An abundance of trash on your street? Cars driving too fast in your neighborhood? Looking for a way to get more involved in the community? Your Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner is here to help (and yes, he/she ran for the position knowing it was unpaid!) This week, newly elected Commissioner Lia Veenendaal-Selck (ANC 6A 08) tells […]
Now that the leaves are good and drippy, it’s time to think about raking. Yes, it’s that time of year when DCPW collects leaves all over the city. Call me crazy, but I’m tickled pink when I see the DCPW guys and gals at work on my street. It means there’s a whole lot less […]
While social services sprawl understandably took up a good portion of the time at last week’s Reservation 13 meeting, the original purpose had been to discuss the longer term developments of the site. For those catching up, Reservation 13 is the large block of land south of the Armory and east of 19th Street SE […]
I don’t remember my Dante well enough, but I believe community meetings are featured in the 4th ring of Hell, correct? I bring this up, because last night, Councilmember Wells hosted a meeting to discuss with neighbors ongoing developments at the former DC General site collectively known as Reservation 13. Two main issues are facing […]
Those of us who live in Hill East can be forgiven if we don’t breathlessly track every tidbit of news coming out regarding Reservation 13, the large expanse of land that encompasses the former DC General facility. Progress lurches along slowly, with the most recent tangible step being the demolition of the former (and non-historic) […]