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Claudia Rauch

Claudia, a Hill native, is a marketing and social media professional whose passion for food and love for D.C. got her started on her first blog, brunchandthecity.com. Claudia is the Marketing Director for Fulcrum Properties Group, and serves on the board of CHAMPS, Capitol Hill's Chamber of Commerce. You can contact Claudia at Claudia[at]thehillishome.com

Hill Businesses Speak Out Against Proposed Yoga Tax

In a vote last week to approve the fiscal year 2015 budget, the D.C. Council approved several recommendations from the Tax Revision Committee, including a so-called “yoga tax“ which would enact a 5.75 percent sales tax on all health club services. In response, Scott Magnuson, president of CHAMPS, asked Capitol Hill businesses to unite together to ask […]

ABRA Hearing on Twelve Restaurant & Lounge

Twelve Restaurant & Lounge (XII), located at 1123 H Street NE, has been a source of neighborhood problems and complaints since it opened. As DCist reports, “Since May 2008, ABRA has investigated the club 25 times for incidents ranging from noise to the assault of a police officer. In March of this year, the club […]

Hill Buzz

DCist and PoPville reported that after another stabbing at Club XII, the local ANC is pushing the city to revoke the club’s liquor license for good. JDLand shared that the 11th Street Bridge design options have been narrowed down to four, and you can learn more about them at a community meeting on June 10. […]

Letter from Tommy Wells on This Week's Community Meeting on Public Safety

In response to a recent increase in violent crime around the neighborhood, Councilmember Tommy Wells called a community meeting with MPD at the Hill Center on Wednesday night. Neighbors voiced their concerns about the level of police presence, the lack of alerts on listservs, and a lack of proper lighting on many streets. One concern […]

TONIGHT: Community Meeting on Public Safety & Recent Robberies

If you have not been following the news, there have been several recent violent attacks on Capitol Hill, near Eastern Market, that have involved women being stabbed in the neck and robbed, even after surrendering their wallets and phones. In response, Tommy Wells will be holding a community meeting tonight, May 28, at 6:30 p.m. […]