Bates Area Civic Association

This Washington Post article indicates that the DC Department of General Services will consider charter school offers to lease the JF Cook & Langston Schools. Click on the WaPo link below to read the entire article. Vacant D.C. school buildings could house public chartersBy Bill Turque, Published: April 3 [http://www.washingtonpost.com/todays_paper?dt=2012-04-04&bk=B&pg=3] Four vacant D.C. public school buildings could … More WaPo: Charter school leases considered for Cook, Langston

Subject: [MPD-5D] NEW DAY THIS WEEK: Hanover/Bates Walk – WEDNESDAY, 4/4, 8pm Members of the Hanover/Bates communities will be conducting their neighborhood walk on WEDNESDAY this week, instead of Thursday, to accommodate the COVE event at CAPCS. We meet at 8pm at the corner of First and O Streets NW.   Since the COVE events will be … More Hanover/Bates Community Walk This Wednesday

The owners of Kuumba Kollectables stopped by the Bates Area Civic Association’s meeting to introduce themselves and their business. They also provided the attendees with a variety of samples of some of their delicious treats.  KUUMB KOLLECTIBLES 312 Florida Avenue NW Tel. 202-797-8823 Visit them on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/KuumbaKollectables KUUMBA is a small local business … More KUUMBA KOLLECTIBLES

Consumers received a partial victory Wednesday in the pending Pepco rate case. Responding to OPC’s request for additional discovery and evidentiary hearings to allow OPC and the parties to review new information placed on the record by Pepco in Formal Case No. 1087, the DC Public Service Commission granted, in part, OPC’s request and set … More Public Service Commission Orders Further Review of Pepco’s $42.5 million Rate Increase Request

C.O.V.E. http://ward5cove.blogspot.com Coalition for Voter Empowerment Is a voter education initiative, sponsored by a coalition of six civic associations of the West End of Ward 5 in Washington, D.C.  [Bates, Bloomingdale, Eckington, Edgewood, Hanover, and Stronghold Civic Associations]  Mission            C.O.V.E. was established in 2006 as a neighborhood coalition to empower and to educate the … More Come Meet 2 More of The Candidates

Mayor Vincent C. Gray invites you to attend his  Ward 5 Budget Town Hall Meeting TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2012 6:30-8:30 PM McKinley Technology High School 151 T ST, NE WASHINGTON, DC 20002

MPD TO PARTICIPATE IN LITTER ENFORCEMENT MONTH The Metropolitan Police Department will join the Alice Ferguson Foundation in its efforts to curtail litter in the Washington area with Litter Enforcement Month (LEM) in April. During the month of April, these area law enforcement agencies will work to educate the public about the problems that littering … More MPD TO PARTICIPATE IN LITTER ENFORCEMENT MONTH

Monday, April 2, 2012 Meeting Agenda 7 PM, Mt. Sinai Church 3rd and Q ST NW (Side entrance at the corner of 3rd and Q St)  I.     Meeting Called to Order                                            Geovani Bonilla, President II.         Review of Last Meeting Minutes                                David Hall, Secretary III.      Treasurer Report                                                           Margaret Stevens 7:15 PM – 7:30 PM IV.               Committee … More BACA Meeting Agenda