Location: Lamond-Riggs Library, 5401 South Dakota Avenue NE
Join the Lamond-Riggs Library Friends for a heartwarming holiday gathering where neighbors come together to sip hot cocoa, nibble on cookies, and get crafty! Whether you’re dreaming big or decorating small, there’s something for everyone:
Create your own vision board to set intentions for the new year.
Design festive holiday ornaments to take home or hang on the library’s Community Tree, a symbol of shared joy and togetherness.
Enjoy warm cocoa and sweet treats in a cozy, welcoming space.
Join the DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) and the DC Department of General Services (DGS) for a community meeting to discuss improvements coming to the playground at Lamond Recreation Center.
Meeting Details:
Date: Monday, December 1, 2025
Location: Online via Zoom
Time: 6:00 PM- 7:30 PM
Individuals needing special accommodations, please contact Rasheed Jibreel at rasheed.jibreel@dc.gov or by telephone at (202)-341-0158.
This event is FREE with RSVP; however, adults wishing to participate in the instructor-led painting sessions MUST RSVP for their desired time slot: Eventbrite Link.
Step into the holiday magic on December 6th at Art Place! Build gingerbread people, decorate ornaments, sip hot chocolate, paint a canvas, snap pics, play games, and enjoy festive music with a live DJ, and wear your best ugly sweater
The District Department of Transportation (DDOT), in partnership with Ward 5 Councilmember Zachary Parker, invites you to attend public meetings for the South Dakota Avenue Corridor Safety Project from Riggs Road NE to Bladensburg Road NE. DDOT will be hosting two meetings: a virtual meeting on Thursday, December 4, 2025, and an in-person meeting on Saturday, December 6, 2025.
DDOT staff will provide an update on the progress of the study, present on the existing conditions and road diet feasibility, and go over spot improvement locations, concepts, and estimates. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and engage directly with DDOT representatives.
Materials from this meeting will be made available on the study website within 72 hours of meeting conclusion. Those who would like to leave a comment about the study can do so by leaving a comment on the project website.
For voice-only participation on a telephone, dial +13017158592, 81406325863#
Meeting ID: 814 0632 5863
Call to Order & Roll Call
Administrative Items
Instructions for participation in virtual and in-person meetings
Consideration and approval of November 2025 Regular Public Meeting Agenda
Approval of October 2025 Regular Public Meeting Minutes
Treasurer’s Report
Commissioner Updates
Community Concerns
Please use the “Raise Hand” button via Zoom or *9 via telephone to speak.
The Commission will provide details regarding how to present community concerns at the start of the virtual meeting. This is the time for questions or statements from members of the public about issues on the agenda or other areas of concern. Please limit your statement or question to one minute. You may contact members of the Commission before and after Commission meetings.
Reports
Randi Thorpe & Eddie Sanders III – Department of Public Works (5 minutes)
Barbara Rogers, District Director, Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis-George (3 minutes)
T. Michelle Colson, Ward 4 State Board of Education Representative (3 minutes)
Leticia Acosta, Mayor’s Office on Community Relations and Services (3 minutes)
4B Community Safety & Support Committee (2 minutes)
Presentations
Christopher Dyer, Department of Parks and Recreation & Brittany Hughes, Department of General Services – ANC 4B Area Project Updates
Karimah Bilal, Consumer Outreach Officer, Public Service Commission – Winter Readiness
Resolutions
#4B-25-1101 – Supporting Dedicated Turn Lane Light at Georgia Avenue NW and Peabody Street NW
#4B-25-1102 – Requesting Installation of a Dedicated Left Turn Signal at the Intersection of Georgia Avenue NW and Peabody Street NW
Letter to DC Leaders to Address Gun Violence through Coordinated Comprehensive Strategy
Letter Requesting Assurances Regarding MPD Compliance with the Sanctuary Values Amendment Act and DC Human Rights Act
Please check the Commission’s website for additional information: anc4b.com
On November 20, 2025, Faith United Church will distribute turkeys to the first 200 people at their monthly mobile market/diaper bank. Beginning at 9:00 am. Located at 4900 10th Street NE.
Call In Number Phone: +1(305) 224-1968Password: 83242634657#
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Agenda
1. Call Meeting to Order 6:45 pm ET
2. Quorum
3. Agenda Review/Acceptance
4. Commission Business a. Minutes from Oct. 22, 2025 b. Annual Report c. Treasurer’s Report d. Re-Approving FY 26 Budget e. Purchase Approvals f. Creation of a Bylaws Review Committee
5. Commission Action Items/Updates a. 5A03: Holiday Work from Mundo Verde b. 5A08: Update on ABCA
6. Community Updates a. Mayor’s Office b. Office of the Councilmember Zachary Parker’
7. Reports & Presentations a. Catholic University Presentation b. UDC Presentation (Bertie Backus 9/11 Memorial) c. Farmers Market d. Dwanda Glenn-Woodward, Washington Gas: Briefing on upcoming infrastructure project that will affect the Bunker Hill area in Spring 2026
8. Community Comment Period
9. Next Meeting Jan. 28 – Please note this meeting will be primarily Commission Business
Great seeing you Monday! Thank you for your feedback.
