Come out and learn about what ward 5 schools have to OFFER!

The time is almost here for our first annual Meet and Greet the Principals of Ward 5.  We are very excited to present this opportunity to the community.  If you are interested in learning more about the educational opportunities in the community please come to Lamond Riggs Library tomorrow night for a great event!

Don't forget to RSVP at: W5COE.ORG/JULY2015EVENT

Summer food gardening class in Ward 5 - starts April 18!

Please help spread the word - NFI's Summer Food Gardening Course still has spaces still available!  

All sessions are taught at our Fort Totten Garden.

No prior experience is necessary! Total beginners are welcome – as are growers with some experience who want to take it to the next level.

Our all-inclusive summer gardening course begins Saturday, April 18. Expert instruction, your own garden plot, and all materials are provided.

April 18 – August 8, from 10:00am -12:00 noon

Session Topics:

• Planning your garden & basic soil needs
• Transplanting and seeding
• Mulching, irrigation
• Pruning, thinning, staking
• Organic pest management
• Composting
• Plant disease identification and treatment
• Weeding & good maintenance
• Harvesting techniques
• Class wrap-up
• + Weekly staffed hours for questions

Tuition assistance is available.
Space is limited - register today!

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Neighborhood Farm Initiative

202.505.1634
Zone 7A • Chesapeake bioregion

Collaborative, sustainable 
cultivation of food in urban spaces

www.neighborhoodfarminitiative.org

Ward 5 Going Solar! Join the movement!

Please see the notes from the recent meeting and see how you can join your neighbors in creating your own solar power!

Momentum is building for a Ward 5 solar bulk purchase.   A group of interested homeowners met for a third informational session with Anya Schoolman of DC SUN (DC Solar United Neighborhoods) to learn about solar photovoltaic (solar electric panels) for our homes, what it takes to come together as a group to purchase them for our homes, what the installation process is like, and what incentives are available.

First, some background:  DC SUN is a not-for-profit group of ward based solar co-ops.  A solar Co-op is essentially a loosely affiliated group of neighbors who decide to purchase solar electric systems for their houses together to save money.  Once the solar bulk purchase is complete, they can remain affiliated to discuss any issues they are having with their solar systems, or for any other reason.  Leaders of every neighborhood group meet a few times a year to discuss city-wide issues.  There are only two semi-permanent staff members of DC-SUN (Anya Schoolman and her assistant Emily); among other things they organize and promote solar bulk purchases in neighborhoods and wards in DC.

This year they have already done a Petworth bulk purchase and a Capitol Hill bulk purchase.  What exactly does a bulk purchase entail?

A bulk purchase requires at least 20 households from a neighborhood or ward to come together to decide to purchase solar panels for their homes from one solar installer.  DC-SUN does the majority of the legwork to make this happen.  They meet with interested neighbors as many times as is required to provide information about solar electric systems and discuss the purchase process.  People who are seriously interested in purchasing solar systems with the group are then asked to sign up for the purchase process.   Those who are interested are asked some questions about their homes (like “what is the condition of your roof”) and DC-SUN will pre-screen your property using Google Earth to verify that your house is not shaded.  If you don’t pass the pre-screening process you might not be able to participate in the group but DC-SUN will still offer advice as to what you might be able to do to make your home ready for solar.  The survey you are asked to fill out when signing up for the bulk purchase also asks about your preferences regarding the installer, for example, are you concerned mainly about price, or US made panels, or DC-based installers, etc.

Once 20 people are signed up and pass the initial screen, DC-SUN issues an RFP (request for proposals); any solar installer in the area can submit bids.  Any member of the group can then join the selection committee; this committee meets and pores over all the bids.  They take into account the preferences of all the members of the group based on responses to the sign-up surveys and select one installer. Even after an installer is selected, the bulk purchase group remains open for one month, any interested households in the neighborhood can still join in and take advantage of the negotiated discount.

That installer then goes to each home that has signed up for the process, does a final inspection of the property, and if everything is good to go, signs a contract with the homeowner for installation of a system.  The installer takes care of all paperwork and permits that the city and PEPCO require.  They install the system and you’re done.

Why do this as a group?

1) Bulk purchase discount.  This is like going to Costco or Sam’s Club to buy your solar system; you are purchasing the systems as a group so the installers are able to offer you a discount.  Why?  They are concentrating on one neighborhood at a time, so they don’t have to waste time and energy traveling all over the city.  They do not have to go house to house offering estimates only to lose out to another installer; they bid on the process knowing which houses are interested but they don’t spend hours of labor to lose out on the process to another installer; this reduces their cost.  DC-SUN estimates that we will receive at least a 20% discount but participants in recent bulk purchases in other neighborhoods in DC have received significantly higher discounts.

