Ward 5 Technology Meeting hosted by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer

We are hosting a community meeting on behalf of the Office of the Chief Technology Officer around the Connect.DC program on Tuesday at the Trinidad Recreation Center. We would appreciate your help spreading the word and welcome you to attend as well.

Connect.DC created the Connected Communities Initiative (CCI) to increase Internet access and use by residents, businesses and community institutions in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods in the District of Columbia. The first phase of CCI began by focusing on neighborhood clusters--“digital footprints”--in Ward 7 and 8 and we are planning to expand the initiative to other neighborhoods over the next year.

We are inviting residents and community leaders to share their thoughts about how they currently use technology and provide feedback on ways to get more people in their neighborhoods to use it. This community conversation will also give participants an opportunity to ask the Connect.DC team questions about current programs and join our efforts to bring tech training and access to all DC residents.

WHEN

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

WHERE

Trinidad Recreation Center-1310 Childress Street NE, Washington, DC

RSVP

 http://ward5tech.eventbrite.com.

Join us tomorrow!

That's right -- the monthly Edgewoodcleanup is tomorrow, August 6, @ 10:30 AM. Meet by Edgewood Rec. Center -- 3rd and Evarts St. NE. Nice weather to help our beloved area look nice.

Gloves and bags are provided. Free refreshments and cook-out for volunteers 11:45ish, including Michael's soon-to-be famous chicken wings! Friends of Edgewood sponsors this easy volunteer activity -- the first Saturday of every month. Come meet friendly neighbors, clear litter from sidewalks, and chat about local news and events.

If you can't make it, tidying outside your house helps everyone too. If you have questions, just ask cleanup founder and ANC 5E10 Commissioner sally.hobaugh@gmail.com.

Friends of Edgewood Rec. Center, a 501c3 nonprofit 

Doing Good in the Neighborhood

Office of the Clean City Adopt-a-Block Partners, & DC DPR Community Garden Park Partners

www.friendsofedgewoodrec.org

Cleanup tomorrow, & happy hour save the date

April showers bring... May showers?! At least dry weather returns this weekend.

Join this month's neighborhood cleanup: TOMORROW, Sat. May 7, @ 10:30-11:30 AM. Meet by Edgewood Rec. Center: 3rd and Evarts St. NE. 

Gloves and bags are provided. Just show up, say hi, and walk around a few blocks. Friends of Edgewood sponsors this easy volunteer activity -- the first Saturday of every month, regardless of weather. Come meet friendly neighbors, clear litter from our sidewalks, and chat about local news and fun upcoming events.

Helping only takes an hour, but if you can't swing that, tidying outside your house helps everyone too! If you have questions, just ask cleanup founder Commissioner sally.hobaugh@gmail.com. 

P.S. -- save the date for a fun wing-errific happy hour friendraiser at Boundary Stone on Wednesday, May 18th. All events are public, and everyone's invited. See you around!

Friends of Edgewood Recreation Center, Inc., 501(c)(3) 

Doing Good in the Neighborhood

DC Office of the Clean City Adopt-a-Block Partners

www.friendsofedgewoodrec.org

Edgewood Recreation and Park Development

Please spread the word and join your neighbors for this meeting to voice your wishes for our new recreation spaces. 

DHCD Meetings on Affordable Housing

Neighborhood Watch Meeting, November 10th at 7:00 p.m.

Monday, November 10th - 7:00 p.m.

NEW LOCATION!

601 Edgewood Street NE - Building Lobby

Be Informed. Be Connected. Be Involved.

Our Neighborhood needs YOU.

Tell your neighbors and bring your friends!

Garden Barter Festival September 21st

Nearby Wangari Gardens is hosting a barter festival on September 21st and you need to sign up by the 14th.  More information is available on their blog with the link below:

http://wangarigardens.wordpress.com/2014/09/06/recruiting-barterers-for-our-barter-festival/

Help Build a Playground!

Signup information is posted!

