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Sharee Lawler

Sharee Lawler is a recovering political junkie. After many years of invoking the First Amendment right of a Fortune 100 company to petition the government for redress of grievances (aka, lobbying for Big Business), she got her MBA and left government affairs to to offer business strategy and communications consulting geared towards small businesses. She and her husband lived on the Hill for 12 years, during which time she was, variously, an entrepreneur, lobbyist, volunteer, student, gardener, jogger, cyclist and hostess of many a backyard barbecue. You can contact Sharee at ShareeTheHillIsHome [at] gmail [dot] com.

DDOT Asks for CaBi Input

DDOT is asking for your feedback on the proposed placement of 25 new Capital Bikeshare stations. Our friends at Greater Greater Washington have, as ever, given us a useful introduction to the topic. If you’re really interested, the comments are also quite enlightening, though I hope some of those people also sent their comments to […]

Maury's Worthy Spring Break Project

Students returning to Maury Elementary today found their school with a much improved aspect. During last week’s spring break, work crews descended upon the school at the corner of 13th and Constitution, NE, busily replacing the school’s many windows. What’s the big deal, you ask? Having lived within sight of the school for 10 years, […]

Yard Sale Open Thread

Immediately after I write this, I’ll be pulling bins of t-shirts, shorts and summery dresses out of my attic. While I’m doing that, I will also come across boxes, piles and bags of things that suffered through the winter but really need a new home. If you’ve already purged the attic and are having a […]

Volunteer This Weekend and Help a Local School

For over 15 years Hands on DC has been working to make our public schools better, and the future of public schoolchildren brighter. Here on the Hill they work at several schools during their Work-a-Thon every year, and this year is no exception, with 5 Capitol Hill schools making the list. At the same time […]

ANC 6A's March Meeting

ANC 6A had a relatively light agenda for March. The meeting began with approvals for a number of recommendations by the ANC’s committees. First was a grant for $1,767 to the Maury Elementary PTA for the purchase of 3 overhead projectors that are otherwise out of scope for what is available to purchase through regular […]