2) DC SUN will support you through the process.  They are well known in the community, having helped hundreds of households in DC install solar systems.  They have significant clout with the DC government and with solar installers.

 

3) Neighbors can support each other through the process as well.  This can not only be helpful when going through the installation process, but say for example 5 neighbors determine that they would like to upgrade the windows in their homes to complement their new solar system….theycan band together to look for a contractor that can install the windows and maybe secure their own bulk purchase discount.  This would be done independently of DC-SUN since DC-SUN concentrates solely on solar.

What incentives are available?

Over its 20-25 year lifetime, a system will generate thousands of dollars worth of electricity.  The value depends on the size, and since it’s not something you receive up front, it’s hard to talk about in regard to financing a system, but know that it’s thousands of dollars.

1)

1:1 net metering.  What does this mean?  Once your system is installed, it is tied into the grid.  Whenever you generate more electricity than you produce, your electricity flows through your meter, out to the grid and powers someone else’s house or business.  You get a credit for every kWH (kilowatt-hour) that your system provides to the grid.  When your system produces less electricity than you need, you consume electricity from the grid and are charged for it.  At the end of the month PEPCO figures out how much you sent to the grid and how much you took from it, and only charges you for the difference between what you took from PEPCO and what you gave them.  Sounds obvious, but in some jurisdictions this is NOT the case.  Fortunately in ours it is.
On a related note, a solar installer cannot install a system that provides more electricity than you will consume over a year.  This will likely not be an issue for most people due to the limited size of DC roofs.

2)

DC Grant. This is on hold.  Up until the end of last fiscal year DC was allowing people to continue to sign up for the waiting list for a relatively small grant for homeowners who install solar systems.  It MAY be resurrected in the spring, but don’t count on it in your calculations.

3)

Federal Tax Credit.  You receive 30% of the total cost of the system when you do next year’s taxes.  You still have to pay up front for the system but when you file your tax return, you will receive a 30% CREDIT (not a deduction) from the federal government.  It is not available for rental houses, but if you have a rental you may have other incentives at your disposal like accelerated depreciation or other things that I know nothing about.

4)

The most complicated incentive is the SREC or Solar Renewable Energy Credit.  The easiest way of thinking about this is whenever you generate solar electricity from your system, you are also generating an abstract “green value” of your electricity.  Through law and regulation, this abstract concept becomes worth something called an SREC.  You can either sign your rights away to all theSRECs your system will ever generate and get a cash payment from your installer (which ends up being a discount applied against the cost of your system).  Right now that up-front one-time cash payment is a little over $1200/kW installed. 

OR, you can keep your SRECs and sell them as they accrue through brokers like SRECtrade.com or solsystems.com.   In the long run it is generally believed that this will get you more money, but is riskier than just taking an up front payment.  Every time your system produces 1,000 kWH of electricity, you get one SREC.

The longer version of the SREC story is that PEPCO is required by DC law to put a certain amount of solar PV production on the grid.  For whatever reason they don’t actually do this, so instead they can buy SRECs tosatisify the solar requirement.  Due to laws/regulations, the value of an SREC should hold steady until 2016, after which it will likely drop in value.

5)

Bulk purchase discount as discussed above.

Example for a 3 KW system:  price before incentives: $13,500
Bulk Purchase discount (20%)  - $2700
SREC upfront payment ($1200/kW):  -3750
Initial upfront cost: $7,505
Federal tax credit (30% of system cost):  -3240

Estimated energy savings in one year $-480

Total cost (after one year): $3,330

 

Other issues:

FUNDING FOR DC-SUN.  Anya was very up front about this – for the first time, for every signed contract the chosen installer will donate $500 to DC-SUN.  This will provide a funding stream for people from DC-SUN to be able to take the time to continue to go to community meetings to promote solar bulk purchases and other solar projects in DC.

 

Community Solar.  A law was recently passed in DC that allows one solar project to provide electricity to multiple consumers in DC.  For example, if you installed a solar system on your house but have 2 units inside the house, you will soon be able to share the electricity between the units.  Or, if you have a condo with a shared roof, some or all of the condo owners could install solar on their roof and share the electricity that the system generates (basically each member would get a credit on their PEPCO bill reflecting the power that the panels have generated).  Or, if you lived in an apartment and you wanted to buy into a large system installed on top of a warehouse, the new legislation will allow you to do so.  This is not quite ready to be implemented yet and doesn’t apply to our bulk purchase since the law was just passed last month, but it will be coming soon.

 

Green roofs.  If you want to go all out and install a green roof and a solar system on your house, you may want to go it alone.  There is one installer in the area that does both.  A green roof is essentially an upgraded roof that has soil and plants on it; it provides added insulation for your house and manages rainwater in a controlled fashion, decreasing pollution.  It is possible to install a green roof and solar panels but it is more difficult and costly.