For prep days:

http://www3.signupgenius.com/mobile/index.cfm?action=signups.signup&URLID=10c0449aaad2ca1fb6-kaboom1

For build day:

http://www3.signupgenius.com/mobile/index.cfm?action=signups.signup&URLID=10c0449aaad2ca1fb6-kaboom

More information:

Sign up for playground build day! View this email in your browser The Inspired Teaching School at 200 Douglas St is getting a new KaBoom! playground, and we need YOUR help! Greetings from the Inspired Families Association! The Inspired Families Association (IFA) is the PTA / PTO organization of the Inspired Teaching School, and we are THRILLED to move to our permanent home in the Edgewood community. We recently got word that our school has been chosen as a site for a brand new KaBoom! playground, and we are looking for volunteers to help make Build Day a success! Our KaBoom! build's sponsor, the National Corporation for National and Community Service, will provide us with the bulk of the day's volunteers, but we are looking for ONE HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS to help out on Build Day. Volunteers do not to be skilled in construction or have any special tools; they just have to be enthusiastic, energetic, willing to work, and have fun, fun, fun! (And be at least 16 years of age). What are some of the jobs you might do on build day? Mix cement, put together playground equipment, direct volunteers, paint, build benches, help with side projects, and haul mulch... LOTS of mulch :) We also have a limited number of volunteer slots available on the Planning Committee for people who want to help with volunteer recruitment and registration, food, public relations, and logistics. Join us as an individual or come with an entire team. Ask your company if they will give hours worked credit for volunteering on this day as part of the September 11National Day of Service & Remembrance. We are looking for 100 volunteers for this project, and everyone must be pre-registered. We’ll provide breakfast, lunch, beverages, and music, along with an opening and special closing ceremony at 2:30PM. The build will happen RAIN or SHINE!   SIGN UP FOR BUILD DAY NOW! http://bit.ly/itsbuildday OTHER VOLUNTEER NEEDS BUILD PREP DAYS On September 8, 9, and 10 we are looking for 20 volunteers to help to prepare the site for Build Day. Can you volunteer on one of those days? PLEASE SIGN UPFOR PREP DAYS http://bit.ly/itsbuildprep BUILD CAPTAINS 3-4 skilled builders are invited to become Build Captains to take on a leadership role on September 11. If you can serve as a Build Captain, please contactallison.acosta@gmail.com   PLANNING COMMITTEES We need volunteers to serve on the following committees. If you interested in helping with any of these, please contact allison.acosta@gmail.com FOOD (help secure food, beverage, paper goods, and develop plan for serving food) LOGISTICS (transportation, electricity source, tables, tents, chairs, signage, recycling plan, etc) PUBLIC RELATIONS (recruit DJ & photographer, invite media & VIPs, send press releases, etc) RECRUITMENT & REGISTRATION (recruit volunteers, build captains, create registration process) We look forward to getting to know our neighbors & working together for many years to come!   BUILD DAY SEPTEMBER 11 8AM-3PM PREP DAYS SEPTEMBER 8-10 8AM-3PM OTHER VOLUNTEER ROLES CONTACT allison.acosta@gmail.com Share Tweet Forward Facebook Website BUILD DAY IS LESS THAN 3 WEEKS AWAY!  Please make your plans to be there on Build Day and REGISTER NOW! Copyright © 2014 Inspired Families Association, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have a student at the Inspired Teaching School. Our mailing address is: Inspired Families Association 200 Douglas St NE Washington, Dc 20011 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

Edgewood Neighborhood Cleanup: tomorrow at 10:30 AM

Happy November, Friend of Edgewood, and we hope you had a fun Halloween.

Tomorrow (Saturday, November 2) is the monthly Edgewood neighborhood cleanup.

We meet in front of the Rec. Center at 300 Evarts St. NE at 10:30. The cleanup is sponsored by the Friends of Edgewood Recreation Center and occurs the first Saturday of each month at this time and location.

Bags and gloves are provided, and friendly neighbors just pick up trash around the neighborhood including the rec center while chatting about local news or whatever, then afterwards (noonish) we meet back at the Rec for a little cookout, with free refreshments (including hot dogs and veggie dogs) for volunteers. This is a great way to meet your neighbors and show pride in our community!

