Bates Area Civic Association

From: Phyllis Klein: Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 10:10:54 -0400 Subject: Pop-up exhibition ~ Steve Ludlum : Opening Day OPENING DAY: New work by Steve Ludlum Artist Steve Ludlum is a veteran painter and Pulitzer Prize winning photographer, presently residing in the DC metro area. Please join us for an opening reception and viewing of his new series … More at the Fab Lab DC: Pop-up exhibition ~ Steve Ludlum — Opening Day on Friday, 05-08-2015

See the Bates area address from WBJ reporter Michael Neibauer’s daily DCRA permit review: 1611 1st St NW is the house with the person standing on the front stoop. 1611 First St. NW: This single-family home will be converted to three units, with the addition of a fourth floor, penthouse and roof-top deck, interior renovations, … More 1611 1st St NW, zoned C-2-A: conversion to 3 units, addition of a 4th floor pop-up

See this event announcement from Open Arms Housing for its second permanent supportive housing residence — the first residence is located at 57 O Street NW: Thursday, April 30, 2015 Open Arms Housing Groundbreaking Open Arms Housing This event is to celebrate the ground-breaking ceremony of Open Arms Housing’s second permanent supportive housing residence, Owen … More Open Arms Housing, 57 O St NW, opens its second supportive housing residence in Trinidad

See this DCRA permit identified by Washington Business Journal reporter Michael Neibauer in his daily DCRA permits review: 138 Q St. NW: Interior renovations to the basement as this single-family home is converted to a flat.

See this tweet from WMATA: Metrobus Info ‏@Metrobusinfo 51m51 minutes ago 80, P6: Due to construction, the bus stop at N Capitol & P St NE is temporarily discontinued. Expect delays to Fort Totten/Rhode Island Ave.

From: Mundo_Verde_Bilingual_Public_Cha@mail.vresp.com Subject: Greening Mundo Verde ~ Ecologizando Mundo Verde Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 16:01:15 +0000 [CLICK HERE FOR SPANISH] A Greener more Sustainable World: It’s always Earth Day at Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS April 25, 2015 Dear AMIGOS de Mundo Verde, Since 1970, Earth Day has been a day on which people come together … More Greening Mundo Verde ~ Ecologizando Mundo Verd

From: Wiebenson & Dorman Architects PC <x@wdarchitects.us> Date: April 23, 2015 at 1:25:29 PM EDT To: “Quinn, Teri Janine (SMD 5E06)” <5E06@anc.dc.gov> Subject: THANK YOU!  BEST ARCHITECT 2015! Reply-To: Wiebenson & Dorman Architects PC <x@wdarchitects.us> View this email in your browser THANK-YOU to everyone who voted making us City Paper’s Best Architect for the third year in … More Wiebenson & Dorman Architects named CityPaper’s Best Architect for the 3rd year in a row

Recall the District, Measured post on the wait lists at DC Public Schools and DC Public Charter Schools?  The Bates Area’s Mundo Verde Public Charter School on P St NW is #2 on the wait list chart. Click on the link below to read the entire GGW post. School waitlist data can tell us what … More GGW post on DCPS & DCPCSB wait lists / Mundo Verde PCS #2

Jonathan Rogers @JRogers202 · Apr 17 Earth Day Spring Clean-Up tomorrow @TruxtonCircle Truxton Circle, DC @TruxtonCircle · 22h22 hours ago Truxton Circle beautification day. Free mulch & flowers for your tree boxes. First and P Street Northwest. ‘Til noon.

Have you wondered about the fence with the painted sign on North Capitol Street NW, next door to the MetroPCS store? This pic was taken in November 2014. See this 04-17-2015 message: “We will be painting on the North Capitol St. facing side of the fence in front of the garden (by the Metro PCS) … More the “cultivate North Cap” sign next to the MetroPCS store…