See the announcement for this event at the Fab Lab DC, 1418 North Capitol Street NW: Fab Lab DC From: FAB LAB DC Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 4:48 AM Subject: You’re invited to BUSINESS INNOVATION: PROGRAMS, STRATEGIES, & TOOLS (Sep 14, 2013) You are invited to the following event: BUSINESS INNOVATION: PROGRAMS, STRATEGIES, & … More Fab Lab DC: Business Innovations — Programs, Strategies & Tools — Saturday, 09/14/2013

From: “Moore, Vanessa (MPD)” <vanessa.moore@dc.gov> To: “MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com” <MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 10:12 AM Subject: RE: [MPD-5D] Daily Crime Report – 5D A first floor window of Dunbar H.S was smashed by unknown suspect(s) and taken were several electronic items. Anyone having information into this matter should contact 727-9099. Vanessa L. Moore PSA 505 … More window at Dunbar High smashed; electronic items taken

On Aug 22, 2013, at 8:39 AM, “Press, MPD (MPD)” <mpd.press@dc.gov> wrote: Contact: Officer Paul Metcalf            (202) 727-4383 August 22, 2013 Homicide Arrest: Unit Block of Hanover Place, NW (Washington, DC)-Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch have announced an arrest in the fatal stabbing which occurred in the Unit block of Hanover Place, … More MPD: homicide arrest on unit block of Hanover Place NW

See this 08/21/2013 message from Joyce Robinson-Paul: From: Joyce Paul <jarpaul2@verizon.net> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 12:51 PM Subject: Dunbar Sr. High – Continuing Week of Activities Dedication of the New Paul Lawrence Dunbar Senior High School has a week full of activities, including celebrities: such as comedian Bill Cosby and author Allison Stewart. Ms. … More Dunbar dedication – continuing week of activities

See this event announcement from the Fab Lab DC, 1418 North Capitol Street NW: From: FAB LAB DC Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 4:48 AM Subject: You’re invited to BUSINESS INNOVATION: PROGRAMS, STRATEGIES, & TOOLS (Sep 14, 2013) You are invited to the following event: BUSINESS INNOVATION: PROGRAMS, STRATEGIES, & TOOLS Event to be held … More at the FabLabDC: Business Innovation — Programs, Strategies, Tools

Did you know that Mount Sinai Baptist Church at 3rd & Bates Street NW is on Twitter? The church’s Twitter account is @msbcdc1. Here are a few selected tweets: Sinai Bapt Church ‏@msbcdc1 1 Aug Check Out Mount Sinai’s August Newsletter! http://www.msbcdc.org/content.cfm?id=319 … pic.twitter.com/YHpduizjV8 Mt Sinai Bapt Church ‏@msbcdc1 22 Jul MSBC to host Justice … More did you know that Mt. Sinai Baptist Church is on Twitter?

See this announcement for an event this Monday, 08/12/2013, at FabLabDC, 1418 North Capitol Street NW: From: PD Klein Sent: Friday, August 9, 2013 6:20 PM Subject: @ FAB LAB DC: LEGO MINDSTORMS & Stanford d.school’s SparkTruck ! Sparktruck, the mobile teaching lab from Stanford’s design school, and FAB LAB DC have teamed up to … More Fab Lab DC: Lego Mindstorms & Stanford d.school’s SparkTruck!

But notice the change in location — Walker Jones Elementary School. WHEN: Tuesday, August 6, 2013 TIME: 5:00 p.m. WHERE: First District: NOTE NEW LOCATION: Walker Jones Elementary School 1125 New Jersey Avenue, NW See you at Tuesday’s National Night Out!

Okay, this ugly and dated building is not located with the Bates area. But. It is close enough, I think, for our attention. Someone needs to lean on the DC Housing Authority to rethink this strategy? It is like putting lipstick on a pig. D.C. Housing Authority eyes mixed-use redevelopment of its headquarters Aug 5, … More Can’t the dated DCHA bldg just be demolished and replaced with new construction?

Click on the link to read the entire Washington Post article: Arrests made in two waves of burglaries in D.C. By Clarence Williams, Updated: Sunday, August 4, 9:07 PM The victim awoke early Wednesday to noises in the second-floor hallway of her Northwest Washington home, she told police. She stayed in bed, terrified, and within … More WaPo: “Arrests made in two waves of burglaries in DC”