Update: Boil Water Advisory has been lifted

Parts of Riggs Park experienced low water pressure/no water last night. See full text of precautionary boil water advisory from DC Water & map of affected area below

DC Water Issues Precautionary Boil Water Advisory

July 13, 2018

The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) advises customers to boil their water for cooking and drinking until further notice if they live within the area that is bounded by the following:

Fridays at Fort Totten free outdoor concert series continues tomorrow with live music by Black Masala and eats by CapMac. Sponsored by On Tap Magazine & The Modern at Art Place at the plaza on the corner of South Dakota Ave. & Galloway St. NE, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm. Bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating.

Tonight’s Fridays at Fort Totten concert is cancelled due to rain.

From DPR:

The DC Free Summer Meals Program will run from Monday, June 18 to Friday, August 17, and is open to all children in DC ages 18 and under. There is no registration, no identification, and no parental guidance required to participate. The program helps to fill the nutrition gap for low-income children who depend on free and reduced-price meals during the school year by providing nutritious meals and snacks. The summer food program is paid for through federal funding from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and administered in D.C. by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE).

• The C.H.I.L.D. CENTER
  202 RIGGS ROAD NE
  Phone: 202-269-6805
  Date Open: June 14, 2017
  Date Close: August 17, 2017
  Days Open: M,T,W,TH,F
  Breakfast: 7:00-9:00
  Lunch: 12:00-1:00

• LaSalle-Backus EC
  501 RIGGS ROAD NE
  Phone: 202-604-5883
  Date Open: June 25, 2017
  Date Close: August 3, 2017
  Days Open: M,T,W,TH,F
  Breakfast: 8:00-9:30
  Lunch: 11:30-1:00

• Lamond-Riggs Library
  5401 SOUTH DAKOTA AVENUE NE
  Phone: 202-541-6265
  Date Open: July 2, 2017
  Date Close: August 10, 2017
  Days Open: M,T,W,TH,F
  Breakfast: 
  Lunch: 1:00 – 2:30

• DC Bilingual PCS/Kids and Culture Camp
  33 RIGGS ROAD NE
  Phone: 202-643-8787
  Date Open: June 25, 2017
  Date Close: July 20, 2017
  Days Open: M,T,W,TH,F
  Breakfast: 7:45 – 8 :30
  Lunch: 11:15 – 1:30

Hopefully everyone knows by now that there will not be any Metro red line service between Fort Totten and NoMa from July 21 to September 3, 2018. The Brookland and Rhode Island Avenue stations will be closed. Red line trains will operate in two segments: (1) between Shady Grove and NoMa and (2) between Fort Totten and Glenmont. Consider using the green line at Fort Totten to get downtown and give yourself plenty of time to get wherever you need to go because this sounds like it will be kind of a mess.

At the ANC 5A special meeting on June 13, 2018, Metro officials provided additional information about the closure. See the fact sheet here: Metro Rhode Island Avenue Capital Project Fact Sheet (pdf). More information will be provided by Metro in the coming weeks.

The project is being done to “complete structural repairs at Metro’s oldest outdoor station and lower[] rail elevations to achieve ‘ADA Compliant’ boarding.” It will also include “track bed repairs and improvements to lighting and CCTV systems at Rhode Island and Brookland stations.”

Metro is asking ANCs for a resolution to support permitting Metro to work 24 hours per day, 7 days per week on the stations in order to get the work done in the allotted 45 days. Metro will need an after-hours work permit to do so. According to Metro, without the ability to work 24/7, it may need to extend the closure period. ANC 5A voted to support a resolution in favor of permitting Metro to work around-the-clock. We will update the post when we get a copy of that resolution.

From Metro’s handout:

Schedule

• June 18 to July 21 – pre-shutdown work
• July 21 to September 3 – shutdown
• July 28th weekend: Fort Totten red line closed

Customer Impact

Buses replace trains between Fort Totten and NoMa

Free shuttles

• Local (serves all closed stations)
• Brookland – Union Station
• Brookland – Gallery Place (9th & F Street NW)

Expanded Metrobus Service

• MetroExtra G9 (weekday service)

Regular Service

• Metrobus Route P6
• Metrobus Route G8
• Metrobus Route 80

Station Access

• Pedestrian Walkthrough at Brookland station will remain open
• Pedestrian bridge over CSX tracks will remain open
• Rhode Island Avenue pedestrian bridge open but may need to close temporarily depending on structural work

Free registration for the Explore! Children’s Museum June Art Jam on June 16 is open!

