Dear Community Member, This is to advise that the ANC5C Community Meeting, previously scheduled for 7-9pm on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 is postponed until Tuesday, March 16, 2010. The location of the March 16 meeting is the Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, 3rd and Q Streets, NW. Apologies for any inconvenience this re-scheduling may cause. Anita … More Re-scheduled ANC5C Meeting to March 16, 2010
Mark your calendars now to attend Councilmember Thomas’ Ward 5 Expo on Saturday, March 6, from 9:30 am to 2 pm, at the Kellogg Conference Center, Gallaudet University, 800Florida Avenue, NE. Registration begins at 9:30 am. The morning session, from 10 am to 12 noon, will feature updates on key economic development projects in the Ward and a panel discussion on what grocery stores look … More Ward 5 Business Expo March 6
Have you patronized the Pound Coffee place at the New York Avenue Metrorail station? See this message from Karl Johnson: Pound is having its big promotion next week. We are launching a “Discover Pound” campaign and I was hoping you might be able to post something to the blog about this. I’m really hoping a lot … More Check out Pound Coffee at the NYAve Metro
Thanks again to Scott Roberts for this: Check out Timor Bodega’s Produce Boxes. A New Offering at Timor Bodega DC North February 2010 The little turquoise shop on Rhode Island Avenue is some Bloomingdale residents’ pride and joy. Located right in their neighborhood, Timor Bodega is a store that folks can drop in for quality … More Article on Bdale’s Timor Bodega
See this article from the February 2010 issue of DC North. Thanks to Scott Roberts listserv. Big Hopes for a Bloomingdale Bar The Prince of Petworth blog had a big scoop for Bloomingdale residents in late January: the neighborhood is slated to be getting a bar … at some point. Diton Pashaj, who owns Vinoteca … More Bloomingdale bar struggles to open
Council Member Thomas and Mr. Norwood, I apologize for not sending this sooner. I wanted to express my gratitude and sure the gratitude of many of my neighbors for your response to our request to have our area streets cleaned. I was most impressed with the late hours snow plows worked to clear streets before … More Thank you for snow clean up follow up
Tuesday, February 23, 2009 Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, in the old sanctuary 7:00pm -9:00pm 1613 Q Street, NW (entrance mid-block up stairs) Light snacks served AGENDA February 2010 Community Meeting ANC5C participants are invited to bring suggestions and recommendations for community improvement to the meeting. However, please observe simply courtesies at all times — wait … More ANC 5C Monthly Meeting Agenda-Tues, 2/23/10
Many on nearby neighborhood listservs are angered by the proposal of a bill that would allow DCGOV to compensate owners of billboards that have been grandfathered in by allowing them to instal “Special Signage” in industrial areas to replace billboards in undesirable or residential areas. I really don’t understand the ire at this proposal. A … More On a new proposed billboard legislation
via Neighborhood Watch: Rental of New School Theater in Bates Causes a Stir – City Desk – Washington City Paper. Posted by Tiffany E. Browne on Feb. 15, 2010, at 12:16 pm The Issue: The opening of the Eckstine and Ellington Theatre within the Dorothy Height Community Academy Public Charter School (CAPCS) caused a stir … More City Paper: Rental of School Theater Causes Stir
WP: D.C. area homeowners struggle against melting snow By Jura Koncius Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, February 14, 2010; C01 Susan Hasten had not heard of ice dams until last week. That`s when the frozen gutters in the sunroom on the back of her Bethesda home backed up and water dripped down the wall of … More homeowners struggle against melting snow
Bates Area Civic Association 