You're cordially invited to join us, even if you only have a little time and can't stick around for lunch, or just want to say hi at the beginning. If you can't come out at all, keeping your block clean (or even just the area around your house) helps us cover more areas!

If you have questions, please contact Sally Hobaugh at sally.hobaugh@gmail.com -- thanks, and we hope to see you,

Friends of Edgewood Recreation Center

c/o Walter Tersch, Treasurer

Recap Shaed School Building Surplus Meeting

The meeting was packed into the small field house that we call the Edgewood Recreation Center- it was crowded, hot and hard to hear so I was not there for the whole meeting and did not hear everything said while I was there either.  If you had a better seat or were able to hear more please add your input in the comments for this post.

The general message from DGS is that DCPS has released the building and any charter schools that are interested in using it have until August 30th to file an application.  While I was told in the past that there were no charter schools interested it seems that now there are including some Montessori schools.  The first rights for the building go to a charter school.  I know that there are quite a few families with young children (or children on the way) in the neighborhood that would love to be able to walk their children to a Montessori school.  In fact some neighbors have moved because of the lack of quality schools in our neighborhood.  While there is a whole separate debate about charter schools and what they mean for our school system I do not feel the need to engage in that and simply want to support what is best for our community.  A great school that we can walk to would be a terrific amenity.  That said the push should be to get a great school and then to ensure that there is a neighborhood priority for enrollment.  It does us no good to get a great new charter school and then be unable to get neighborhood children enrolled in it!!

There was also a lot of loud opposition to a charter school and talk of use of the building for a recreation center.  The idea of making a community center (one that I have been advocating for over the years) out of the building that includes DPR use as well as nonprofit use and programming would be a community amenity whose value would be immense if run properly.  But if that cannot be done as there may be a new school going into the school building then the community needs to come together and demand that we still get an improved recreation center and programming.  There is no reason that we cannot have both a great school and a new recreation center.  The land use for the Edgewood neighborhood is poorly designed and maintained with proper planning we could keep our outdoor space and create a new recreation center with indoor space as well.  Within the past five years there was $14-15 million in the DC budget to do just that but that money was moved to another community.  We need to fight to get the money back in the budget and create the space that can be enjoyed by all ages.

I did hear the people in the front of the meeting say they need to hear from the community about what we want-  my thoughts on this is that they are just not listening!!  For years many different people and groups, myself included, have been advocating for improved recreational facilities and programming in the Edgewood neighborhood and it is time the city takes action! 

Please contact CM McDuffie and ensure that he is taking action and supporting our needs!  He needs to be a leader on this issue!

Art on 8th: Dance Place continues its series of free creative events throughout September, 2013

Dance Place in partnership with CulturalDC and Monroe Street Market expands its indoor dance performance series with interdisciplinary arts events entitled Art on 8th, which include events in the NE and NW quadrants of Washington, DC. 

Art on 8th is designed to bring people of all ages, backgrounds and interests together to enjoy and experience interactive programs of music, dance and visual arts.

All events are free, open to the public. September 2013 events in the Art on 8th NE program take place on 8th Street North East on the Arts Plaza and Dance Place’s Studio 21 on the Arts Walk at Monroe Street Market and at Dance Place, 3225 8th Street NE.

 

Art on 8th NE September Calendar

September 5 at 6:30pm: Freddie Dunn Quartet: Live Jazz Quartet
September 6 at 7:00pm: DC Casineros: Cuban Salsa
September 7 at 12:30pm: Arts and Crafts with Luis Peralta

September 12 at 6:30pm: Leonardo Lucini: Brazilian Jazz
September 13 at 6:30pm: Coyaba Dance Theater: African Dance
September 14 at 12:30pm: Arts and Crafts with Luis Peralta

September 19 at 6:30pm: Duende Quartet: Smooth Latin Jazz
September 20 at 6:30pm: DC Casineros: Cuban Salsa
September 21 all day: Brookland Arts and Family Day

September 26 at 6:30pm: Vibe Collective: Afro-Cuban Improv Jazz
September 27 at 5:30pm: Freddie Dunn and Carla Perlo: Live Jazz and participatory hooping
September 28 at 12:30pm: Arts and Crafts with Luis Peralta

Art on 8th NE continues until October 26, 2013, featuring music on Thursday evenings, interactive dance concerts with dance sessions on Friday evenings and arts/crafts workshops on Saturdays.

