Two Capitol Hill Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners are holding meetings this week to get to know their constituents and their concerns. ANC Commissioner Brian Flahaven of 6B09 is hosting his “office hours/meet and greet” this Saturday from 2-3 p.m. at the Pretzel Bakery, 340 15th Street, SE. There’s no formal agenda. Residents are welcome to stop [...]
We have offered to post brief statements from all of the ANC candidates running for seats on Capitol Hill and the surrounding neighborhoods that we cover here on The Hill is Home. These statements are not endorsements and have been posted exactly as submitted by the candidates. Five years ago, before the Hine School redevelopment [...]
We have offered to post brief statements from all of the ANC candidates running for seats on Capitol Hill and the surrounding neighborhoods that we cover here on The Hill is Home. These statements are not endorsements and have been posted exactly as submitted by the candidates. When I was elected to the ANC two [...]
By Brian Flahaven, Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner 6B09 Some new information on the old KFC building at 1442 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE: Douglas Development plans to begin demolition of the building on Tuesday, September 25th and start construction on a new building in the next two to three months. Instead of the four-story mixed-use retail and residential [...]
Tags: ANC 6B·Brian Flahaven·douglas development·Jared Critchfield·kfc building·New Hill East
This past Saturday I took one of the guided tours offered by Brian Flahaven and the Ward 6 staff of the Eastern Branch Boys & Girls Club Building. The four-story structure was built in 1937 and sits on the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and 17th Street SE. Sadly, it sits vacant and has not been [...]
Tags: ANC 6B·Boys & Girls Club·Eastern Branch·Flahaven·New Hill East
At a special call meeting Tuesday night, ANC 6B voted 6-3 to approve a memorandum that development partners Stanton/Eastbanc should make various aesthetic design changes to the proposed Hine School site, clearing the way for a decision by the Historic Preservation Review Board June 30th on key architectural plans for the square block project. ANC [...]
Tags: ANC 6B·Community·development·Eastern Market·Hine School
The subcommittee on redistricting has released its recommendations on redrawing the boundaries for each ward, and, as expected, Capitol Hill is slated to lose a chunk to Ward 7. Eastern High School and Eliot-Hine Middle School will stay with Ward 6, but everything east of 17th Street, including Reservation 13, will become part of Ward [...]
Tags: ANC 6A·ANC 6B·redistricting·Ward 6
Whether or not the message got through to members of the Special Committee on Redistricting, yesterday’s rally did attract the attention of local news outlets. If you missed it, Greater Greater Washington and the City Paper both have articles up today. We also have the video below from Fox 5. Did you go to the [...]
Tags: ANC 6A·ANC 6B·redistricting·Wad 7·Ward 6
Tuesday evening at 5:45p, residents are invited to gather at Lincoln Park (13 & East Capitol, SE) to “Keep Capitol Hill Together” in a rally to make it clear that blocks on the eastern boundary of Ward 6 do not want to be redistricted into Ward 7. Organized by ANC 6B09 Commissioner Brian Flahaven, the [...]
Tags: ANC·ANC 6B·redistricting·Ward 6
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