Bates Area Civic Association

Click on the link to read the P#pVille post: Catania Bakery Now Open on Fridays by Prince Of Petworth 11/13/14 3:55 pm

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

Back by Popular Demand: Zora, Langston & U Walking Tour Saturday to Benefit Humanities DC! On Saturday, the Zora, Langston & U Walking Tour returns, highlighting cultural life along the U Street corridor, Howard University, and Shaw after World War I and into the Prohibition era – a time of great change in the segregated capital … More Zora, Langston & U Walking Tour Saturday

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

This meeting was short and sweet, with lots of new faces!  See you all next month. BACA Meeting Minutes – Monday, 11/3/14, Mt. Sinai Baptist Church at 3rd & Q St, NW 7:03 pm David Hall, new president – Meeting called to order, discussion of anticipated changes in how meetings etc are run will be … More BACA meeting minutes – Mon 11/3/14

November 3, 2014 Today, People’s Counsel Sandra Mattavous-Frye filed testimony with the DC Public Service Commission urging the Commission to reject the proposed $6.8 Billion Exelon-PHI (Pepco) merger agreement, as filed, because it fails to meet minimum legal criteria set forth by the Commission’s public interest standard. Exelon’s entry into the DC market through the … More People’s Counsel Urges Public Service Commission to Reject $6.8 Billion Pepco/Exelon Merger Proposal