June 16, 2018
10:00 am – 1:45 pm
The Modern at Art Place
400 Galloway Street NE

Description from the event page:

Come learn about Explore! Children’s Museum while you enjoy arts and music activities with our neighbors. Participate in another exciting Mad Science Show! Visit Cowboy Barry’s petting zoo, Color with Luna and friends, have your face painted by Fairy Jennabelle and create art to take home and enjoy. The first 100 children will receive a watercolor paint set!

Show Schedule

10:00 – Tom Noll’s Story time
11:00 : Things That Go Boom! A Mad Science show
12:00 : The Groovy Nate Music Show!

Our festivals have been funded in part by the D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts

From UDC:

The University Of the District Of Columbia is pleased to announce the opening of a farm stand at our Bertie Backus Campus. All our or produce is sustainably produced, local, organic and will be sourced from our Firebird farm in Beltsville, MD and our Urban Food Hubs in Washington DC.  Our produce offerings will vary as the farm season progresses so look out for a list of what we will have to offer each month.  If you are interested in helping make opening day June 9, 2018 a community event please contact Maryam Sabur at bertiebackus.farmstand@gmail.com. We are looking for volunteer musicians, help with children’s crafts and games and any suggestions that will enhance our farm stand.

Location

Bertie Backus Urban Food Hub
5171 South Dakota Ave NE, Washington, DC 20017

Time 
9:00am-12:00pm

Dates
June 9, 2018
July 7, 2018
August 11, 2018
September 15, 2018
October 6, 2018
November 10, 2018

Riggs Park Day
May 19, 2018
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Riggs LaSalle Recreation Center
501 Riggs Road NE

12:00 pm – Free food (1st come, 1st served)

Nationals Tickets Raffle & Hat Giveaway

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Capoeira Foundation Class & Demo by Capoeira Malês DC

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
The Uncle Devin Show Children’s Music & Percussion Petting Zoo

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Adventures with Luna & Friends Storytelling & Coloring Book Giveaway
Explore! Children’s Museum Games
Lamond-Riggs Library Storytelling
Face Painting

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Live Music: Crossfire

Riggs Park Day is still on tomorrow! Come on out to the Riggs-LaSalle Recreation Center, located at 501 Riggs Road NE, 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Free food and beverages will be served starting at 12 :00 pm. Come early and get it while it lasts. Snacks will be available throughout the day.

National tickets will be raffled off throughout the day. Pick up a free hat as well.

Take a foundation capoeira class with Capoeira Males DC at 1:00 pm. Capoeira is a Brazilian art form that combines martial art, dance, and music. This class is suitable for any level, and is specifically designed for beginners completely new to the art form.

The Uncle Devin Show will be providing live music for children from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm.

Coloring, storytelling, and children’s games will be available courtesy of Adventures with Luna & Friends, the Explore! Children’s Museum of Washington, DC, and the Lamond-Riggs Library children’s librarian from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm.

Information tables will be set up to provide information from several District government agencies, Job Corps, and the Anacostia Watershed Society. Sign up for a tour of the Anacostia River and provide suggestions for environmental projects in the neighborhood. The DOES mobile van will be on hand to assist youth and other residents with employment opportunities.

The day will conclude with live music from DC band Crossfire at 2:30 pm.

Hosted by ANC Commissioners Barbara Rogers (4B08) & Tischa Cockrell (4B09), Lamond-Riggs Citizens Association, and DC Department of Parks & Recreation

Lamond-Riggs Citizens Association
Public Meeting
May 7, 2018
7:00 pm

Location: LaSalle-Backus Education Campus (501 Riggs Road NE, enter on Madison Street)

Guests:

• DDOT – Met Branch Trail extension from Brookland to Fort Totten
• EYA – Fort Totten South mixed-use townhome project South Dakota Ave. & Riggs Rd. NE
• Candidates for DC Council At-Large & DC Council Chair Meet & Greet (confirmed: Marcus Goodwin; Jeremiah Lowery; Ed Lazere)

Pepco Open House
April 26, 2018
LaSalle Backus Education Campus
501 Riggs Road NE
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
RSVP: capitalgrid@pepco.com

Receive information about the Capital Grid Project and the Takoma to Sligo Underground Project. Learn how these projects will affect your travel throughout the neighborhood.

