Forest Hills Connection || News and Life in Our DC Neighborhood
Covering Forest Hills, Van Ness, North Cleveland Park and Wakefield
“There seems to be a persistent and pervasive problem in Forest Hills (and neighboring areas) of dog walkers failing to leash their dogs,” Forest Hills neighbor Paul Walters recently wrote in an email to Council member Mary Cheh: This is dangerous for the dog, the owner, and others. A dog’s behavior with people or other […]
by Mary Beth Ray Van Ness Main Street Since 2011, the District has invested substantial time and resources in producing three comprehensive studies* of the Van Ness streetscape’s challenges and potential solutions. For the first time, there’s funding to begin turning those plans into action. The Van Ness Main Street Sustainable Streetscape Subcommittee announces that […]
It’s been three years since the last community meeting on plans to either rehabilitate or move century-old sewer pipes in Soapstone Valley. ANC 3F remains on top of this, and has this update. by Naomi Rutenberg ANC 3F03 Commissioner Erosion by stormwater in Soapstone Valley has exposed sewer pipes and manholes originally buried under stones […]
by Julia Kampelman Stevenson The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is in the process of finalizing details of a years’ long effort to modernize more than 75,000 streetlights – a daunting task. The lights will all be converted to LED technology, the most energy efficient artificial light commercially available, having bulbs that last much longer […]
by Marlene Berlin As DC heads into what’s typically the region’s snowiest and iciest time of year, home- and business owners consider carefully how they’ll keep our sidewalks free of ice. The National Academy of Sciences says our rivers and streams are becoming saltier, particularly in the densely-populated east and Midwest. Casey Trees says salt […]
The downpour that turned the east Cleveland Park Metro entrance into a waterfall in summer 2016 focused a lot of attention on the area’s longstanding stormwater runoff problem. One result is a new DDOT plan that proposes to improve drainage and the streetscape at the same time. The plan, DDOT says, aims to “elevate” the […]
Leaf collection begins today across DC. In our part of Ward 3, that meant a busy weekend of raking for those who live east of Connecticut Avenue. For those who live west of Connecticut Avenue, you have another week (if you live north of Nebraska) or two (south of Nebraska) to get ready. You only […]
by Kathy Sykes Large flower pots have been placed in the alley out back of Bread Furst (4434 Connecticut Avenue). And last Sunday, people were invited to “adopt” one. The new caretakers will water, weed and eventually add plants to the containers of flowers and herbs selected to attract pollinators such as butterflies and bees. […]
by Marlene Berlin Ian Maggard, who deals with Ward 3 community relations for the mayor, read our piece on tree watering and emailed me about the new DDOT tree watering web app. I had not mentioned it in the piece because I found it confusing. It provided directions for watering trees only if it had […]
by Marlene Berlin Late Monday, June 12th, as the day’s 95-degree temperature tied the 2002 record for this date, Casey Trees sent an alert reminding residents to water their trees. This is especially critical for any trees planted less than three years ago, and for the trees in the tree box areas in front of […]
