Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie and DC Water General Manager George S. Hawkins are co-hosting a town hall meeting to discuss impacting your community on Thursday, April 14, 2016, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Noyes Education Campus (Multipurpose Room) located at 2725 10th Street, NE. Ward 5 Town Hall Meeting Flyer 2016

If you are interested in helping plan and coordinate the types and locations of plantings, supplies, etc., for the upcoming BACA clean-up and beautification day on Saturday, April 23rd, David Hall will be hosting a committee meeting this Saturday, April 9, at 2:00 pm at Uncle Chip’s at 1514 N. Capitol St., NW (between Bates and P Streets). Many … More Beautification/Clean-Up Day Volunteering

Posted on behalf of a P St neighbor: On Friday, March 4, 2016 a friend while visiting car was broken into and his briefcase stolen. I first became aware of this matter when Ofc.Brown, Badge #44988 came to my house.The police report number is CCN#16-033-5444. I am pleading with the person or persons who are … More Reward Offered for return of briefcase

Courtesy of the listserv from Scott Roberts: 30 Florida Avenue NW (next to the Valero gas station) – Development Plans for Nine Residential Units.  See these two posts over at the Bloomingdale Neighborhood blog: http://bloomingdaleneighborhood.blogspot.com/2016/02/empty-lot-on-unit-block-of-florida.html http://bloomingdaleneighborhood.blogspot.com/2016/02/zoning-administration-letter-of.html

RESIDENTIAL MECHANICAL STREET SWEEPING TO RESUME MAR. 1, PARKING ENFORCEMENT OF STREET SWEEPING VIOLATIONS BEGINS MAR. 8 Residential street sweeping season to continue through October 31. (WASHINGTON, DC) The Department of Public Works announced today that residential mechanical street sweeping will resume Tuesday, March 1. Signs are posted that identify the days of the week … More Street Sweeping to resume March 1; enforcement to begin March 8

Just a friendly reminder: street cleaning is scheduled to start again next Tuesday, March 1, 2016.  Please pay attention to the posted signs and move your car as needed.  

I apologize for the delay, but here are the minutes from earlier this month…. 7:00?-? (I arrived a little late) Meeting Called to Order – David Hall, President ?-7:15 Treasurer’s Report – Kyle Thomas, Treasurer – (missed part of report), please consider paying membership dues ($20 per person per year) to help support BACA activities … More Minutes from February 2016 BACA Meeting

The link for the resolution to be presented by Commissioner Thomas at the ANC meeting tomorrow evening (2/16/16) has been updated with some minor modifications, based on his late discussion with Tsega Bekele of DMPED.  See the updated hyperlink at the end of the prior post: https://batesareacivicassociation.org/2016/02/15/voting-results-and-resolution-on-n-cap-bates-lot/ Also, here is the ANC 5E Final Agenda (Feb 2016) for tomorrow … More Updated Resolution, and ANC 5E Agenda for Tuesday, 2/16/16

From Commissioner Thomas: Happy Presidents Day: I hope you are all keeping warm and dry during this holiday winter storm event. While you’re sitting back enjoying the day (or working your butt off, whichever is the case), attached are the results of the referendums we took in the SMD, and from the Bates Area Civic Association, on the proposals to develop … More Voting Results and Resolution On N. Cap. & Bates Lot

Good Morning All: This is a reminder that our next Single Member District (SMD) Meeting is this coming Saturday, February 13, 2016, beginning at 9:30 am.  Attached is a copy of the agenda for the meeting (see hyperlink below). There will be two information items and one voting item to consider.  Also attached is the ballot for the referendum on the development of the city owned lot at North Capitol and Bates … More SMD 5E05 meeting agenda and ballot: This Sat. 2/13/16, 9:30 am