Free Range Christmas Trees These natural beauties are 100% pasture-raised with no hormones or antibiotics! Ok, but seriously, when the Big Bear Cafe approached me about bringing locally grown Christmas Trees into the District, I knew immediately to ask Pine Haven Farm, a family-owned and operated Christmas tree farm, about providing the trees. They are … More Christmas Trees at the Big bear Cafe – Starting Dec 4
The Council of the District of Columbia Committee of the Whole is convening a public roundtable on December 10, 2010 on the proposed development of the John F. Cook Elementary School by Youthbuild Charter School and the Latin American Youth Center. The Youthbuild Charter School will train 150 students, aged 16-24 on the first floor … More Commissioner Pinkney re: LAYC/JF Cook
See this 12/03/2010 message from Tania Jackson: Saturday, December 11, 2010 9 AM to 12 NOON ALL NATIONS CHURCH 2001 North Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Meeting #4: What We Heard — Proposed Design Concepts Join us to view the preferred concepts and plan based on feedback garnered through this meeting series, salons and … More Next McMillan Community Mtg: 12/11
Angie Rodgers is right. You should prepare to testfy before the Council on the disposition of the J.F. Cook School. However, your testimony should be in support of the community NOT the Latin American Youth Center (LAYC). There has been overwhelming community opposition to this proposal of the LAYC…a proposal which will rob us of … More Response to the LAYC posting
On December 10th, the DC Council will begin considering the proposed redevelopment of the currently vacant J. F. Cook School by YouthBuild Public Charter School and Latin American Youth Center. YouthBuild will serve 150 additional students, aged 16 – 24, per year at Cook who have not found success in traditional public schools. LAYC will … More LAYC seeks support at JF Cook Disposition hearing
Best Way to Lose the Holiday Pounds is NOT TO GAIN THEM!!!! Join the Bates Area Civic Association Walking Groups Tuesdays and Thursday Starting at 6:30pm – 730 pm Starting Tuesday, December 7 Corner of P ST and First ST NW Walk if approximately 2 miles walking through First ST, N. Capitol ST, O … More Join the Neighborhood Walks
Your friendly blog moderator hasn’t been the best lately at keeping up with events in and around the Bates Area. If you have an area of interest and want to communicate about it, please feel free to shoot us a note. I’ll post your post for you, or if you are a BACA resident and … More Update on the Bundy lot
See this note and question last night to BACA from resident at 1st and P St NW. Anyone have any info? I live at 1st and P and for the past half hour at least there has been a police van with flood lights outside. I also saw a couple of cruisers in the area. … More Police on 1st and P. Any info?
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