We are in the process of organizing our Community Watch Program. We have 5 Block Captains that have committed to help kick off the program. We are seeking more individuals looking to make our neighborhood safer to join. To become a Block Captain, or simply join the Neighborhood Watch Program, please contact Geovani Bonilla at … More NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAM
Robbery with Force and Violence at the 1400 Block of First ST NW Crime/Safety Advisory Dear Neighbors, Sunday at around 10 pm. I was walking a neighbor home when we ran into a robbery in progress. A young couple was being robbed by a gang of young adults (approximately 18 years old). This is the … More Crime/Safety Advisory
Bear Necessities: Will Booze Fuel Bloomingdale’s Renaissance or Regression? Posted by Lydia DePillis on May. 27, 2010 at 04:13 pm On a breezy Saturday afternoon, the only sounds in the Big Bear Café at 1700 1st Street NW in Bloomingdale are the tapping of laptops and some hushed conversation, with the occasional shout of a … More City Paper on Big Bear alcohol license pursuit
Hanover Civic Association will host neighborhood clean up and tree box beautification on Saturday May 29th and June 5th. Thanks to an ANC grant, we are able to buy plants to beautify our streets and neighborhood’s tree boxes. On June 5th, Hanover Civic Association will support the Bates Area Civic Association’s efforts. What: For neighbors … More Hanover Civic Associations – Participate in May 29 and June 5 Neighborhood Beautification
The three-hundred block of P Street has improved SO much this year, but there’s one house that still a dilapidated shell: 310 P Street. Please help us put pressure on the owner to fix up the property and file a service request (to have the grass cut, or property cleaned up) with the City by … More Please help with this house!
Got this from another neighborhood listserv: Heads up…looks like the United House of Prayer Memorial Day Parade will be this Saturday May 29. This parade will effectively shut down the neighborhood from about 11:30 to about 2:30 -3:00pm. They march up 6th Street from about M street up to Rhodes Island then over to 7th … More UHOP Parade in Shaw this Saturday
Dear readers, the owner of the The Bike Rack reached out to this blog to help promote his business within the community and get the word out about community rides and educational workshops. For the cyclists among us, read on: The Bike Rack is a full service independent bicycle dealer located in the Logan Circle … More Visit the Bike Rack in Logan Circle!
Every year (or so), the Bates Area Civic Association sponsors Flower Power 2010 – a beautification project for our East Shaw neighborhood. Visit https://batesareacivicassociation.org/flowerpower/ for more info and for the link to the nomination form. How it works Neighbors nominate their or their neighbors’ yards. The Flower Power Committee will narrow down the nominations, and … More Flower Power 2010 on June 26
After many months of wrangling with DDOT, it appears that the unit block of P St now has zoned parking. All those who live there, hurry and get your parking permit sticker now, lest you get a ticket next week. Can any readers confirm that this happened? See this message below: Our crew reports they … More Residential Parking on Unit Block of P ST NW
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