See this message from the So Others Might Eat website. For newer Bates area residents — So Others Might Eat maintains a feeding facility on the unit block of O Street NW. Holiday Dinner Baskets for Homebound Seniors Would you like to help a homebound senior this holiday season? You can provide holiday food baskets! … More S.O.M.E.’s holiday dinner baskets for homebound seniors

From: DC Government <dcdocs@dc.gov> Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 Subject: Ward 5 Heritage Guide Released The Historic Preservation Office is pleased to announce the release of the Ward 5 Heritage Guide: A Discussion of Ward Five Cultural and Heritage Resources. The guide follows similar publications for Wards 7 and 8, released by HPO over the … More DC Office of Planning releases Ward 5 Heritage Guide

To: MPD-3d@yahoogroups.com; mpd-1d@yahoogroups.com; mpd-2d@yahoogroups.com; mpd-4d@yahoogroups.com; mpd-5d@yahoogroups.com; mpd-6d@yahoogroups.com; mpd-7d@yahoogroups.com; mpd-slu@yahoogroups.com; mpd.press@dc.gov From: MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 18:52:27 -0500 Subject: [MPD-5D] 12.1.14 Undetermined Death Investigation: 200 Block Florida Avenue, Northwest Contact: Officer Hugh Carew (202)727-4383 December 1, 2014 Undetermined Death Investigation: 200 Block Florida Avenue, Northwest (Washington, DC)-Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch … More MPD: Undetermined death investigation – 200 block of Florida Ave NW

Click on the link  to read the entire Washington Post column by Marc Fisher.  Only the two paragraphs that reference the Bates area are pasted below. Local Marion Barry’s Washington: Snapshots of the city the former mayor left behind By Marc Fisher November 30 at 9:19 PM … Two miles to the north, on narrow … More Marion Barry’s Bates St NW housing initiative mentioned in WaPo column

From: MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com To: MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 19:46:31 -0800 Subject: [MPD-5D] Death Investigation The Metropolitan Police Department is currently investigating a death in the 200 block of Florida Avenue, NW. Anyone with information is encouraged to call (202) 727-9099. Commander Porter

See this event announcement from Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, 3rd & Q Street NW: Christmas Cantata at MSBC Saturday, December 13 Mark Your Calendar!!! MSBC will host the Friends in Music Ministry (FIMM) as they present, “Born to Die – Opus 25, A Christmas Cantata,” Saturday, December 13, 2014 at 5pm. This is a free event, … More Mt Sinai Baptist Church “Born to Die — Opus 25, A Christmas Cantata” — Saturday, 12-13-2014

Click on the link to read the entire Washington City Paper article. GIVE IT UP, D.C. The 2014 charitable donation guide: 54 local nonprofits worth your time and money We do everything locally these days. That restaurant down the street? Everything they cook comes from within 100 miles of D.C. The beer on tap at … More Open Arms Housing makes Washington City Paper’s 2014 charitable contribution guide

Click on the link to read the entire Urban Turf post. An All-Affordable Proposal for Florida and Q November 24, 2014 by Lark Turner Mi Casa has submitted an all-affordable residential proposal for a parcel at Florida Avenue and Q Street NW (map). The proposal is one of at least three vying for the coveted … More Urban Turf post on MiCasa’s proposal for the DHCD Florida & Q St NW site

See this Instagram gram from Bates area resident Kelly Towles: