Hurrah!  Good news.  Cannot wait to see the DCRA raze permit issued to bulldoze the DC Housing Authority building, just a stroll from the Bates Area. MRP Realty, CSG Urban selected to redevelop D.C. Housing Authority headquarters site Nov 12, 2014, 4:19pm EST UPDATED: Nov 12, 2014, 4:22pm EST Michael NeibauerStaff Reporter-Washington Business Journal The … More development team selected to redevelop dated DC Housing Authority site at 1133 North Capitol St NE

To: MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com From: MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:49:08 -0500 Subject: RE: [MPD-5D] Incident in Shaw overnight? While in the 1200 blk of 3rd St., NE, an MPD officer observed multiple shots being fired from a vehicle at another. As the officer activated his lights to conduct a stop of the vehicle, it fled the … More MPD: police chase early this morning ended at New Jersey & Q St NW

Just a few blocks south of the Bates area will be this new-construction homeless veterans housing. Click on the link to read the entire Washington City Paper Housing Complex post. D.C.’s First Supportive Housing for Homeless Veterans Breaks Ground Posted by Aaron Wiener on Nov. 10, 2014 at 12:31 pm Pledging “new hope and a … More groundbreaking today at 1005 North Capitol St NE – homeless veterans housing

Yesterday, the DC Council Committee of the Whole held a roundtable on the DC Office of Planning’s Mid City East Small Area Plan. ANC 5E08 Commissioner Austin Pearl gave testimony at the roundtable.  His submitted testimony is provided below. His testimony includes Truxton Circle: Reintroduce Truxton Circle to restore the historic spot to both its … More MidCityEast testimony to re-establish Truxton Circle

The DC Board of Elections and Ethics (DC BOEE) has reported the vote counts from yesterday’s election at its website.  The absentee and special ballots are still to be included in the final vote count. Below are vote counts and percentages as of 12:19 am this morning for the ANC 5E single member district commissioners … More highest vote count receivers for Bates area ANC 5E SMD commissioners: Bradley Thomas & Teri Janine Quinn

So Others Might Eat (S.O.M.E.) has a feeding facility on the unit block of O Street NW. S.O.M.E. is once again holding its Thanksgiving Day fundraiser- Trot For Hunger.  This is the 13th year that S.O.M.E. has organized its race — ” the 5K Trot for Hunger benefits SOME’s services for the poor and homeless … More So Others Might Eat’s Trot For Hunger back again this year

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To: MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com From: MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:16:31 -0700 Subject: [MPD-5D] Carjacking – 400 Block Richardson Place NW The Metropolitan Police Department is currently investigating a carjacking that occurred in the 400 Block of Richardson Place, NW, at approximately 6:20pm. Two suspects attempted to take a scooter from the victim. Lookout is for … More MPD reports carjacking on the 400 block of Richardson Pl NW

The Dorothy Height Community Academy Public Charter School located at 1400 1st St NW in today’s news. Click on the link to read the entire Washington Post article. Education Judge orders D.C. charter to stop payments to company founded by school leaders By Michael Alison Chandler October 27 at 8:37 PM A Superior Court judge … More WaPo: “Judge orders D.C. charter to stop payments to company founded by school leaders”

Here is an update on the North Capitol Commons project, which will be down the street, as it were, from the Bates Area. The last post on the Bates blog on North Capitol Commons was on 10/03/2012. Click on the link to read the entire DC Urban Turf article. 124-Unit Micro Studio Development on North … More 124 micro unit rental new construction bldg planned for North Capitol & K St NE