not clearing sidewalks after wintry weather.  District government tends to be a big offender.  See this picture we took on Monday evening of the sidewalk in front of the DOES building on Hamilton Street.

Hamilton Street sidewalk in front of DOES building

Around the corner on South Dakota Avenue, the sidewalk has been cleared in front of UDC-CC, but for some strange reason, the sidewalk on Hamilton is a problem.

Absentee property owners are also offenders.  There is a corner house being renovated on Hamilton Street and the owner never clears the sidewalk. Further up Hamilton Street is a group house with one diligent tenant who clears the walk when he is around, but if he is not, the others in the house do not do so. It might be too much to ask neighbors to clear the sidewalk for an absentee owner, but maybe that is the neighborly thing to do.

Generally though, people have been pretty good about clearing the sidewalks and helping each other out.