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It’s been two months since the Van Ness Days Inn started serving as one of the District’s Covid-19 quarantine sites. We – and Council member Mary Cheh – found out when an NBC4 reporter broke the story on April 19th. And at the April 21st meeting of ANC 3F, Chris Geldart, the incident command lead […]
But first, a quick update on the newest ANC 3F commissioner. The April 21st meeting was ANC 3F’s first ever conducted entirely online, and participants witnessed the first-ever virtual ANC swearing-in ceremony. Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh did the honors, and David Cristeal officially joined the commmission as the representative for 3F01. He is […]
In much of the neighborhood, it’s not terribly difficult to maintain a six-foot physical distance from our fellow pedestrians, or kids on bikes and scooters. The solution can be as simple as stepping into the street. However, even with the drop in vehicle traffic, that solution is less appealing on Connecticut Avenue, for example. Or […]
As we and NBC4 reported this week, the Days Inn at 4400 Connecticut Avenue is one of five hotels operating as Covid-19 quarantine sites in the District. At the ANC 3F virtual meeting on Tuesday, April 21st, a representative of the hotel’s management company said it has been a quarantine site since April 10th. Also […]
ANC 3F’s April 21st meeting will be called to order at 7:30 p.m. as usual. But the venue will be different. The advisory neighborhood commission serving Van Ness, North Cleveland Park, Wakefield and Forest Hills will be hosting its public meeting entirely online for the first time. The agenda below includes an update on the […]
The DC Board of Elections has certified two candidates in the special election for one of the open seats on ANC 3F. Erica Rosenberg and David Cristeal are running to represent single member district 3F01, which runs west of Connecticut Avenue to Wisconsin, and north from Rodman and Quebec Streets to Yuma Street. The district […]
The March 18th update from UDC: The campus plan and community-campus task force meetings have been postponed until further notice. The March 13th update from ANC 3F chairwoman Monika Nemeth: Given the current state of affairs with the emergency, ANC 3F has decided that it is best to cancel the March 17 meeting out of […]
Attention voting residents of North Cleveland Park and south Van Ness: No one turned in nominating petitions for your open ANC 3F07 seat in the last round. Now is the time to get a representative on this elected body that carries “great weight” with DC policymakers. Here’s information about the seat and how to run. […]
UDC is an anchor of Van Ness and commands a large and expanding presence here. In addition to its main Van Ness campus and the law school at 4340 Connecticut Avenue, the university holds the master leases at 4250 and 4225 Connecticut. UDC’s three-year lease of 4250 Connecticut gives the university the option to purchase […]
WAMU reporter Martin Austermuhle was at the ANC 3F meeting where a vice president of Potomac Foods announced that the guitars, the concert and movie posters, and yes, E.T. are going away in the exterior and interior renovation of the Van Ness Burger King. Read more about it here. We’re pursuing details on the renovation […]
