Saturday, January 15th is the last day for community comments on the proposed designs for an information hub in the Eastern Market metro plaza. The 30-day comment period opened following a December 14th community meeting hosted by Councilmember Tommy Wells. Though you won’t see it now (its too cold December-February, which is one of the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Community'
2010 Livable Walkable Awards
December 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Capitol Hill
A livable walkable community. For those of us on Capitol Hill, it’s almost a cliche at this point. Councilmember Tommy Wells campaigns on the idea, and on Monday night, honored members of our Ward 6 community who exemplify the principle. In an open-to-the-public event at the newly re-opened Arena Stage on Monday night, Councilmember Wells [...]
Arrest Made in Assault of Female on Pennsylvania SE
December 5th, 2010 · 7 Comments · New Hill East
On Sunday police arrested a suspect in the unprovoked attack of a female walking from Harris Teeter in the 1300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue SE. Police brought in a juvenile suspect at his residence without incident, MPD-1D Commander David Kamperin notified the local police listserv. At a community meeting Thursday evening, police had told the [...]
Holiday Season Volunteer Opportunities on the Hill
November 30th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Capitol Hill
My family is trying something new and remixing our family tradition. This holiday season no gifts will be exchanged, instead we are volunteering on Christmas Day and donating the money we would have spent on gifts to a charity of our family’s choice. If you are looking to do the same, here is a sampling [...]
Tags: Community·holidays·volunteering
Violent Attacks Prompt Shock, Added Police Presence
November 30th, 2010 · 55 Comments · New Hill East
Two Sunday crimes that have alarmed many in the community — a seemingly unprovoked, vicious attack on a woman walking from Harris Teeter around 3 PM Sunday, by one among a group of four young men, resulting in substantial facial injury and the unrelated shooting of a man nearby — has prompted the First District Police [...]
Chat With Councilmember Wells Thursday
November 17th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Capitol Hill, H Street
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for our Councilmember. There was the Reservation 13 meeting just after the election, talk about services for the homeless and an article on how Wells beat lobbyists to get the bag tax. (Check out Tuesday’s Hill Buzz if you are in the mood to catch up on your [...]
Tags: Community·politics·Tommy Wells
2nd Annual Hilly Awards THIS FRIDAY – Get Your Tickets NOW!
November 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Capitol Hill
The 2nd Annual Hilly Awards is this Friday, November 19th in the North Hall of Eastern Market. The fun gets started at 8pm and your ticket price includes OPEN BAR all night and trays and trays of hors d’oeuvres and desserts. This year our guest bartenders hail from Wisdom, Tunnicliff’s, Matchbox and the Argonaut – [...]
Help Spread Thanksgiving Cheer
November 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Capitol Hill
Help out a local family this Thanksgiving by participating in the Thanksgiving basket drive for homeless and low income families sponsored by Capitol Hill Group Ministry . An annual tradition for CHGM, the basket drive is a simple way to help other families “enjoy a bountiful harvest at Thanksgiving.” How can you help? Putting together [...]
Tags: Capitol Hill Group Ministry·Community·holidays·volunteering
Reservation 13 Update – Long Term Development
November 10th, 2010 · 4 Comments · New Hill East, Stadium Armory
While social services sprawl understandably took up a good portion of the time at last week’s Reservation 13 meeting, the original purpose had been to discuss the longer term developments of the site. For those catching up, Reservation 13 is the large block of land south of the Armory and east of 19th Street SE [...]
Tags: Community·development·Real Estate·Reservation 13·Tommy Wells
Greater DC Cares Brings New Volunteer Opportunities to NE
November 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Capitol Hill North, H Street, Rosedale
Greater DC Cares, a nonprofit organization and the region’s largest coordinator of volunteers, is piloting new community-generated volunteer projects in southern Ward 5/northern Ward 6 in the Trinidad and Rosedale communities. GDCC comprehensively mobilizes volunteers and strengthens nonprofits to better impact communities and key issues in the Greater DC Region. In Northeast DC, GDCC has [...]
