Bates Area Civic Association

The wrecking machines have begun! Check out the time lapse: http://oxblue.com/pro/open/clarkconstruction/citymarket

See this message from North Capitol Main Street President Pat Mitchell: Want to see the nicely formatted message?  Click here: http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=tp9zhzcab&v=0012kO3uRH1XjAt-L1Cfvw-P4DWgwPU-fiT232_cm8cRlvEB-567s60kQWwczAv7HtEidH93WsW2o1PQFDBlQo817W-M_g76hOW5LSsX8TVwie_ijv1exweOgWARiJ6YJ0KlJqF-5CpS8yUWusePPfluw%3D%3D FROM NORTH CAPITOL MAIN STREET   BE KIND TO YOUR TURKEY, TELL HIM HE’S DINNER … SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY (11-26-11) DEPARTMENT OF SMALL; LOCAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DC MAIN STREETS KICK IT OFF IN A BIG … More Happy Thanksgiving from North Capitol Main Street

Tomorrow is the annual Turkey Trot for Hunger event by So Others Might Eat (S.O.M.E.), which has a feeding facility on the unit block of O Street NW. See this * brief * message from S.O.M.E. website’s on the Turkey Trot: 10th Annual Thanksgiving Day Trot for Hunger http://www.some.org/events_trot_main.html Over 300 teams took part in … More tomorrow: S.O.M.E.’s annual Turket Trot for Hunger

Over 46 million people in the United States are living below the poverty line. We have double digit unemployment and the fastest growing homeless population is families and children.   So if this holiday season, If you have a job,  Be Thankful If you have shelter, Be Thankful If you have food in your refrigerator, … More Be Thankful this Holiday Season

DPW To Observe Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24; Trash, Recycling Not Collected Leaves will be collected as scheduled from Area B neighborhoods.  All services will resume Fri., Nov. 25. The Department of Public Works announced today how services will be affected in observance of Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 24.  Trash and Recycling Collections: There will be … More DPW (Trash and Recycling) Schedule Week of Thanksgiving

I know this lot is now vacant, but WOW, how did Rollins Outdoor (aka Clear Channel) manage to get such a low tax rate? Check it out. Go to this link and punch in Square: 0521 Lot: 0800 https://www.taxpayerservicecenter.com/RP_Search.jsp?search_type=Assessment

$10 donation or No Donation Required with your 2012 Annual Membership Renewal $20. Please join us celebrating great neighbors, friends and all we’ve accomplished in 2011. We will honor some of our neighbors who have done so much to improve our neighborhood as well as those elected officials that have been true partners in making … More BACA Holiday Reception Monday, Dec. 5th at 7pm

Each Thursday a group of great neighbors from Hanover and BACA join forces with the Guardian Angels and MPD and walk our streets. Last night was no exception and while the turnout was good, we need more! It is a great way to learn about the neighborhood, interact with neighbors, and keep the streets free … More Weekly safety walks with Hanover Civic Association, MPD, and the Guardian Angels

See this very brief article on new affordable housing opening up just south of the Bates area: 60-unit affordable housing building opens http://www.washingtonpost.com/todays_paper?dt=2011-11-17&bk=TDC&pg=18 The D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development recently opened the SeVerna, a 60-unit affordable housing building at First and K streets NW in Ward 6. All 60 units will be available … More affordable housing building opens south of the Bates area

From: Dawn Quattlebaum [mailto:DQuattlebaum@seaburyresources.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 5:23 PM To: Dawn Quattlebaum Subject: Washington Hospital Center’s Community Input Session on Friday, November 18, 2011 6:30pm You are invited to attend Washington Hospital Center’s Community Input Session to discuss health issues affecting the community on Friday, November 18, 2011 from 6:30pm – 8pm at the … More Washington Hospital Center’s Community Input Session