Two police items below: 1) From: MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com  Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 4:50 AM To: ‘mpd-5d@yahoogroups.com’ Subject: [MPD-5D] Robbery Arrest On Friday, December 18, 2015 at approx. 01:30 am, Fifth District patrol received a call for a robbery in the200 block Florida Ave NE.  Units patrolling within the vicinity were able to quickly respond to the area and stop a … More robbery arrest – 200 blk of Fla Av NE; armed carjacking — unit block of P St NW

See this DCRA permit spotted by Washington Business Journal reporter Michael Neibauer: 1724 New Jersey Ave. NW: The two-story, two-unit flat will be converted into a four-story, four-unit apartment house.

See this tweet from So Others Might Eat (S.O.M.E.), which has a feeding facility on the unit block of O Street NW: So Others Might Eat ‏@SOME_DC 39m39 minutes ago We need more turkeys for our Holiday Food Baskets! If you can donate contact Stephanie at donations@some.org or 202-797-8806 x2104 3:32 PM – 12 Dec … More So Others Might Eat: “We need more turkeys for our Holiday Food Baskets!”

From ANC 5E05 Commissioner Bradley Thomas: Outstanding meeting tonight [Wednesday, 12/9]! Great turnout. Excellent presentations. Probing questions from those in attendance. Special thanks to C.O.O. Patricia Brantley and Principal Jeff Scanlon for graciously providing the meeting space at the Friendship-Armstrong Public Charter School, to Commissioners Teri Janine Quinn and Sylvia Pinkney for helping to pull us all together, … More Update on joint SMD meeting; Reminder of deadline this Friday, 12/11, for public comments

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This is just a quick reminder from Commissioner Bradley A. Thomas, ANC 5E05, that his joint SMD meeting with ANC5E04 and ANC5E06 is tonight (Wednesday, Dec. 9th) beginning at 6:30 pm at Friendship-Armstrong Public Charter School, First & P Streets, N.W. SMD Agenda December 2015

We had a short meeting with updates from community representatives, then our holiday party for about an hour – a big THANKS to BACA neighborhood business Uncle Chip’s for donating delicious cookies. They were a hit! Monday, December 7, 2015; Mt. Sinai Church, 3rd and Q ST NW 7:10 Meeting Called to Order (after some … More BACA Meeting Minutes – Dec. 7, 2015

      This is the empty lot at 1520-1522 North Capitol Street NW. Here is the flier for this combined ANC5E04, ANC5E05 and ANC5E06 SMD meeting:

See this Instagram image and message from the GetStrong Fitness Sweat Club:

Event on Saturday, December 12, 2015, 10:00am-12:00pm RSVP deadline –  Tuesday, December 8th Join DPR and host Washington Parks & People at the beautiful Josephine Butler Parks Center for a morning workshop on how to advocate on behalf of your Park and Recreation Center! Presentation by Empower DC Executive Director Parisa Norouzi and Q&A with your … More Advocating for DC Parks and Recreation Centers: A Workshop for DPR Park Partners