A quick note about 3/12 BACA meeting to supplement Caryn’s post about the list of needed repairs, as well as the posts about the Metropolitan Church matter. –Allan Fye, the new DC Dept. of Transportation planner for Ward 5, welcomed proposals for stop signs, speed humps (the reverse potholes formerly known speed bumps) and other … More March 12 BACA/ANC5c01 Meeting Notes
The Bloomingdale listserv points out a local running group, the Big Daddy Running Club, who meet at 2nd & Rhode Island Avenue NW every morning. It mentioned both walkers and runners and they go anywhere from 2-4 miles. If interested, contact the founder of the club, Darryl Fogan, at dfogan@metrowellness.com . I found Darryl’s bio … More Bloomingdale Running Club
The Fifth District Police Citizens’ Advisory Council (5D CAC) is collecting food items in support of the DC Food Bank today, March 14, 2009, from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. at the Fifth District MPD Headquarters, 1805 Bladensburg Road, N.E. Participants are being asked to bring non-perishable food items and I am told that monetary … More 5DCAC holding food drive
Thanks to Ms. Blalock of CAPCS for pulling notes together from this recent meeting– the “Armstrong Working Group” is simply the folks who signed up in February to meet from time to time with CAPCS as a way to keep our community better informed, and to communicate our concerns to CAPCS. The initial meeting of the … More Summary of Armstrong Working Group Meeting- Mar 9
This is something I’d like to attend. Everyone I’ve talked to in our neighborhood said their tax assessment went down. However, mine went up! Councilmember Phil Mendelson is holding five Town Hall meetings focusing on the District’s recently announced tax assessments. The workshops are designed to both educate residents on the tax assessment process as … More Town halls on DC tax assessments
Update: Last night (Mar 12) Commissioner Bonds showed us a matrix of repairs in ANC 5c01 and 5c02 that she intends to submit to this master list. She also sought input for other projects. I will try to get and post this matrix here. In the meantime reply below or email the commissioner directly if … More ANC5c making a list of infrastucture needs
Some of you have seen me or my girlfriend Ama out front in the garden on 3rd Street NW. We’re by no means professionals, but I’ve let myself become obsessed and in the process have learned quite a bit. This season will be our first season growing at something close to capacity for our little … More Growing food in Shaw
For your information, The Department of Public Works (DPW) has announced that daytime mechanical street sweeping will resume in scheduled, signed residential neighborhoods on Monday, March 23, 2009. Alternate-side parking restrictions in these areas will go into effect as well. Parking tickets, which carry a $30 fine, will be issued, beginning March 30, to vehicles … More Daytime Residential Street Sweeping Resumes March 23
Many in the neighborhood are by now quite aware that the charter school at 1st and P NW, Community Academy Public Charter School (CAPCS), has leased its auditorium to Metropolitan Baptist Church (MBC) as the church waits on completion of a new complex in Largo, Maryland. For the time being, the church intends to hold … More CAPCS and Metropolitan Baptist Church
We have collected 18 signatures to make the unit block of P ST NW (between First ST and N. Capitol) residential parking only between the hours of 7am and 8:30pm M-F. This is due to our neighbors coming home from work and having no place to park because of all the Maryland and VA registered … More Residential Parking Petition Unit Block of P ST W
Bates Area Civic Association 