Beginning October 1, 2013, Lamond Riggs Public Library will be open on Sundays and offer expanded hours during the week. The new hours will be:
Monday: 9:30 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Tuesday: 9:30 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Wednesday: 9:30 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Thursday: 1 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Friday: 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Saturday: 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Sunday: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
To see new hours for other neighborhood libraries, visit the DC library website.
Councilmember McDuffie and the District’s Office of Planning are co-hosting an open house for the Ward 5 Industrial Land Transformation Task Force on Monday, September 30, 2013 from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm at Trinity Washington University, O’Connor Auditorium (125 Michigan Avenue NE). They will discuss task force goals; existing conditions; market analysis; best practices and case studies from other jurisdictions; stakeholder feedback; and solicit new ideas. The councilmember will offer remarks at 7:00 pm.
Task Force Open House
WUSA-TV reports President Obama helped pack meals alongside other volunteers at Food & Friends yesterday for the National Day of Service and Remembrance.
Neighbor and I were talking about how nice it might be to have an orchard in the neighborhood. A lot of homes have backyards and walking around the neighborhood, one can spot the occasional pear, lemon, or fig tree. We thought a plot of land on the Backus campus of UDC-CC a plausible location. This picture is looking at the Galloway Street side, next to the campus parking lot. What do you think?
UDC-CC (Backus campus)
I’ve been to the new Ethiopian restaurant, Askale Cafe, in nearby Brookland (12th Street and Otis Street NE) a few times. It is quite lovely. Each time I’ve gotten the Ethio mix (kale, cabbage, yellow and red lentils plus injera) and chai latte. They offer breakfast, lunch, and dinner, vegetarian and meat options, plus assorted tea and coffee drinks. Check them out.
Ethio mix
Goodwill is teaming up with partners to provide a free hospitality job training program for District of Columbia residents in preparation for the opening of the new downtown Marriott in March 2014. Online registration began August 29. In-person registration begins today. Check the site here for details about information sessions and application requirements.
Information and application sessions are being held at UDC-CC, Backus Campus (5171 South Dakota Avenue, NE):
Other dates and locations:
Goodwill of Greater Washington (2200 South Dakota Avenue, NE)
Living Faith Baptist Church (601 50th Street, NE)
PR Harris-UDC-CC Campus (4600 Livingston Road, SE)
Shadd – UDC-CC Campus (5601 East Capital Street, SE)
UDC-CC Main Campus (4200 Connecticut Avenue, NW)
Potomac Job Corps (#1 District Village Lane, SW)
New Bethel Baptist Church (1739 9th Street, NW)
Next Stop...Riggs Park 