Forest Hills Connection || News and Life in Our DC Neighborhood
Covering Forest Hills, Van Ness, North Cleveland Park and Wakefield
by Mary Beth Ray Mayor Muriel Bowser and a group of about 100 neighbors and civil servants spent Wednesday afternoon walking the Van Ness Connecticut Avenue corridor. She met citizens and merchants, and listened to a broad range of both complaints and creative ideas. Pedestrian and traffic safety, retail vibrancy, affordable housing, beautification, stormwater management […]
Van Ness Main Street did not have to go far to find its next executive director. She has lived in Van Ness for nearly two decades. “We are thrilled that long-time Van Ness resident Gloria Garcia has joined as our second Executive Director,” Sarah Cumbie, the chair of the Van Ness Main Street board, said […]
Residents of Van Ness, North Cleveland Park and south Forest Hills need representatives to serve them at the most local level of DC government: the advisory neighborhood commission. Because David Dickinson’s work has taken him overseas, he has resigned his seat on ANC 3F. The vacancy is not official until the DC Board of Elections […]
But first, the Comprehensive Plan. Now that the public comment period has closed, the DC government is now collecting comments on the proposed amendments to the future land use map from advisory neighborhood commissions only. And at the Tuesday, January 21st meeting of ANC 3F, chair Monika Nemeth says commissioners will vote on a resolution […]
by Marlene Berlin While hiking the Soapstone Trail in mid-December, I noticed a weathered plaster cast of an angel. It was sitting atop one of the many manhole covers that mark the location of the 110-year-old sewage pipe that winds through and about Soapstone Creek. I wondered who had placed it there and welcomed the […]
by Marlene Berlin Since 2016, ANC 3F has had a committee focused on street and sidewalk safety. Its main and ongoing mission is to assess and address the state of streets and sidewalks throughout this part of DC. The new year is expected to bring additional priorities. ANC 3F Streets and Sidewalks Committee members – […]
A month ago, we learned how the farmers market that comes to Sheridan School every Saturday (and some Tuesdays) from June through March manages to produce spring and summer greens in the cold of winter. New Morning Farm’s first newsletter of the new year reveals another trick of the trade: A fall and winter delicacy […]
Rock Creek Conservancy has cleanups scheduled during Martin Luther King weekend and beyond, including invasive species removal at Melvin Hazen East, more invasives work on RCC’s “mini-oasis” project in Melvin Hazen West, and trash cleanup at Peirce Mill. For more events like these and other ways to enjoy the park, check Rock Creek Conservancy’s calendar.
by Marlene Berlin January, for many of us, is a month for cleaning up our lives and our homes. Last year, the KonMari tidying craze gripped the DC area, with furloughed government workers and contractors stuck at home during the shutdown. Apartment Therapy does a “January Cure” every year – a 20-day guide to cleaning […]
A dozen years of pivotal DC history and transformation are now on display at the UDC Student Center Heritage Hall. The Student Center got a bit of a makeover during the break. It looks awesome! #udc1851 #udcfirebirds pic.twitter.com/pRe0j52vCi — UDC Library (@udc_library) January 2, 2020 “Twelve Years That Shook And Shaped Washington: 1963-1975” is an […]
