Today, at the new Paul Lawrence Dunbar Senior High School, the community and the whole city came together to celebrate Day One of the Grand Opening of the amazing new educational campus at First and N Streets, N.W.  The last speaker on the program was ANC 5E05 Commissioner Joyce Robinson-Paul  who read a few prepared … More UPDATE ON THE PAVING OF THE CAPCS LOT

Parking Status Update   Sunday, August 18, 2013 Worship at 7:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. 1400 First Street NW Washington, DC 20001 Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr., Senior Servant   My Dear Metropolitan, Remember those blessings and challenges I mentioned last week? Well, this is our challenge week while our blessing is “under construction”. The … More Was Parking Lot Built for the Neighborhood or for the Church?

Residents, Commissioner Joyce Robinson-Paul responded to my inquiry about advanced knowledge of the construction of the parking lot at 1400 First ST NW (CAPCS). I have invited the Commissioner to attend the next BACA Meeting on September 7 to discuss neigh From: Geovani A Bonilla [mailto:gbonilla@hospicemanagement.com] Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 1:41 PM To: ‘Ja’ … More ANC Commissioner and City Officials Knew of Parking Lot Construction

by Bradley A. Thomas, B.A.C.A. Board Member and former ANC5C01 Commissioner If you have passed by the corner of First and P Streets, N.W., this week, you have no doubt seen the flurry of construction activity on what used to be a beautiful multi-acre grass field.  That field was covered with dusty gravel over four … More CAPCS BLACK-TOPPING “PARKING LOT” OVER COMMUNITY OBJECTION

Did you know that Mount Sinai Baptist Church at 3rd & Bates Street NW is on Twitter? The church’s Twitter account is @msbcdc1. Here are a few selected tweets: Sinai Bapt Church ‏@msbcdc1 1 Aug Check Out Mount Sinai’s August Newsletter! http://www.msbcdc.org/content.cfm?id=319 … pic.twitter.com/YHpduizjV8 Mt Sinai Bapt Church ‏@msbcdc1 22 Jul MSBC to host Justice … More did you know that Mt. Sinai Baptist Church is on Twitter?

More Union Market Events Good Food Marketplace August 18 The Good Food Marketplace will be held alongside the bustling vendors at Union Market. This will be the first opportunity for local foodies to taste and buy Good Food Award winning products and meet members of the Good Food Merchants Guild on the East Coast. Free and open to … More More Union Market Events

NoMa Beer Fest Saturday Love beer, live music and great food? NoMa Beer Fest is this Saturday, August 17! This free outdoor festival features a dozen beers, including specialty beers such as Heurich’s Lager (DC Brau) and Brimstone&Clover (Right Proper). All-local breweries include DC Brau, Chocolate City Brewing Company, District Chophouse, Capital City Brewing Company, … More NoMa Beer Fest Saturday

All Souls (725 T Street, NW) – All Souls will be a tavern featuring a variety of craft (and mainstream) beers and wine. (ETA Winter 2013) The American (1209-13 10th Street, NW, Rear [Blagden Alley]) – Former Capitol Hill serial restaurateur Xavier Cevera (Chesapeake Room, Hawk & Dove) set his sights on Shaw with a … More Slew of new restaurants coming our way!

See this announcement for an event this Monday, 08/12/2013, at FabLabDC, 1418 North Capitol Street NW: From: PD Klein Sent: Friday, August 9, 2013 6:20 PM Subject: @ FAB LAB DC: LEGO MINDSTORMS & Stanford d.school’s SparkTruck ! Sparktruck, the mobile teaching lab from Stanford’s design school, and FAB LAB DC have teamed up to … More Fab Lab DC: Lego Mindstorms & Stanford d.school’s SparkTruck!