Hi all – I’ll have petitions to sign this Sunday at the clean up. It’s a double opportunity to improve the the community! The meeting point is at First and P Street, NW, starting at 10:00 AM and it is planned to go on until noon.  ~ Denise

We as a neighborhood should know our past in order to define our future. I see from many leaders and neighborhood activists the need to design a future for this neighborhood on which a majority can unite and fight for. DCGOV will start paying attention when we stand together. I believe that we should know … More Paul Laurence Dunbar High School

Bloomingdale (for now) blog reports on the renovation work at the future Baraki pizza tavern at 1st & T Street NW. Check out the photos.

This was on the Bloomingdale email list: From a Florida Avenue NW resident: I can’t help commenting on the Sunday post regarding Truxton Circle (http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/06/reader-finds-remnants-of-truxton-circle/), and why it was lost. What was lost was more than beauty.  North Capitol Street, just like what the Southeast Freeway did in Boston, has bifurcated neighborhoods.  Transportation priorities ruled … More The Loss of Truxton Circle at NCap & Florida Ave

Be careful if you leave your pets outside while you run in a store. A neighbor sent an email about a dog taken outside the Whole Foods. Here’s more detail. Update TUES June 30, PM – Leads received afternoon from people who reported seeing a dog fitting Molly’s description without a collar at 15th and … More Dog stolen outside Whole Foods

I have to put in a pitch for the Fringe Festival which starts next week and is the funnest experimental non-juried theater festival. I volunteered a bunch at it last year and intend to do so again. I’d love to get the neighbors going. The venues are very near us! on the 600 block of … More 09′ Fringe Festival Preview – Wed. July 1 @ 7pm

From the Shaw listserv: http://dc.gov/mayor/schedule.asp Mayor’s Schedule* FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2009 5th and O Streets NW 12:45 pm Remarks All Hands On Deck Announcement

I wrote about this on May 20 after the ANC5C meeting I went to.  See this follow up from the  The Sexist – Washington City Paper. Commissioner Gigi Ransom (photo from the City Paper)

Hi neighbors, This blog moderator is back from a glorious vacation feeling rested and reinvigorated.  And I have thought for ways to make the blog better. It’s been a work in progress since it started a few months ago.  It’s ALWAYS open for neighbors’ ideas. Neighborhood discussion/debate over our issues. Neighbors can hit me up … More Blog experimenting