Art on 8th NW continues on October 26,2013 with activities supporting the forthcoming Dancing the Dream exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery.

 

About the Art on 8th Program

The Art on 8th program is made possible by funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town program, as well as partnerships with CulturalDC, Monroe Street Market (Bozzuto Group/Abdo Development), the National Portrait Gallery and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

Dance Place's Art on 8th is part of the organization's Program Enhancement Fund, a $500,000 multi-year initiative to offer expanded free community arts and cultural programming. The Program Enhancement Fund is an integral aspect of Dance Place'sMoving Forward campaign, which also includes renovations the Dance Place's facility and enhanced operational reserves. 

 

About Dance Place

Founded in 1980, Dance Place builds a community of artists, audiences, and students through high quality performances, commissions, training and educational program. We are committed to enriching the field of dance locally, nationally and internationally. Our thriving arts campus serves as an anchor in the development of our Brookland neighborhood in Washington, DC.

From August 2013 until March 2014 the Dance Place theater on 8th Street NE will be closed for major renovations. During that time Dance Place’s performance program will continue in other venues around DC, including Monroe Street Market Arts Plaza, the National Portrait Gallery, Atlas Performing Arts Center, the Arts Club of Washington DC and the Betts Theatre at the George Washington University. Dance Place will maintain its full program of adult and kids dance classes at the Brookland Artspace Lofts, and The Edgewood Arts Building on the corner of 8th Street NE and Monroe Street.     

 

WHAT: Art on 8th NE September Calendar of Events
WHO: Dance Place in partnership with CulturalDC and the Monroe Street Market
WHEN: Every Thurs – Sat during September 2013
WHERE:  Various locations on 8th Street NE. Check the schedule for exact location of each event.
TICKETS: All events are free and open to the general public.

For more information visitwww.danceplace.org or call (202) 269-1600

Edgewood Neighborhood Cleanup Tomorrow

Just wanted to send out a reminder that tomorrow is the Edgewood Neighborhood monthly cleanup. The group meets in front of the Edgewood Rec Center at the corner of 3rd and Evarts NE at 10:30 a.m. The cleanup is sponsored by the Friends of Edgewood Recreation Center and occurs the first Saturday of every month same time and location. The group picks up trash around the neighborhood including the rec center and has a cookout afterwards.

This is a great way to meet your neighbors and show pride in our neighborhood!

If you cannot come try and cleanup around your block today or tomorrow morning so we can cover more areas!!!

Shaed School

Hello Ward 5 Residents,

 As you know, the Hamilton and Shaed School properties have sat vacant for quite some time.  On July 15, the Department of General Services (DGS) issued a Request for Offers (RFO) for the sites.  The deadline for the RFO is on August 14. 

 Public input is important and is received at several points during the RFO process. On July 11, DGS held a public hearing on the surplus of the Hamilton and Shaed Schools. An additional hearing on the surplus of the Shaed School property will be held on August 21.

Finally, on August 20, DGS has scheduled a hearing to provide residents with an opportunity to hear from parties who submit bids on the Hamilton property. A similar meeting for the Shaed School should be scheduled shortly and our office will circulate a notice as soon as we receive the information.

Please see the details for the hearings below:

 

SHAED SCHOOL

 

DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES

 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS REGARDING

SURPLUS RESOLUTIONS PURSUANT TO D.C. OFFICIAL CODE 10-801

 

The District will conduct a public hearing to receive public comments on the proposed surplus of the following District properties. The date, time and location shall be as follows:

 

Properties:      Square 3552, Lot 0816 – 301 Douglas Street, NE (“Shaed Elementary School Building”)

 

                                               

Date:                    August 21, 2013

Time:                   6:00 p.m.