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Where Are You in Your Entrepreneurship Journey?
The Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection’s (DCLP) Business Resource Center is here to help you assess exactly where you are on the business success endeavor.
During this in-person session, the DLCP Business Resource Center (BRC) staff will provide one-on-one assistance in navigating the regulatory process. You will gain in-depth knowledge about the 4 Basic Steps for obtaining a business license (BBL) to open your business in DC.
Additionally, we share information regarding compliance with your license situation.
This opportunity is designed for both future and current business owners looking to operate in the District of Columbia.
Business Licensing, Business Start-up/Preplanning, Corporate Registration
Registration Policies:
Special Accommodations: In accordance with the American Disabilities Act and state law, you may request accommodations due to a disability by contacting the event organizer listed above. Advance notice may be necessary for some accommodations. Registration must be paid prior to accommodation requests.
Disclaimer: The instructional sessions and seminars are provided as a service by DLCP for informational purposes only. Attending an instructional session or seminar does not guarantee that DLCP will issue you a license, corporate registration, permit, or certification.
The giveaway will take place on November 20, 2025 at the Turkey Thicket Recreation Center (1100 Michigan Ave NE). Time to be announced.
You must be a Ward 5 resident. Please bring a form of identification when you come to pick up your grocery bag.
Additional information will be sent ahead of November 20. For any questions or concerns, please call CM Parker’s office at 202-724-8028, or email ward5contact@dccouncil.gov.
There are two weeks left of UDC’s inaugural Lamond-Riggs farmers market season. The last day for the market will be November 21, 2025.
Check it out today and next Friday 4pm-8pm at UDC’s Lamond-Riggs campus, located at 5171 South Dakota Avenue NE (in the parking lot off Galloway Street NE).
On November 7, 2025, the market team, led by Dr. Tsakani Ngomane at UDC’s College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability, & Environmental Sciences (CAUSES), held a nice celebration to mark what the university is calling a pilot market. Residents enjoyed live cello music; tasty nutritious food samples like butternut squash soup; kids activities including face painting and a bounce house; and vendors selling a variety of items from books to produce to sweets.
UDC CAUSES Lamond-Riggs Farmers Market Celebration, November 7, 2025.
The farmers market is just one component of the urban food hub at the Lamond-Riggs campus. On the blog we previously interviewed Dr. Kamran Zendehdel, a former professor and center director at CAUSES, who explained that the food hubs have four components: (1) food production; (2) food preparation; (3) food distribution; and (4) food waste and water recovery (e.g., composting).
UDC CAUSES started building out the food hub in early 2016. It includes a hydroponics facility and native plant nursery. In 2018, Maryam Sabur, then a graduate student in water resource management at CAUSES, stood up the farm stand, which would eventually grow into the market.
This year, the university officially opened the food hub’s demonstration commercial kitchen, which serves as a business incubator where individuals can learn about nutrition, get required food business certifications, and learn all aspects of the food business from trained chefs.
Demonstration kitchen at UDC Lamond-Riggs Food Hub
Entrepreneurship is a big component of the food hub concept. The idea is to grow the number of urban farmers in the city. Chauna Price, soil manager at the Lamond-Riggs food hub, has a produce stand at the farmers market where she sells produce grown at both the food hub and at the university’s Firebird Farm in Beltsville.
Eightfold Farms by owner J.R. Hines, a vendor at the market, is billed as DC’s first commercial mushroom farm. Mr. Hines received a federal grant with support from UDC CAUSES to support his concept. The business provides CSA dropoffs, supplies mushrooms to local restaurants, and also provides nutrition education/financial literacy to DCPS students.
Jasmine, a local resident at The Modern, sells fresh juice at the market through her business Pressed Essentials.
Vendor JR Hines, owner of EightFold Farms.
Two other residents at The Modern, Sekai Zinatsai and agronomist Chris Mapondera, participate in the food hub’s citizen science project, where they are responsible for growing vegetables from seed in containers designed for small spaces. This season they are growing dozens of containers of collard greens that they can harvest for themselves and also give away to local residents. On a small scale, the citizen science project embodies the concept of the food hub–training in the lifecycle of food from seed to market.
