StreetJustice: Experts say Sept 10th Flooding Result of Storm Intensity & Too Much Paved Surface Area (esp. Roads), New Green Infrastructure Can Help

You may remember Gordon Chaffin’s Street Justice newsletter, the free version of which we shared here in 2019 and early 2020. After the pandemic hit, Gordon restructured his newsletter’s model and has now created a new journalism portal. You can follow the new StreetJustice via their Linktr.ee. Below, an excerpt from their last SubStack newsletter. […]

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03 Aug 2020

ANC:

Updates From Your ANC Commissioners

We periodically share updates from your ANC commissioners, edited for brevity and clarity. Although these are most pertinent to particular single member districts (SMDs), we feel the information shared can be of interest to the whole Capitol Hill community. Are you an ANC commissioner who shares regular updates? Add thehillishome@gmail.com to your distribution list, please! Running for […]

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24 Jun 2020

News:

An Open Letter to JOMDC Board Directors

On June 6, former faculty of the Joy of Motion Dance Center (JOMDC), a dance studio with several locations around the District–– including one housed within the Atlas Performing Arts Center on H Street between 13th and 14th Streets NE– wrote a poignant letter demanding that the Board of Directors address systemic problems within. They […]

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16 Jun 2020

Transition:

In Memoriam: Saige Ballard

Friend of the blog and Capitol Hill neighbor Christine Vineyard, an art teacher and artist also known as Lidflutters, was distressed to find out that one of her former students, Saige Ballard, was killed this past Thursday, June 11, as she left a party. The incident happened a couple of blocks away from Stanton Park. […]

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21 May 2020

Transition:

In Memoriam: Nancy B. Smalley

This post was written by Nancy’s neighbor and fellow Pretzel Bakery enthusiast Emily O’Connor. Nancy B. Smalley passed away on May 2, 2020. Nancy was born and raised in New Jersey by her mother and stepfather. She was an only child. Nancy moved to Washington, D.C., and worked in graphic design. She lived on South Carolina Avenue, SE, […]

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