If you plan to booze it up tonight, a nonprofit Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP), the St. Patrick’s Day SoberRide program. Call 1–800–200–TAXI (8294) for a free cab ride home! Check out more info at http://www.soberride.com.
Denise who lives on P St NW has been inquiring into the billboards that cause an eyesore on New Jersey Ave/4th St, and P St NW. She’s written the following for community awareness: We’ve established through the Permit Operations branch of DCRA that there are no permits for billboards in that location. Quoting an email … More Illegal billboards at NJ/4th/P St NW
I thought I’d share with the community my knowledge of what’s happening with the old Bates Market, on the corner of 3rd and P St NW, which has been empty for two years now. I’ve been in touch pretty regularly with the new owner of the property. As he tells it, he has been trying … More Bates Market update
Common Good City Farm (formerly 7th Street Garden) is garden grown and cared for by the community, whose members then have access to fresh produce. Its new host is the Gage School in Bloomingdale. It has a job training program among other things. What a great idea. They’re holding a fundraiser on Monday. For more … More Community Garden Mar 16 fundraiser
DCMUD blog wrote about Thoron Development’s Dunbar Place development, which will occupy the former site of six rowhouses at 1322-1330 North Capitol Street and 7 Hanover Place, NW. Despite initially projecting a late 2009 completion, Thoron’s Robert T. Taylor now tells DCmud that construction will be underway by sometime in “March or April.” Once completed, … More Construction to start on Dunbar Place condos
The Bloomingdale for Now blog has a good post on a meeting about streetscape plans for the Howard Theater at T St and Florida Ave. Thanks for the update. The InShaw blog has some good discussion on this topic.
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
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
Bates Area Civic Association 