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The first ANC 3F meeting of 2021 is also the first of a new two-year term. Meeting regulars will see two familiar faces on the Zoom call on Tuesday, January 19th. Monika Nemeth (3F06) and David Cristeal (3F01) ran unopposed for re-election. The other five commissioners are newcomers: Alexandria Appah (3F02), Dipa Mehta (3F03), Stan […]
by Marlene Berlin Ahead of a three-year deadline, the owner of the Burger King franchise in Van Ness is seeking to waive a requirement that it resurface a parking area to allow for stormwater infiltration. The accessory parking lot behind the Burger King and across the alley is zoned for residential use, so every three […]
ANC 3F holds its November meeting on Tuesday, November 17th and the agenda is packed. Some highlights: An update on changes to the proposed Comprehensive Plan which would allow for residential development on Howard University’s Van Ness campus. The owner of the Van Ness Burger King franchise will have an update on replacing the parking […]
Late last week, UDC released the draft UDC Campus Master Plan for 2021-2030, and DDOT revealed an updated environmental assessment of the proposed Broad Branch Road reconstruction project. The UDC campus plan is an important document for the Van Ness commercial area, which needs the vibrancy that a lively and growing student body, activation of […]
On October 5th, the neighborhood was shaken and saddened to learn a recent Virginia Tech grad had been fatally shot at the Shell station at Connecticut and Fessenden. Later that day, reports said police were investigating this and an earlier attack on an Uber driver in Tenleytown, and trying to determine if the two incidents […]
Get ready to hear more about housing affordability in Ward 3 in the coming years. That’s in part because of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s 2019 Housing Initiative, which set a goal of building 12,000 units of affordable housing in the District by 2025, and nearly 2,000 of them in the “Rock Creek West” planning area, which […]
Forest Hills Connection is hosting a virtual forum on Thursday, October 1st for the eight candidates for ANC 3F. And we’re excited to announce that Council member Mary Cheh, herself a resident of ANC 3F, will moderate the discussion. We’ll start the proceedings on Zoom at 7:30 p.m. Connect here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82202682892?pwd=dmw3SE04MzdsU2ZoNjhNOVh6R3dTQT09 Or dial in: 301-715-8592 […]
This is the final installment of our series on the candidates for ANC 3F. We started with the newcomers, publishing statements from Alexandria Appah in 3F02, Dipa Mehta in 3F03, Stan Wall in 3F04, Claudette David and Ryan Keefe in 3F05, and Matt Buechner in 3F07. We’re wrapping up the series with the two incumbents, […]
Whether you’re voting by mail or in person, the last thing we want is for you to look at your ballot and ask yourself, “Who is THAT?” The candidates for ANC are among those everyone should get to know, as their resolutions on matters important to their neighborhoods are given great weight by DC agencies. […]
In early October, ballots for the November 3rd election will start arriving in the mailboxes of registered voters. The names on the ballots will include the candidates for president and at-large members of the DC Council. And, if you live in ANC 3F (which encompasses much of the 20008 Zip code’s northern half), you will […]
