Here are a few pics of the new construction rowhouse at 415 Richardson Place NW. What do you think? Are there residents of Richardson Place NW who might like to weigh in? The property is presently on the market for $999,000.

Washington Business Journal reporter Michael Neibauer reports on signage coming to the nearby Walmart at 1st and H Street NW just south of the Bates area: Oct 8, 2013, 10:15am EDT Signs of stores to come: D.C. Wal-Marts, Five Below advance Michael Neibauer, Staff Reporter- Washington Business Journal 99 H St. NW: Two new signs … More signage coming to 1st & H St NW Walmart

See this message from Phyllis Klein of the Fab Lab DC, 1418 North Capitol Street NW: 10/19/2013 Join us @ Fab Lab DC for the DC Premier Screening of Making Living Sharing, a FabLab world tour documentary by Jens Dyvik This is the story of a quest for answers to how a designer can help … More two upcoming events @ Fab Lab DC

See this tweet from Mayor Gray: Vincent C. Gray Stopped by the demolition of the old Dunbar HS w/our City Administrator, Allen Lew pic.twitter.com/f6OA4did8C 2:36 PM – 26 Sep 13

From: “Stanley, Jackie (DGS)” <jackie.stanley@dc.gov> To:  Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 3:34 PM Subject: Dunbar Event Good Evening All, To celebrate the Green Apple Day of Service, the Department of General Services (DGS), the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council and BuildSmartDC have partnered to host a Green Schools Sustainability Fair at Dunbar … More Green Schools Sustainability Fair at Dunbar High School – Saturday, 09/28/2013

From: DC Government <dcdocs@dc.gov> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 4:41 PM Subject: Raze applications received by HPO 9 17 2013 Raze applications received by HPO 9 17 2013 Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Greetings:   Raze permit applications recently submitted to the Historic Preservation Office for an administrative clearance are … More raze permit application for the old Dunbar

I noticed this van parked along North Capitol Street NE near New York Avenue NW this past weekend. So it appears that there is a partnership of sorts between So Others Might Eat (S.O.M.E.), which has a feeding facility on the unit block of O Street NW), and Walmart, which will be opening a retail … More van seen near North Capitol and New York Ave NE

From: Dianne Barnes <dianne_brns@yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 1:14 AM Subject: ANC 5E Meeting Agenda Forwarding for your awareness and distribution. Respectfully, Dianne Barnes  5E Chairperson (5E09) / Of potential interest to the south-of-Florida Avenue NW crowd: / 5E05 – Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School (Maureen Dizon) (Robinson-Paul) DDOT – Tracking #84457 – Application … More agenda of next ANC 5E meeting includes curb cut request for 1401 1st St NW

From: Bradley A. Thomas <b-ashton-thomas@verizon.net> To: “ward5@yahoogroups.com” <ward5@yahoogroups.com>; “ivycitycommunity@googlegroups.com” <ivycitycommunity@googlegroups.com>; “dcsgp@yahoogroups.com” <dcsgp@yahoogroups.com>; “themail@dcwatch.com” <themail@dcwatch.com>; “fairbudgetcoalition@googlegroups.com” <fairbudgetcoalition@googlegroups.com>; “dcconsortium@lists.povertylaw.org” <dcconsortium@lists.povertylaw.org>; “organizedcoup@lists.riseup.net” <organizedcoup@lists.riseup.net>; “TrinidadDC@yahoogroups.com” <TrinidadDC@yahoogroups.com>; “anc-collaborative-network@googlegroups.com” <anc-collaborative-network@googlegroups.com>; Parisa Norouzi <parisa@empowerdc.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 1:48 AM Subject: Re: [ward5] Pack the Court! Let Ivy City Breathe! Sept 17th Hi Ms. Norouzi: Thanks for the notice.  I attended … More “similar environmental crime in Bates/Truxton Circle”

See the agenda supplied by ANC 5E06 Commissioner Teri Janine Quinn for the just-announced single member district (SMD) 5E06 meeting scheduled for this Thursday, 09-12-2013: