Ms. Nancee Lyons from DPW revealed plans for a new mural to be painted at 8 Florida Ave. NW. Revive Catering is working with DPW to beautify the unit block of Florida Avenue NW. Members of the Bates Area Civic Association signed up to be part of the review panel to approve the artist concept … More Mural Scheduled to Go Up at 8 Florida Ave NW

Join the Bates Area Civic Association, 5C01 Commissioner Bradley Thomas, DDOT, Metropolitan Police, DPR, DPW, Mayor’s Office and other government agencies in a neighborhood safety walk. The objective is to identify key communicy concerns for different DC Government Agencies to address and key areas for improvement and focus. Thursday, September 20th Start at the Florida … More Join Us for Community Neighborhood Safety Walk

Geovani Bonilla – President David Hall – Vice President Christa Fields – Secretary Kyle Thomas – Treasurer At Large Members Jason Miccolo Johnson Commissioner Bradley Thomas Harold Gist Miles Holoman Our Gratitude to the Jason Miccolo and Jon Hasse (Nominating Committee) for their hard work in coordinating this election.

See this article regarding Bates Area resident Anita Bonds: Anita Bonds, D.C. Democratic chair, eyes at-large council seat Posted at 10:43 AM ET, 09/11/2012 By Mike DeBonis

McMillan Sand Filtration site development plan followers — see this message from ANC 5C03 Commissioner Hugh Youngblood: Dear Neighbors, Howard University joins the pack as the latest organization to go on the official record with strong opposition to the plan proposed by the Vision McMillan Partners (and backed by Mayor Gray) to destroy Bloomingdale’s historic … More HU letter of opposition to Envision McMillan plan

A neighbor passed along this US Department of the Interior document from 1977 titled “Washington DC’s Vanishing Springs and Waterways.” I have not read this document, but notice on page 7 a rough map of DC’s “downtown areas’s original streams.” Plus there is a looong description of the Tiber Creek. In consideration of the recent … More 1977 document describes Tiber Creek flow

Campaign Celebration Wednesday, September 12, 2012 7:00pm 2035 2nd St. NW, Apt G-102, Washington, DC Sponsored by Donalies Financial Planning, LLC and Finesse Tax Accounting, LLC Come join local business owners, many community and citywide leaders/elected officials as well as, of course, your neighbors and friends for an evening cocktail party to celebrate and raise … More Hugh Youngblood Seecks Election to Represent parts of 4th St/Q St as Part of New ANC

Monday, September 10, 2012 Meeting Agenda 7 PM, Mt. Sinai Church 3rd and Q ST NW  I.          Meeting Called to Order                                             Geovani Bonilla, President II.         Review of Last Meeting Minutes                                David Hall, Secretary III.         Treasurer Report                                                        Margaret Stevens 7:00 PM – 7:20 PM Committee Updates Safety – review of crime statistics and PSA 501 MPD … More BACA Meeting Monday, September 10 Agenda

***PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE*** DDOT to Modify Existing Circulator Service Beginning October 1; Host Semi-Annual Circulator Forum on September 18  Forum Will Provide Opportunity for Current and Future Users to Comment on the Circulator Bus System (Washington, D.C.) In response to rider request, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will implement several minor routing and bus … More DDOT to Modify Existing Circulator Service Beginning October 1

***TRAFFIC ADVISORY*** Northbound 14th Street Bridge Saturday Lane Closure Northbound Access on the 14th Street Bridge will be Kept Open  (Washington, D.C.) The right lane of the northbound 14th Street Bridge will be closed from 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Saturday, September 8. The closure will start on the Virginia side 200 feet before the … More Northbound 14th Street Bridge Saturday Lane Closure