Due to the winter weather that refuses to make way for spring, the Human Rescue Alliance event that was scheduled for April 7 has been rescheduled for June 9, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

A neighbor asked for recommendations for an asbestos abatement company for a home renovation project. If you have worked with or know someone who has worked with a contractor that you would recommend, let us know in the comments.

Question from neighbor: “I’m replacing the flooring in the basement. I need to have asbestos removed prior to having the new flooring installed. I need suggestions for a company that I should use?”

The Pepco Open House that was scheduled for tomorrow March 22 has been postponed to a future date.

Sign up to clean up! Join your Lamond-Riggs neighbors on April 14, 2018, for Spring Clean Up Day. The event will bring together neighbors to make our community more beautiful and healthy.

Register at https://lrca-cleanup.eventbrite.com

Volunteers will pick up trash on neighborhood streets and alleyways across the Lamond-Riggs neighborhood.

• The first 20 people to sign up to clean up will get a free pint from Hellbender Brewery!

We need street captains to help lead the clean up activities! If you’re interested in volunteering, or want to suggest a location where we should send some volunteers, please let us know on the registration page.

Event details:

• • 9:30 AM — Meet at the Riggs-LaSalle Recreation Center to pick up bags, gloves, and trash pickers. DC Water will be providing cool water and free water bottles. DC Water’s Wendy the Water Drop Mascot will be coming for some adorable photo ops!
  • 10 AM — Clean up crew members will meet with their Street Captain at a mutually-agreed location and do street and alleyway cleanup activities. On your way, stop by Culture Coffee Too for a FREE cup of coffee generously provided by the store.
  • 11:30 AM – Noon — Drop off the filled bags either in front of the Rec Center or on the curbside near Hellbender Brewery.
  • Noon — Meet up at Hellbender Brewery

In case of inclement weather, the clean up will be postponed until Saturday, April 21, and the event details will remain the same.

Bags and gloves for the cleanup are generously provided by the Alice Ferguson Foundation.

Hosted by the Environment Committee of the Lamond-Riggs Citizens Association

Note: This event has been rescheduled for June 9

From The Harrison Beacher Group:

The Harrison Beacher Group is proudly teaming up with the Humane Rescue Alliance to help their four legged friends find their “fur-ever” home. Join us on April 7th at Fort Circle Park in NE D.C. (on Galloway Street NE) from 1-4pm and meet some adorable cats and dogs available for adoption. We will also have a food truck and giveaways during the event! If you already have a fur-baby, the Humane Rescue Alliance will also be accepting donations of toys, blankets, unopened wet and dry food, and more! RSVP at https://adoptathon.splashthat.com

Pepco Open House
March 22, 2018
LaSalle Backus Education Campus
501 Riggs Road NE
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
RSVP: capitalgrid@pepco.com

Receive information about the Capital Grid Project and the Takoma to Sligo Underground Project. Learn how these projects will affect your travel throughout the neighborhood.

Indoor Compost Training
Saturday, February 3, 2018
9:30 am – 11:30 am
Bertie Backus Urban Food Hub
5171 South Dakota Avenue NE (enter on Galloway Street)

Contact: kamran.zendehdel@udc.edu or (202) 274-7161

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/udc-causes-indoor-compost-training-tickets-42461390161

Lamond-Riggs Citizens Association
Public Meeting
February 5, 2018
7:00 pm

Location: LaSalle-Backus Education Campus (501 Riggs Road NE, enter on Madison Street)

Guests
Mayor Muriel Bowser
DDOT Director Jeff Marootian

Read the LRCA February 2018 newsletter

Pay dues online at http://www.lrcadc.org/join-lrca to support scholarships for neighborhood youth ($10/year for single person membership & $15/year for households of 2+ adults)

From DCPL regarding drilling at Lamond-Riggs Library to examine soil prior to rebuilding project:

Hillis-Carnes Engineering to commence the geotechnical drilling on site tomorrow.

Hillis-Carnes will have a drilling rig/truck on site after 9:30 am and they will be working through COB Friday. Hillis-Carnes will need to come back to finish the drilling and additional inspections next week. The drilling will start in the grassy area around the library building and proceed to the parking lot by Friday. Hillis-Carnes expects the drilling to produce minimal noise disturbance to the neighbors during normal business hours.