Guest Post by ANC 6B Commissioner Brian Flahaven The District Department of Transportation is moving ahead with an ill-advised plan to reopen the closed segment of the Southeast Freeway between Barney Circle and 11th Street SE, re-introducing a major barrier between Southeast Capitol Hill and the Anacostia River waterfront. In January 2013, DDOT closed the […]
Guest post by K. Denise Rucker Krepp In the aftermath of 9/11, significant resources were devoted to improving communication processes. Intelligence stovepipes had prevented information sharing before the attack and the new measures were supposed to make everyone more secure. Sadly, the Washington Navy Yard shootings last year demonstrate that gaps still exist and vulnerable […]
You people. I don’t know why I even bother. Every election, every damn election, I’m out there telling you to vote, and like six of you do. No, you’re too busy. Or, “I don’t pay attention to that local stuff,” as if President Obama really cares that you helped carry DC for him. Or, the […]
By guest author Joe Weedon Elementary schools across Capitol Hill are booming. Enrollment is up, test scores are improving. Our neighborhood’s success in supporting our neighborhood elementary schools has even entered into the Mayoral debate. Councilmember Wells regularly states that, “every elementary school in Ward 6 has a waiting list” and that “I know we […]
In a high density area with little public space greenery, the Wylie Street Community Garden is a small, urban oasis. Located just north of H Street at 13th, NE, and diagonal to the R.L. Christian Library site, the garden sits on an undeveloped end lot owned by the H Street Community Development Corporation (HSCDC) but […]