UDC Professor Che AxumCitizen scientist & local resident Sekai Zinatsai
The food hub really is a remarkable production, and it is pretty neat having something like this in the neighborhood. Over the years, I have wandered around the food hub talking to people like Kyra Moore and Michael Whyte, who have managed aspects of the food hub and were happy to talk about what was going on. Stay tuned for opportunities to tour and learn more about the food hub in the future.
Mayor Muriel Bowser and DDOT Director Sharon Kershbaum officially opened the Fort Totten to Takoma segment of the Metropolitan Branch Trail (MBT) on November 12, 2025. Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George, ANC Commissioner Charlie Mayer (4B04), and Washington Area Bicyclist Association Executive Director Elizabeth Kiker also gave remarks.
This section of the trail includes a short off-street section along Riggs Road NE before turning to an on-street portion along First Street NE, meandering through Manor Park before getting to Blair Road for an off-street portion. The section on Blair Road includes a lot of active curb cuts so it will be a bit of a different experience than the rest of the trail.
In her remarks, Director Kershbaum noted that DDOT has placed a couple of speed feedback devices on southern end of the trail to encourage reduced speeds to make the trail more comfortable for all users.
The next portion of the trail to be constructed will be the Piney Branch to Blair Road extension. This segment is still in the design phase as the agency had to negotiate easements with Metro and National Park Service. DDOT hopes to begin construction on this segment in 2026.
The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) invites residents to join a community meeting on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm on the Kansas Ave Protected Bike Lane Project. DDOT representatives will provide information about the project’s development, safety improvements, and construction timeline. Agency representatives will be available to hear your concerns and answer your questions. The meeting will be held at the Sela Public Charter School at 6015 Chillum Pl NE, Washington, DC 20011.
Kansas Ave NW Protected Bike Lane Community Meeting
Tuesday, November 18, 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Sela Public Charter School
6015 Chillum Pl NE Washington, DC 20011
Project Background
The Kansas Ave NW Protected Bike Lane is a multimodal safety project that includes the following features to improve safety for all roadway users:
• Upgraded pedestrian crossings, including more visible Rapid Rectangular Flashing Beacons (RRFB) at Longfellow St NW and Madison St NW, and Nicholson St NW, following ADA guidelines. Intersection daylighting at Madison St NW to improve sightlines for drivers to see cross traffic.
• Removal of center medians on the 5600 and 5700 blocks of Kansas Ave NW and a short section just south of Blair Rd to maintain on-street parking.
• Additional on-street parking along the west side of the 5600 block.
• New left turn lanes for southwest-bound and northeast-bound vehicular traffic at the intersection with Blair Rd to improve safety and traffic flow for drivers.
Closure of a critical gap in the bike lanes along the corridor between Chillum Place NE and Blair Rd NW to connect to the Metropolitan Branch Trail (MBT).
• Upgraded bike lanes between Blair Rd NW and Longfellow NW to protected bike lanes as a safety and traffic calming improvement.
When complete, the Kansas Ave NW Protected Bike Lane Project will create a safe and comfortable connection between the several schools in the neighborhood to the newly completed Metropolitan Branch Trail (MBT) extension.
The Fort Totten to Takoma extension of the MBT crosses Kansas Ave at Blair Rd and now provides a trail connection from the neighborhood 5.3 miles south to Union Station.
The cumulative effect of all of the improvements will be a safer street with fewer crashes and reduced speeding.
Please visit the project website for additional project details at: https://bikelanes.ddot.dc.gov/ pages/kansas-ave-nw. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the DDOT Bikeways Branch Manager Greg Billing at gregory.billing@dc.gov or (202) 873-3756.
EXPLORE! brings dance classes to Art Place this fall provided by Dance Loft+ Moveius Ballet
As part of a limited six-week youth dance series this fall and winter, families can enroll their children in $10 classes that provide an affordable introduction to dance for ages 4 to 8. This offers a structured opportunity to explore dance in a supportive, engaging environment. The pre-ballet and creative movement classes are designed to help children build confidence and creativity through movement.
Classes will take place every Monday offering two 45-minute sessions between 4–6 p.m
● 4:00-4:45 p.m.: Pre-Ballet (ages 4–6) – This class introduces ballet through creative movement, basic technique and imaginative play—building coordination, rhythm and a lifelong love of dance.
● 5:00-5:45 p.m.: Creative Dance (ages 7–9) – This class explores expression, storytelling and musicality through a blend of ballet, improvisation and beginner choreography—all in a supportive, imaginative environment.
Gather at Michigan Park Playground (1203 Wynton Place NE) at 10:30 am for ride to Lost Generation Brewery and enjoy food from Silver and Sons Barbecue food truck.
Next Stop...Riggs Park 