A request for community feedback about a feature of Forest Hills Park: The leadership team for Good Clean Fun is seeking community input regarding the Forest Hills Playground sandbox. A public sandbox, when properly maintained, is a wonderful sensory experience for kids. However, ensuring that a sandbox is fun and safe for children requires an […]
Forest Hills Park updates: A dance party, a May 10 cleanup, and getting into the weeds
One recent Sunday, Van Ness Main Street’s Good Clean Fun initiative hosted a dance party at Forest Hills Park. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Van Ness Main Street (@vannessmainst) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Van Ness Main Street (@vannessmainst) And this coming Saturday, May 10th from 9:30am […]
Main Street updates: Playground dance party, pop-up market, pollinator garden walks and annual meeting
NEW: The Forest Hills Park dance party will be held on its rain date: Sunday, April 27th. Babies, let’s boogie. If a toddler dance-off sounds like the best thing ever, head over to Forest Hill Park this Saturday, April 26th between 4 and 6 p.m. Van Ness Main Street is hosting a family dance party. […]
How Forest Hills and Van Ness showed up for the April 5 Hands Off! rally
by Marlene Berlin The Hands Off! DC rally on April 5th was an all-ages affair. As I made my way to the National Mall from the Farragut North Metro station, I noticed several families with children. And as I headed back home, I ran into one of my neighbors. Stephanie had been at the rally […]
Forest Hills Park advocates raise upkeep issues with the District
As maintenance issues at Forest Hills Park and Playground persist, efforts to engage DC agencies are ongoing. The advocacy group Good Clean Fun formed last year to press for fixes, and wrote the following about a walkthrough in December with one agency representative. Lawrence Davin from DC Department of General Services (DGS) joined leaders of […]
School updates: Construction and deconstruction at three campuses; UDC prof up for a Grammy; The Fonz at Murch
We published our previous School Updates roundup at the beginning of the school year. Now, the year is half over for the K-12 and college students in our midst! Here’s some of what’s happening: The Sidwell Friends and Sheridan School expansion projects are under way. We last reported in 2017 on Sidwell’s plans – and […]
A new Forest Hills Park advocacy group forms
Forest Hills Park exists today because people lobbied for a neighborhood play space nearly 90 years ago. The park continues to need advocates, and a Van Ness Main Street-affiliated group is now taking on the task: How about some Good Clean Fun in Forest Hills Park? That’s the name of a new group forming in […]
You never know who you are going to meet on the trail
by Marlene Berlin Meet Meredith. Last Saturday, she taking her humans for a walk on the Western Ridge Trail in Rock Creek Park. They could not stop long to chat; Meredith was eager to continue her hike. And in case you were wondering, those backpacks are cat carriers. One online seller, Travel Cat, even has […]
UDC biomedical engineering researchers are studying dog-walking injuries
It started with a newly adopted dog – and its owner’s back pain. And now, students at the University of the District of Columbia are conducting a study on dog-walking injuries. The dog’s owner, Alexander Peebles, is an expert on human movement biomechanics, and an assistant professor at UDC’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. […]
Exploration: The essence of Edmund Burke School (Sponsored)
In the late 1960s, students and educators alike were calling established educational practices into question. Edmund Burke School’s founders determined that an egalitarian, participatory approach would foster a better school environment. When engaged in their own education, students would become more curious and creative. They would want to explore. Five decades later, active engagement and […]