Monthly Archives: January 2026

January 2026 Kids Events at Explore!

Posted by nextstoprp in Cafritz Art Place at Fort Totten, Uncategorized

Check out Explore!’s January 2026 Kid’s Maker Space Activities lineup.

Eventbrite: Explore! Fort Totten Events. RSVP encouraged.

Location: 395 Ingraham Street NE

Dance Loft Youth Classes: Mondays at Explore! (Winter Session January 12-March 16, register at the link).

Kid’s Maker Space Activities: Snow Science + Art | January 8, 4pm-7pm

Kid’s Maker Space Activities: Texture Day | January 13, 4pm-7pm

Kid’s Maker Space Activities: Community Kindness | January 15, 4pm-7pm

Kid’s Maker Space Activities: Build-a-City | January 20, 4pm-7pm

Kid’s Maker Space Activities: Wearable Winter Art | January 22, 4pm-7pm

Kid’s Maker Space Activities: Big Color + Big Shapes | January 27, 4pm-7pm

January Finale: Gallery Night | January 29, 4pm-7pm

The best way to learn about Explore! events is to follow them on eventbrite and visit their website at https://www.exploremuseum.org.

Reminder: Lamond Playground Improvements Presentation & Survey – Complete by January 9, 2026

Posted by nextstoprp in Lamond, Recreation

Repost, originally published 12/19/2025

Thanks to neighbor Gavin for passing along information from DPR’s kickoff meeting for improvements to the playground at Lamond Rec, held on December 1, 2025.

The meeting presentation is available on the Lamond Playground Improvements project website.

See Lamond Playground Improvements Meeting Presentation (December 2025).

At the kickoff meeting, DPR presented three playground concepts. They are now asking residents to view those options and vote on the preferred option.

Complete the Lamond Playground Improvements Survey by January 9, 2026. 

Visit https://dpr.dc.gov/stakeholder to sign up to receive construction updates related to this project.

For questions, contact Christopher Dyer at christopher.dyer@dc.gov or (202) 702-9453.

Also, view DPR’s Ward 3 & 4 capital projects December 4, 2025, meeting presentation for updates about other projects across Ward 4. To access a video recording of the meeting, visit https://wardupdates.splashthat.com/.

For additional information about projects citywide, visit https://dgs.dc.gov/page/dpr-park-and-recreation-center-projects.

January 10-11: No Green Line Service between Fort Totten & Greenbelt

Posted by nextstoprp in Transportation

From Metro

Metrorail weekend service for Saturday, January 10 through Sunday, January 11

Advisory Effective: 1/10/26 – 1/11/26

Hours: Sat 6 a.m. – 2 a.m.; Sun 6 a.m. – midnight

Green LineFree shuttle buses replace trains between Fort Totten and Greenbelt stations. West Hyattsville, Hyattsville Crossing, College Park U-MD, and Greenbelt stations closed. Trains run every 8 minutes.
Yellow LineModifed service: Trains run every 8 minutes between Huntington and Mt Vernon Sq. 
ine Normal Service 
Orange LinNormal Service 
Silver LineNormal Service 
Blue LineNormal Service 

McDonald’s is Open

Posted by nextstoprp in North Michigan PArk

The newly rebuilt McDonald’s at 4950 South Dakota Avenue NE opened on December 30, 2025. An official grand opening celebration will likely be held later this month.

The new restaurant features dual drive-thru lanes; indoor and outdoor pick-up windows for mobile ordering; a few parking spaces; and extensive planting beds. The rebuilt restaurant replaces what some called the first McDonald’s in the city. With the help of the DC Office of Planning, former Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr., and the North Michigan Park Civic Association (under leadership of former president Grace Lewis who moved out of the city in 2023), McDonald’s utilized a chaotic Comp Plan process to upzone the property for the sole purpose of tearing down the old restaurant that did not have a drive-thru in order to build a new one with a drive-thru as a matter of right.

Pictures taken December 31, 2025.