And before the Common Good picnic: Hello all—Please come out Friday evening to support the efforts of Howard University students’ Do You Care? Campaign. Mr. Howard University, Melech Thomas, is organizing this march to declare Howard University and its surrounding community free from violence and gang activity. The March details and the Campaign information is … More Anti-gun Violence March
This is just a few blocks away.!
From Commissioner Anita Bonds Please find ANC 5C meeting notice attached and listed below. ______________________________________________________________________ Tuesday, September 29, 2009 All Nations Church 7:00pm -9:00pm Rhode Island at North Capitol Street, NE AGENDA ANC 5C September 2009 Community Meeting ANC5C participants are invited to bring suggestions and recommendations for community improvement to the meeting. However, please … More ANC5C Meeting Notice, Sept 29
Olivia writes: Hi Everyone, I’m having a yard sale at 218 P Street on Saturday, September 19 from 8-12. I will be selling small furniture, linens, picture frames, clothes, 2 sets of bunk beds, and lots of other stuff at CHEAP PRICES. Please stop by to browse or just to say hi! Best, Olivia
This looks like a good program. DC RESIDENTS GET FREE CONSTRUCTION AND HOSPITALITY TRAINING NOW Councilmember Brown authored the “Get DC Residents Training for Jobs Now Act” and fought to fund it in this year’s budget. Now, the first classes are being offered for pre-apprenticeship construction training and hospitality industry career training. The classes are … More Free job training for DC residents
He’s updated his blogroll and provided a list of DC neighborhood blogs. via bloomingdale (for now): UPDATE: blogroll updates.
The September 2009 issue of the Hill Rag includes an article on the new Walker Jones Education Campus just south of the Bates area. I have pasted the first few paragraphs below of the article. You can click on the link to read the entire article Dropping the Anchor: New School in Northwest One Opens … More Hill Rag article on Walker Jones
A member of the Eckington listserv asked readers to send Ward 5 Coucilmember Harry Thomas telling him your views on same-sex marriage, as it appears that a bill will be introduced in the near future on the issue and both sides are gathering their forces to lobby the issue. I wrote to Thomas and below … More I support same-sex marriage
I was surfing the webs when I came upon a map service that displayed the former and current site of Dunbar Senior High School. To be more precise, these would be the second and third sites for the Dunbar School as I recall is was located on a different block originally. I have found several … More Bates Area Maps-DHS
From Scott’s Bloomingdale listserv: Gage-Eckington School in LeDroit Park to Become Community Park Capital Community News The Gage-Eckington Elementary School in LeDroit Park is about to become a neighborhood park. Mayor Adrian Fenty and Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham recently announced the start of construction of a community park on the site once the school … More Ledroit Park park to open in June 2010