Location:          Edgewood Recreation Center

REMINDER: Edgewood Neighborhood Cleanup Tomorrow

Just wanted to send out a reminder that tomorrow is the Edgewood Neighborhood monthly cleanup. The group meets in front of the Edgewood Rec Center at the corner of 3rd and Evarts NE at 10:30 a.m. The cleanup is sponsored by the Friends of Edgewood Recreation Center and occurs the first Saturday of every month same time and location. The group picks up trash around the neighborhood including the rec center and has a cookout afterwards.

This is a great way to meet your neighbors and show pride in our neighborhood!

If you cannot come try and cleanup around your block today or tomorrow morning so we can cover more areas!!!

Friends of Edgewood Recreation Meeting

Date: July 3, 2013

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Location: Edgewood Recreation Center, 3rd and Evarts, NE

The Friends of Edgewood Recreation is a community group focused on enhancing the Edgewood Field House and surrounding community. Our projects have included the Edgewood community garden; monthly trash pickups; drum classes; gardening classes; and sponsoring events at the Edgewood Field House. Ideas are always welcome! Items currently on the Agenda: July 6th monthly cleanup and bbq; Edgewood garden; Edgewood sidewalks upgrade petition. 

The Friends of Edgewood Rec's monthly meeting takes place the first Wednesday of every month from 7:00-8:00 at the Edgewood Recreation Center (meeting in the park) at the corner of 3rd and Evarts, NE.

Casey Trees Summer Almanac

Please see the message and link below to the Casey Trees Summer Almanac!  It is a great resource for how to take care of our DC trees during this time of heat and humidity.

Wanted to share our new Summer Almanac and encourage you to share with your readership – the hotter and hotter temperatures mean that the Summer Solstice was right on time and it’s incredibly important to get the word out about proper watering and tree care specific to the summer conditions. Feel free to check it out here:

http://caseytrees.org/blog/announcing-the-summer-almanac-for-2012/

Neighborhood Safety Walks

Today the Friends of Edgewood is having a neighborhood safety walk with MPD at 6:30 pm. This had already been planned before the incidents on the trail. We are gathering at the Pizza Mart on 4th and RI Ave NE . We are walking up to the Edgewood Rec and then up to Edgewood Terrace. Please come out and join us!

Then, on Monday at 6:30 pm the Friends of Edgewood is teaming up with the Eckington Civic Association, MPD, and the Guardian Angels for a safety walk/ride on the trail. More details to follow.

MID CITY EAST INITIATIVE: JUNE OUTREACH

A portion of Edgewood is included in this plan!  Please give your feedback!

MID CITY EAST INITIATIVE: JUNE OUTREACH

The Mid City East Initiative is a joint effort of the Office of Planning (OP) and District Department of Transportation (DDOT) to holistically plan for transportation, commercial revitalization, redevelopment, historic resources, sustainability and parks and open space. We are currently in the existing conditions phase and will be developing draft recommendations over the summer.  

 

We have created 4 major ways for the public to provide input in June:

 

PART 1: ONLINE ENGAGEMENT

 

We are excited to announce that the Mid City East MindMixer site is going to be updated with a new round of questions on Friday, June 7! That means that there are only a few days left to answer the questions currently on the site. If you haven't visited in a while, check out the new ideas and comments from other Mid City East residents. Make sure to share your vision for your community, your ideas for retail, and much more!

 

Remember to check back this weekend to share your ideas about how to preserve, enhance, and transform your community.

 

See you at engage.midcityeast.com!

 

PART 2: JOIN OP FOR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS

Learn about neighborhood existing conditions and analysis. Help develop small area plan goals.

