April 2021
Pollinator Planting Along Connecticut Ave
Help Van Ness Main Street bring some color to the corridor and the small businesses along Connecticut. The community is invited to help plant seeds that will become colorful wildflowers, perennials, annuals and milkweed to attract pollinating Monarchs, bees, and birds. Dress in comfortable clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty. Feel free to bring gloves and your favorite gardening tools. This activity will be lead by local Master Gardener, Kathy Sykes. In the event of rain, please join us…
Find out more »Invasive Removal @ Melvin Hazen West
Join the National Park Service and Rock Creek Conservancy for a morning of socially-distant service removing invasive plants from Melvin Hazen West. Masks and registration are required: https://www.rockcreekconservancy.org/what-we-do/upcoming-events#event=41431428
Find out more »Connecticut Ave. Street Gardens Tour
Join Master Gardener Kathy Sykes on two 75-minute walking tours of the Connecticut Avenue street gardens on Sunday, April 25th and Monday, April 26th. The proceeds from each will benefit Van Ness Main Street. The Sunday afternoon tour is for kids and their grownups. The Monday evening tour is for ages 16 and up. On both walks, you’ll learn the names and unique features of some of our native and perennial plants. You will also learn about “keystone plants” that…
Find out more »Connecticut Ave. Street Gardens Tour
Join Master Gardener Kathy Sykes on two 75-minute walking tours of the Connecticut Avenue street gardens on Sunday, April 25th and Monday, April 26th. The proceeds from each will benefit Van Ness Main Street. The Sunday afternoon tour is for kids and their grownups. The Monday evening tour is for ages 16 and up. On both walks, you’ll learn the names and unique features of some of our native and perennial plants. You will also learn about “keystone plants” that…
Find out more »May 2021
Invasive Removal @ Melvin Hazen West
Join the National Park Service and Rock Creek Conservancy for a morning of socially-distant service removing invasive plants from Melvin Hazen West. Masks and registration are required: https://www.rockcreekconservancy.org/what-we-do/upcoming-events#event=41435053
Find out more »WAMU Community Council
The Community Council periodically reviews significant decisions of WAMU 88.5 and advises station management on whether they are meeting the needs of the region. Meetings are held quarterly and are open to the public with time for public comment. Currently all meetings in 2021 will be virtual. The dates of the 2021 meetings are: February 10, May 5, September 8, and December 1 at 6:30 p.m. Learn more at http://wamu.org/community-council/
Find out more »Van Ness Main Street Annual Meeting
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Find out more »Panel: Hattie Sewell’s Place in Peirce Mill’s History
Register here to attend a virtual conversation on a part of Peirce Mill's history: In 1920, an African-American woman named Hattie Sewell applied for a concession to run the teahouse at Peirce Mill. She won the contract, paid a fee of $45 a month, and increased business at the teahouse. But a prominent neighbor, E.S. Newman, complained that Peirce Mill had become "a rendezvous for colored people, soon developing into a nuisance." According to Rock Creek Park's Administrative History, there…
Find out more »Invasive Removal @ Melvin Hazen West
Join the National Park Service and Rock Creek Conservancy for a morning of socially-distant service removing invasive plants from Melvin Hazen West. Masks and registration are required: https://www.rockcreekconservancy.org/what-we-do/upcoming-events#event=41435060
Find out more »September 2021
WAMU Community Council
The Community Council periodically reviews significant decisions of WAMU 88.5 and advises station management on whether they are meeting the needs of the region. Meetings are held quarterly and are open to the public with time for public comment. Currently all meetings in 2021 will be virtual. The dates of the 2021 meetings are: February 10, May 5, September 8, and December 1 at 6:30 p.m. Learn more at http://wamu.org/community-council/
Find out more »December 2021
WAMU Community Council
The Community Council periodically reviews significant decisions of WAMU 88.5 and advises station management on whether they are meeting the needs of the region. Meetings are held quarterly and are open to the public with time for public comment. Currently all meetings in 2021 will be virtual. The dates of the 2021 meetings are: February 10, May 5, September 8, and December 1 at 6:30 p.m. Learn more at http://wamu.org/community-council/
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