Electrical systems. Some people expressed concern about the age of their wiring and panel boxes in their house and whether they could handle installation of a solar system. This should not be an issue.  In the worst case scenario someone with a very old electrical panel may need to spend around $500 to upgrade their panel.

Leasing/Financing.  Some installers will offer leases where they own the system, they get all the SRECs, and you buy your electricity from them.  This is probably cheaper than buying from PEPCO but not as financially beneficial in the long run as buying a system outright.  Some installers will offer financing and that can be something the selection committee uses when weighing companies bid’s against each other.

Roof condition.  If you need a new roof, you have two options:  1) you can have a new roof installed prior to solar PV installation; in which case you could still participate in the bulk purchase process or 2) you can go it alone with the one contrator in the DC area (Maggioroofing) who offers a solar integrated roof.  This can be expensive, but offers the benefit of one receipt showing the installation of a solar system integrated into your new roof; supposedly it is completely legal to receive the 30% federal tax rebate on the entire cost of the roof + solar since it’s an integrated system.  If you need a new roof and are interested in the integrated solar roof, it may be worth at least getting a quote from Maggio.

 

What’s next?

We already have 20 households signed up, so in early November DC-SUN will be issuing an RFP, with a goal for a selection committee to form and meet before Thanksgiving.  The goal is then to have the company selected and pricing information be available by the end of November.  Sign up for the process would be open until the end of December and installation would continue until the installer is done with all homes that have signed up.  Those homeowners who sign up earliest will be offered installation first.

 

If you’re ready to sign up, go to:

 

bitly.com/ward5bulkpurchase

 

For more information, check out: https://sites.google.com/site/dcsolarunitedneighborhoods/

You can join their google group which has tons of postings from people in DC who may have already dealt with the issue you want to know more about

If you can’t find answers to your questions there, contactward5@dcsun.org

 

 

Ward 5 Solar Bulk Purchase (Co-Op) Informational Meeting

Please see the message below about getting solar installed at a discount.  I installed solar 3 years ago and generate about 85% of my own power now.  We have great roofs in Edgewood for solar!  

If you are interested at all I highly recommend it and I am always happy to answer questions as well. 

While it's taken a little longer than initially expected, a number of us in Ward 5 have signed up to move forward with a Solar electricity system bulk purchase. Another informational meeting will take place on October 24 at 7pm at the Summit at St. Martins, 116 T St NE. Anyone from Ward 5 or neighboring areas is welcome to attend; information discussed will include what it takes to install solar PVs on your home, what incentives are available, and how and why we can accomplish a bulk purchase. The short answers to these topics are: it's not that difficult, a number of incentives are available, and doing a bulk purchase with your neighbors can help you save a huge amount of money on a solar photo-voltaic electricity system for your house. We are getting close to having enough people signed up to move forward with a bulk purchase of solar electricity systems, so if you're interested in buying a system for your own home, now's the time to check things out. 

If you plan on coming please RSVP toward5@dcsun.org. You can use that address to ask any questions you might have as well.

LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!! Shaed and Edgewood Recreation Center

I ask for all of my neighbors to write to our Mayor and Councilmembers to ask them to support what we have been asking for for years for the Edgewood community.

Please feel free to use my email below to help you with yours!  The more voices they hear from the less likely the will continue to ignore us!

Send your email to these people:

kmcduffie@dccouncil.us; vorange@dccouncil.us,  abonds@dccouncil.us, dgrosso@dccouncil.us, apritchard@dccouncil.us, cwilson@dccouncil.us, jbrown@dccouncil.us, lmobley@dccouncil.us, eom@dc.gov,  one@dc.gov, marchim.williams@dc.gov, francisco.fimbres@dc.gov

Here is my email:

I wanted to write to you to ask for your help with two community concerns in my neighborhood. The Edgewood Recreation Center is a field house with little to no programming and inadequate facilities for the size of our community. For years community groups have advocated for improved facilities and programming at the Edgewood Recreation Center, but the closest we have come to funding was a few years ago when the money was added to the budget and then taken from us and given to another recreation center. A few years ago DCPS decided to shutter our neighborhood school, Shaed Elementary, during their reconciliation efforts. Since then it has remained an empty, neglected building in the middle of our neighborhood.


These two neighborhood issues can be used together to create a solution for both problems and enhance our neighborhood. By using the Shaed Elementary building to create a community and recreation center for the Edgewood neighborhood a true community amenity could be created ridding us of an abandoned building and fixing the lack of resources created by taking the money from the center in previous budgets. Working together with different DC government agencies and non-profits something truly special could be created in our neighborhood that could attract residents from throughout the city. Different programming for all ages and abilities would allow for the building of community and individual development at the same time which should be the goal of any One City venture. Exercise classes, dance classes, sports programming, after school tutoring, job training, community meeting space, computer classes, music classes, health clinics, cooking classes, art classes- I could go on and on with the options.,

Please consider adding funding to the budget to help make this vision a reality fixing the neglect that has occurred over the years and replacing it with something the whole city can enjoy and be a source of pride.

