Ledroit Park park to open in June 2010

From Scott’s Bloomingdale listserv: Gage-Eckington School in LeDroit Park to Become Community Park Capital Community News The Gage-Eckington Elementary School in LeDroit Park is about to become a neighborhood park. Mayor Adrian Fenty and Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham recently announced the start of construction of a community park on the site once the school … More Ledroit Park park to open in June 2010

Examiner wants comments on our neighborhood

The blog got an email from a journalist looking to profile the neighborhood. If anyone would like to talk to him, please send him or me an email.  Otherwise, please comment below on your “perceptions of Truxton Circle.” Thanks!  Caryn Begin forwarded message: From: Dean Smith <deansmi@gmail.com> Date: September 4, 2009 11:31:56 PM EDT Subject: … More Examiner wants comments on our neighborhood

Libraries all around

Your moderator has noticed news about libraries cropping up all around us.  So I thought I’d do a round up of  where we can go to expand our literary passions: Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Neighborhood Library (Interim Library) 945 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001 Phone: 202-671-0265 Hours of Operation Mon: 1:00-9:00 Tue: 9:30-5:30 Wed: … More Libraries all around

FREE Adult Job Training Programs

This looks like a cool opportunity: The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education is pleased to announce the launch of two new adult evening training programs beginning this September in partnership with the DC Students Construction Trades Foundation, the Washington Hospitality Foundation, and the Workforce Development Program of the DC Community College. The Hospitality … More FREE Adult Job Training Programs

Another opinion on LAYC at Cook

See this message from Eckginton resident and former ANC Commissioner Kris Hammond: It appears that the North Capitol Street corridor– Truxton Circle/Hanover/Bates, Bloomingdale, Eckington –is getting another raw deal with the D.C. government’s award of the J.F. Cooke School site (30 P St., N.W.) to the Latin American Youth Center.  It’s time to demand some … More Another opinion on LAYC at Cook