The popular Greater Greater Washington blog has a post today on affordable housing and Ward 5. Amid change, affordable housing revitalizes parts of Ward 5 by Elizabeth Falcon • December 11, 2012 2:43 pm Here is the section of this blog post that mentions Open Arms Housing, whose apartment building is located in the Bates … More GGW post on Ward 5 affordable housing mentions Open Arms Housing

See this post from Washington City Paper’s Alan Suderman: Anita Bonds, D.C.’s Newest Councilmember Posted by Alan Suderman on Dec. 10, 2012 at 9:27 pm Anita Bonds, a longtime fixture in the background of District politics, was selected tonight to be an interim at-large councilmember by the D.C. Democratic State Committee. She easily dispatched her … More Bates area resident Anita Bonds, DC’s newest councilmember

Washington Post reporter Mike DeBonis noticed a tweet from the DC Board of Elections and Ethics (DC BOEE) announcing a recount of the ANC 5E 05 race between Joyce Robinson-Paul and Bradley Thomas. DCBOEE @DCBOEE 4:23 PM – 7 Dec 12 BOE Announces Recount of Two ANC Contests – SMD5E05 and SMD6A02 on Tuesday, December … More DC BOEE recount this Tuesday of ANC 5E05 race

Okay, mission-critical topic here! How many people who live, work, shop, visit or worship in the Bates Area are Twitter users? If you aren’t a Twitter user, it’s okay. But if you ARE a Twitter user, then you may have noticed that a #hashtag —“People use the hashtag symbol # before a relevant keyword or … More for Twitter users: what #hashtag should be used for the neighborhood?

If indeed Bates area resident Anita Bonds is chosen to be the next DC Council member by the DC Democratic State Committee, then there will be three At-Large Councilmembers from Ward 5: Vincent Orange, David Grosso — and Anita Bonds. Before appointment, Anita Bonds takes a radio bow Posted by Mike DeBonis on December 7, … More Bates area resident Anita Bonds may be chosen as next DC Councilmember

The Winter 2012 issue of the Ward 5 Heartbeat includes an article on the Fab Lab DC at 1418 North Capitol Street NW. Thanks to Brian Cognato for his story below! Fab Lab DC: The Intersection of Art, Industry and Technology in Ward 5 BY BRIAN COGNATO ON BEHALF OF THE BATES AREA CIVIC ASSOCIATION … More Ward 5 Heartbeat article on FabLabDC

Washington Business Journal reporter Michael Neibauer likes to report on DCRA permits issued. Here is a permit issued that he spotted to So Others Might Eat (S.O.M.E.), which has a feeding facility on the unit block of O Street NW. Only one other permit to report from Wednesday (the District hasn’t yet released its permits … More S.O.M.E. to renovate 216 NY Ave NW, 28-unit low income apartment building

Some development news for the New York Avenue NE/North Capitol Street NE intersection: Five new stores for Union Market, foundation for Hyatt Place Washington Business Journal by Michael Neibauer, Staff Reporter Date: Friday, November 30, 2012, 10:22am EST http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/breaking_ground/2012/11/five-new-stores-for-union-market.html In late October, The JBG Cos. bulldozed the old Mirrors nightclub in NoMa to make way … More permit issued for Hyatt Place Hotel footings & foundations

See this article from the DC MUD blog regarding Tyler House, 1200 North Capitol Street NW, located in Ward 6, directly south of the Bates area: Major Renovations Scheduled for Crime-Addled NoMa Neighbor Posted by Amanda Abrams on 11/29/2012 03:28:00 PM NoMa may be rapidly becoming a gleaming playground for the city`s young professionals, but … More Tyler House major renovations planned

From: Paula Stevens-Lassiter <admin@msbcdc.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 2:56 PM Subject: Watoto Children’s Choir from Africa Please join us. Free Concert. All are invited. See the PDF below for more info. Mt. Sinai Baptist Church Watoto 2012 12 15