Last updated January 26, 2023
City Services – DC311
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Mayor’s Ward 5 Community Liaisons
Christopher Ingram (christopher.ingram@dc.gov)
DC Councilmember’s Office
Ward 5 Councilmember Zachary Parker
ward5.us/newsletter
zparker@dccouncil.gov
202-724-1344
Sam Bonar, Constituent Service Coordinator
sbonar@dccouncil.gov
202-724-1344
Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)
District 3 PSA 308
Third District Police Commander James Boteler
james.boteler@dc.gov
(202) 673-6820
PSA Captain: Christopher Moore
Christopher.moore@dc.gov
Join Third District Community Group:
Official MPD-3D Community Group
Contact: Jacqueline Beathea, (202) 671-6604
Additional information about the MPD and particularly the Third District:
https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/welcome-third-district
Area Neighborhood Commissioners (ANC)
ANC 5E01 Commissioner Joyce Robinson-Paul
5e01@anc.dc.gov
Commissioner Joyce Robinson-Paul’s Single Member District (SMD) covers the BACA area from the south side of Bates Street down; it includes part of the BACA neighborhood as well as Hanover.
ANC 5E02 Commissioner Karla Lewis
Commissioner Lewis’s Single Member District (SMD) covers the BACA area from the north side of Bates Street up; it includes part of the BACA neighborhood as well as part of Bloomingdale.
The full Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 5E http://anc5e.org/ meets at 7:00 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at Friendship-Armstrong Public Charter School at 1400 1st Street, NW (1st & P St NW) in the Cafeteria
BACA primary contact
Bradley Thomas, President
Bates Area Civic Association
batesareacivic@gmail.com
Surrounding Community Associations
Bloomingdale Civic Association
Meetings are held the third Monday of every month (the fourth Monday if the third is a holiday) from 7 to 9 p.m. at St. George’s Church, 160 U St. NW.
Scott Roberts also moderates a Bloomingdale neighborhood email list. To subscribe, email scott@scott-roberts.net with your first and last name and a street address.
NoMa Business Improvement District
Ledroit Park Civic Association
Shaw Community East Central Civic Association
Logan Circle Civic Association
Mt. Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District
Convention Center Community Association (CCCA)
Business and Local Development Organizations
Historical Information
InShaw (prior blog by author of Truxton Circle blog, may resume soon)
Bates Area Civic Association 