Up for grabs: some rather large spheres. The word on the Main Street is that preparations at 4250 Connecticut Avenue for the arrival of MOM’s Organic Market in early 2023 include moving the main entrance for the building’s offices to the center courtyard. And that will require moving a sculpture grouping that now occupies the […]
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Neighborhood August to-do list: Learn about trees, frogs and the moon, and picnic like a Hillwood heiress
Rock Creek Conservancy’s 2022 summer fellows put their own spin on the organization’s community engagement efforts in July, organizing a spoken word performance and a “full moon gathering.” They’re not done yet. On Thursday, August 11th, when the “Sturgeon Moon” will be making an appearance, the conservancy is hosting another gathering and discussion of the […]
Photos: Rock Creek after a heavy rain
by Marlene Berlin According to my rain gauge, we got three inches of rain starting late Saturday, July 2nd and through the night into Sunday. I don’t have to tell you that this is a lot of rain for such a short period of time. And it usually means trees down and flooding along Rock […]
Hearst Pool, DPR’s first outdoor swimming pool in Ward 3, is open
There was no ribbon cutting. No fanfare. Not even an official, celebratory announcement (that we could find). But over Memorial Day weekend, as DPR’s outdoor swimming pools opened for the summer, the new Hearst Pool was among them. The brand new Hearst Pool got a sunny weekend for their grand opening. pic.twitter.com/QXbyVtt6ub — Tenleytown & […]
This Saturday, help start a new pollinator garden and visit local EU-member embassies
For the last several weekends, volunteers from the neighborhood have beautified our area by planting native, pollinator-friendly plants and flowers along Connecticut Avenue in front of businesses, offices and the Montessori school between Van Ness Street Street and Nebraska Avenue. The effort will continue for the next two Saturdays, May 14th and 21st, from 1:00 […]
Updated: On May 6 and 7, celebrate Van Ness Main Street’s accomplishments, and go on world tour
The Van Ness Main Street spring pop-up market has been moved to its May 14th rain date. At Van Ness Main Street’s annual meeting a year ago, UDC’s president – without naming names – teased the pending arrival of MOM’s Organic Market. And we learned how much the community stepped up to support this organization […]
Plan your Saturday: Forage at the reopened UDC farmers market; Remove an invasive plant (and maybe eat it too)
The weather forecast for the last day of April looks sunny and lovely. We have a couple of ideas for getting out in the neighborhood to enjoy it. John Burwell, one of the official caretakers of the rehabbed Linnean Stream, is a certified Weed Warrior who is leading a volunteer group removing invasive garlic mustard […]
DC Water’s Soapstone sewer rehab contractor has started tagging trees and conducting other on-site, pre-construction work
At the ANC 3F meeting in January, commissioners passed a resolution urging Mayor Bowser and the National Park Service to pause permits for the project, and requested that the various agencies involved bring in a third-party expert to review the environmental and human health impacts of DC Water’s chosen method of relining the 110-year-old sewer […]
At Feb. 1 virtual meeting, MPD 2D commander and DC behavioral health agency officials to speak on “uptick of complaints” in apartment buildings
Officers from Metropolitan Police Department’s Second District and representatives of DC’s behavioral health agency will appear on a virtual panel this Tuesday. 2D CAC Chair Sarah Bever wrote in the meeting announcement (below): During the last few years 2D has experienced an uptick of complaints about behavioral health issues in public spaces and apartment buildings…. […]
MPD referred three Van Ness apartment buildings to DC AG’s “nuisance” property office
The commander of the Metropolitan Police Department’s Second District has reported three Van Ness and Forest Hills apartment buildings to the division of the Office of the Attorney General that handles “nuisance” properties because they have not implemented recommendations that could curtail problems that lead to many police service calls. At a December 16th public […]