June 8, 10:30am©\12:30pm

Meeting Focus: Sursum Corda Area (and surroundings)
Northwest One Neighborhood Library, 155 L Street NW

 

June 12, 6:30©\8:30pm

Meeting Focus: Eckington, (portions of) Edgewood
The Summit at St. Martin¡¯s, 116 T Street NE

 

June 20, 6:30©\8:30pm

Meeting Focus: Bloomingdale, LeDroit Park, (portions of) Stronghold
Saint Georges Episcopal Church, 160 U Street NW

 

June 24, 6:30©\8:30pm

Meeting Focus: Bates/Truxton Circle, Hanover
Community Academy Public Charter School,1400 1st Street NW

 

PART 3: DDOT¡¯s MID CITY EAST LIVABILITY STUDY

 

Concurrent with OP's small area planning effort, DDOT is developing strategies for the neighborhood streets of Mid City East to provide safe pedestrian and bicycle  access to transit and community amenities; reduce cut-through traffic and speeding on local neighborhood streets; and enhance landscaping to minimize stormwater runoff.

Design on the fly!

Due to the residual impacts of Hurricane Andrea, the DDOT mobile design van scheduled for Friday, June 7 will now occur on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12with the identical schedule of stops.  Design sessions scheduled for Saturday, June 8 WILL CONTINUE AS PLANNED.

 

Saturday, June 8, 2013

1.       Morning (8-10am) ¨CR Street & Florida Ave. NW

2.       Late morning (10am-noon) ¨C First & Rhode Island NW

3.       Noontime  (noon-2pm)¨C 2^nd &  V Street  NW Park

4.       Early afternoon (2-4pm) ¨CMet Branch Trail @ R St. NE

5.       Late afternoon (4-6pm) ¨C Post Office at Rhode Island and 6^th Street NW

 

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

6.       Morning (8-10am) ¨C North Capitol and N Street NE

7.       Noontime (11am-1pm) ¨C N Street NW bn New Jersey and First St  NW

8.       Early Afternoon  (2-4pm)¨CT Street & Summit NE

9.       Rush Hour  (5-7pm)¨CRhode Island & 5^th NE

 

PART 4: OFFICE HOURS

Have an informal one-on-one with OP in your neighborhood and share information about the plan.

 

June 13, 4:30pm ©\7:30pm: Northwest One Neighborhood Library, 155 L Street NW

June 17, 4:30pm ©\7:30pm: Harry Thomas Sr. Recreation Center, 1743 Lincoln Road NE

June 26, 4:30pm ©\7:30pm: Uncle Chips,1514 North Capitol St NW

June 27, 4:30pm ©\7:30pm: Park at LeDroit

June 28, 4:30pm ©\7:30pm: Windows Caf¨¦, 101 Rhode Island Ave NW

 

For more information visit the planning website at www.midcityeast.com or contact:

Joyce Tsepas
Office of Planning
Small Area Plan Project Manager
joyce.tsepas@dc.gov 
202-535-1556

Gabriela Vega
District Department of Transportation
Livability Study Project Manager
gabriela.vega@dc.gov 
202-478-1458

 

 

Single Member District 5E01 Meeting

Single Member District 5E01 will host an informative 2 hour session on       

     

           'News you can use'

   Several private and government representatives will be in attendance

When: Saturday, June 15, 2013

Where: Trinity College, 125 Michigan Avenue NE; O'Connor Hall

Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Light lunch will be provided. 

Edgewood Garden Workshop this Saturday at 10:30

Please see the message below- I have some pretty good sized tomato and bean plant seedlings I am donating for take home to those that come out!

Greetings Edgewood Neighbors,

Our second Garden Workshop of the summer will be this Saturday, June 8th at 10:30am at the garden (3rd and Evarts St. NE). Come learn how to start your own backyard garden. It's easier than you think! 

Have space in your yard and like the idea of fresh veggies from the garden but just not sure how to get started? 

Garden volunteer and neighbor Monique Sullivan will walk through how she turned her backyard parking pad on 2nd St. NE into a vegetable garden. 

Bring a notepad and we'll plan out your fall or next summer garden on the spot!

Please RSVP to edgewoodcg@gmail.com. 

The Edgewood Garden Crew