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Farmers markets return to UDC and Sheridan School on May 1

April 17, 2021 by FHC Leave a Comment

New Morning Farm market and the UDC Van Ness farmers market are both opening for the 2021 season on Saturday, May 1st. Also back for the season: the markets’ social distancing rules and mandatory mask wearing. The New Morning Farm market at Sheridan School (36th Street and Alton Place) will be taking online preorders again […]

Filed Under: Food, Market Finds, News, Van Ness

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Main Street updates: Chevy Chase launch event; “Spring NOW” at Van Ness; Cherry blossoms in Tenleytown; Small biz spotlight in Cleveland Park

March 5, 2021 by FHC Leave a Comment

A roundup of happenings at the Van Ness, Tenleytown, Cleveland Park and brand new Chevy Chase Main Streets. Celebrate the launch of the Chevy Chase Main Street At noon on Thursday, March 11th: Please join the Chevy Chase Main Street for its Virtual Launch Event! Our program will include information about the Main Street’s creation, […]

Filed Under: Chevy Chase, Cleveland Park, Featured, Main Street, News, Tenleytown, Van Ness

Local family medicine and urgent care chain opening a Van Ness location

February 25, 2021 by FHC 3 Comments

by Marlene Berlin Van Ness is getting an urgent care and primary care clinic – its first since Walgreens closed its pharmacy and walk-in clinic at 4225 Connecticut Avenue in 2015. AllCare Family Medicine and Urgent Care will set up shop at 4340 Connecticut, in a 27,000 square foot space that temporarily housed the Cleveland […]

Filed Under: Business, Featured, Main Street, News, UDC, Van Ness

Van Ness Main Street is joining “IllumiNATIONDC” tonight, and you can too

January 20, 2021 by FHC Leave a Comment

We can’t be there to mark the occasion in person, but tonight at 5:30 p.m., DC residents and businesses are being invited to place luminarias or lights in their windows in celebration of the presidential inauguration. The event is called IllumiNATIONDC, and Van Ness Main Street is among those participating. Its contribution is the “Stronger […]

Filed Under: News, Van Ness

Want to find holiday lights? Head to your nearest “Main Street”

December 1, 2020 by FHC Leave a Comment

Commercial corridors in this area and throughout the District are decked out in holiday lights and festive displays this month, some in connection with local Main Streets. The lights serve as a beacon to attract customers to small and local businesses, and as a beacon of hope for better times to come. And of course, […]

Filed Under: Cleveland Park, Forest Hills, Main Street, Nearby News, News, Shop & Eat Local, Tenleytown, Things To Do, Van Ness

The 2020 “Shop-Local Workout:” Covid-19 edition

November 23, 2020 by FHC Leave a Comment

You could call it a Forest Hills Connection holiday tradition. In December 2012, Marlene Berlin combined her love of walking and her enthusiasm for supporting small businesses into our original walking and shopping guide to Van Ness, Forest Hills, Chevy Chase, Tenleytown and Cleveland Park. That morphed into the “Shop-Local Workout,” our annual Thanksgiving week […]

Filed Under: Chevy Chase, Cleveland Park, Forest Hills, Nearby News, News, Shop & Eat Local, Tenleytown, Things To Do, Van Ness

Comp Plan revisions make further proposed changes to future land uses on Howard Law campus

November 16, 2020 by FHC Leave a Comment

by Barbara Kraft Representatives of Howard University met this month with two representatives of a group of Upton Street and Tilden Street neighbors over Howard’s plans for its 22-acre West Campus, which includes its law school, and changes to the future land use designation the Office of Planning (OP) has proposed as part of revisions […]

Filed Under: Around the Neighborhood, News, Real Estate, Van Ness, Zoning

UDC community-campus meeting on Nov. 5 will discuss campus plan, Van Ness retail and enrollment

October 28, 2020 by FHC Leave a Comment

UDC is hosting a virtual meeting of the Community-Campus Task Force on Thursday, November 5th at 7:30 p.m. On the agenda: Enrollment update UDC COVID-19 response Van Ness Campus Master Plan Retail space update (read about the August 5th update) Spring 2020 semester Log into the meeting here or join by phone: 415-655-0003, access code: […]

Filed Under: News, UDC, Van Ness

Van Ness streetscape improvement project moves closer to design phase

October 1, 2020 by FHC 1 Comment

by Marlene Berlin In July 2018, and after considerable effort by Van Ness Main Street, the DC Council allocated $1.5 million dollars in the FY 2019 budget for the design and public engagement phase of a Van Ness streetscape improvement project. It was a long time in coming. The DC Office of Planning and DDOT […]

Filed Under: Featured, Main Street, News, Sustainability, Van Ness

You might get a “charge” out of this Van Ness history lesson from a Washingtoniana librarian

July 31, 2020 by FHC 1 Comment

The DC Public Library’s Washingtoniana collection needed a temporary home during the renovation of Martin Luther King Library. And for a little more than a year, Van Ness provided one. Washingtoniana moved out of its UDC Law School digs at 4340 Connecticut Avenue when DCPL’s lease expired early this year. And in a recent newsletter, […]

Filed Under: History, News, Van Ness

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