Highlights from December ANC meetings: ANC 6A: The Department of Heath identified a vacant lot on the 900 block of H Street NE with a “serious” rat infestation that they will be addressing, trees and sidewalks are scheduled to be replaced or repairs, and a new policy under consideration for residential parking permits (RPP) should […]
Highlights from November ANC Meetings Hill-Wide News: Councilmembers are considering legislation as part of the mayor’s safety plan that will include financial incentives for businesses and individuals to install security cameras on private property and support for nonprofits with a focus on decreasing crime. They are also looking for ways to replace officers with desk job with civilian workers […]
UPDATE: Dangerously Delicious Pies is donating 10% of their proceeds on December 13. YUM! In November 2015, after months of requests for information concerning DOJ prosecution rates in D.C., ANC Commissioner Denise Krepp submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act. “Based on my review of MPD and DOJ documents, prosecution rates are abysmally low and […]
Highlights from September ANC Meetings: ANC 6A: Kitty’s Saloon got the ANC’s support for a summer garden; neighbors on Wylie Street are interested in creating a historic district; and city plans to alter the landscaping in the triangle park bounded by 15th Street, Constitution Avenue; and North Carolina Avenue NE were met with skepticism. Neighbors on a NE […]
As the old RFK Stadium crumbles to dust, we have an incredible opportunity to grow our city in innovative ways. The RFK complex occupies something on the order of 190 acres on the Anacostia river, easily accessible to transit, and is a tabula rasa for the entire city. There’s so much we could do with it. […]