Monthly Archives: July 2017

August 5: Explore! Summer Children’s Festival

Posted by nextstoprp in Cafritz Art Place at Fort Totten

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/explore-summer-family-festival-tickets-36063548043

Explore! Summer Children’s Festival
August 5, 2017
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
5234 4th Street NE

From Explore! Children’s Museum:

Our final festival of the Summer is here! Come learn about Explore! Children’s Museum, create something new with Imagination Stage and play with members of your DC community and local teaching artists – all at the site of the future Children’s Museum!

We will be providing free books again from local author Tom Noll and coloring books from Color with Luna! Learn to play different instruments at the Percussion Playground from The Uncle Devin Show!
There will be a Mad Science show from 11:30 – 12:15 p.m. – Don’t Miss it! Light snacks and water will be available.

July 26: CM McDuffie Ward 5 Office Hours

Posted by nextstoprp in Ward 5

Over the summer, Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie will be holding office hours at various locations around Ward 5. His office will be at Fort Totten metro on July 26 from 7:30 am to 9:30 am. Get a break from the heat and meet up with his office at several indoor locations elsewhere in Ward 5. Check the link for dates and locations.

DATE TIME LOCATION ADDRESS
Wed, July 19 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM Starbucks – Dakota Crossing 2430 Market Street NE
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Edgewood Community Town Hall Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church
Family Life Center
605 Rhode Island Ave NE
Thur, July 20 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM North Michigan Park Rec 1333 Emerson St NE
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Monroe Street Bridge Meeting Luke C Moore High School
1001 Monroe St NE
Mon, July 24 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM Big Bear 1700 1st St NW
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Denny’s 1250 Bladensburg Rd NE
Tues, July 25 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM Ari’s Diner 2003 Fenwick St NE
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM DCity Smokehouse 203 Florida Ave NW
Wed, July 26 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM Fort Totten Metro 550 Galloway St NE
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Turkey Thicket Rec 1100 Michigan Ave NE
Thur, July 27 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM Mason Dixie 2301 Bladensburg Rd NE
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Trinidad Rec 1310 Childress St NE
Mon, July 31 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM Askale 3629 12th Street NE
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Harry Thomas Rec 1743 Lincoln Rd NE

July 20: Neighborhood Happy Hour at Hellbender

Posted by nextstoprp in Recreation

From Riggs Park resident David:

What: Thirsty Third Thursday Neighborhood Happy Hour

When: Thursday, July 20, 2017 starting around 6pm

Where: Hellbender Brewery – 5788 2nd St NE

Why: Because your neighbors are cool and awesome and want to meet you!

For those who do not drink, the brewery offers water and lemonade as well as allows patrons to bring their own food. We will try to sit near the same place as last month, but if you cannot find us, please ask the bartender who will point you in our direction.

Recommendations for other meeting locations are welcomed for future gatherings, but we would like to keep it in the Lamond-Riggs neighborhood or close by. Invite your friends and family.

July 13: Ward 5 DDOT Roundtable

Posted by nextstoprp in Transportation, Ward 5

On July 13 come out and express your concerns with traffic, sidewalk repairs, overgrown trees, pedestrian safety, and other issues at the Ward 5 DDOT Roundtable. If you are interested in testifying or have concerns that you would like addressed, let us know in the comments.

http://www.kenyanmcduffie.com/ddot2017/

Public Oversight Roundtable on The District Department of Transportation’s Responsiveness to Council and Resident Inquiries

DATE: July 13, 2017
TIME: 6:30 P.M
LOCATION: Edward J. Pryzbyla Center, Great Room A
620 Michigan Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20064

The public is invited to testify and can sign up to do so by contacting Ms. Aukima Benjamin, Staff Assistant to the Committee on Transportation and the Environment, at (202) 724-8062 or via e-mail at abenjamin@dccouncil.us. Persons representing organizations will have five minutes to present their testimony. Individuals will have three minutes to present their testimony. Witnesses should bring eight copies of their written testimony and should submit a copy of their testimony electronically to abenjamin@dccouncil.us.

If you are unable to testify in person, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. Copies of written statements should be submitted to Ms. Benjamin at the following address: Committee on Transportation and the Environment, John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 108, Washington, D.C. 20004. Statements may also be e-mailed to abenjamin@dccouncil.us or faxed to (202) 724-8118. The record will close at the end of the business day on July 27, 2017.

Additional Art Place status update

Posted by nextstoprp in Cafritz Art Place at Fort Totten

In response to DC’s Zoning Commission, the Cafritz Foundation provided a more detailed status update on Art Place at Fort Totten. See: Submission on behalf of Cafritz re further status update on Buildings A and B-6-29-2017 (pdf)

For the first phase (Building A), the development team still anticipates that residents will begin moving into the residential apartments called The Modern at Art Place around August 2017. Retailers are expected to be open for business around first quarter 2018.

Free landscaping assistance for seniors this summer

Posted by nextstoprp in Uncategorized

DC’s Department of Energy and Environment’s Green Zone Environmental Program and the Marion Barry Youth Employment have teamed up to offer free landscaping services for eligible seniors in the neighborhood this summer. Window cleaning, raking, mulching, mowing, weed removal, and other services are available. To schedule an appointment, call (202) 669-1906 or apply online. Please let your elderly neighbors who may benefit from this program know.

GZEP 2017 Flyer (pdf)