Fall Fest on Rhode Island Ave NE 9/22 - this Saturday - Friends of Rhode Island Avenue (FoRIA)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 14, 2012
Contact: Kyle Todd
202-525-7286

Washington, D.C. – Ward 5 neighborhood non-profit group Friends of Rhode Island Avenue (FoRIA) will hold their inaugural Fall Fest on Saturday, September 22 from noon – 4pm. The festival will take place in front of businesses along the 2000 – 2400 blocks of Rhode Island Avenue, Northeast, highlighting the Great Street of RIA and bringing the Woodridge neighborhood out for an afternoon of fun.

“We’re excited to be working with so many great businesses to hold our first Fall Fest,” said FoRIA Chairman James Holloway. “We encourage all in the community to come out to visit their favorite local businesses or become acquainted with some new ones.”
Numerous local businesses and vendors are participating in the Fest, including Rita’s Flavored Ice, Art Enables, Lace on the Avenue, and Damian Ministries. There will be music, food, and children’s activities happening throughout the afternoon.

“We are asking all attendees to bring non-perishable food to Damian Ministries as they come out to the festival,” said FoRIA President Kyle Todd. “We know that in these tough economic times it’s been tough for churches and food pantries to meet the demand, so we hope that this effort will help them serve those in need as we head into the fall and winter.”

For more information about FoRIA or the Fall Fest, please contact Kyle Todd at info@friendsofria.org.
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Friends of Rhode Island Avenue NE is dedicated to promoting, developing, and enhancing Rhode Island Avenue NE as a culturally, socially, and economically vibrant community in Washington D.C.

Our goal is to raise awareness of the RIA NE corridor and to advocate for its positive redevelopment. We are an all-volunteer organization that offers free membership and welcomes all to participate.

Exciting News for Edgewood and Ward 5

Today I stopped by Chez Hareg to grab some cookies and ran into Hareg herself.  She shared some very exciting news about her business.  She is acquiring a warehouse in Ward 5 off of Mt. Olivet Road NE not far from the intersection of Bladensburg Road because she will soon be selling her cookies in Costco!!!  I am so happy for her as her business keeps growing and anyone who stops by and tastes her pastries knows why!

What makes this even more exciting is she is planning on turning her current location on 4th Street NE into a coffee and sandwich spot!!!  Hareg also talked about her ultimate goal to open a place similar to Tryst!!

So go stop by Chez Hareg- congratulate her, encourage her interest in the coffee/sandwich/Tryst-like shop on 4th Street then treat yourself to some amazing cookies! 

Lots of exclamations points in the post but I think it is because I am just so happy for a local business that keeps growing and all that it means for Ward 5 and Edgewood!

Celebrate National Night Out 2012 with MPD! TONIGHT

Please see the message below about Naional Night Out tonight!

Good Afternoon 5D Community & Stakeholders:

National Night Out 2012 to Kick Off in Fifth District

Rosedale Recreation Center (1701 Gales St, NE) willhave the honors of being the kickoff location for National Night Out. 
(Pool Party, Food, Fun, Music, Special Guests. 6-8pm)

The Fifth District Mountain Bike Officers will also! be riding the Metropolitan Branch Trail.  For moreinformation, visit the list of updated National Night Out Events @
http://www.mpdc.dc.gov/NNO

Yvonne Smith
Office of Community Outreach
Metropolitan Police Department

Councilmem​ber McDuffie Community Engagement Hours

Please see this message about meeting with CM McDuffie in Ward 5.

Councilmember McDuffie is coming soon to a neighborhood near you!

 
The Councilmember has held four community engagement meetings across the ward so far this month. These meetings give the community a venue to voice their concerns and offer constructive suggestions. Constituents who have attended the sessions stated that they like having the opportunity to have a meaningful dialogue with their Councilmember about their concerns and the ward. 

If you haven’t had an opportunity to come out, please join him at one of the following meeting places.


Wednesday, August 8
2:30pm - 4:30pm
Theodore Hagan Cultural Center Multi-Purpose Center
3201 Fort Lincoln Drive, NE

Tuesday, August 28
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Israel Baptist Church - Lower Level
1251 Saratoga Avenue, NE

Jeannette Mobley

Jeannette Mobley
Constituent Services Director
Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, Ward 5
202-724-8028
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20004
jmobley@dcouncil.us

Ward 5 Budget Town Hall

Please see the message below about the Mayor's budget meeting in Ward 5.  This is a good opportunity for us to speak out as a community about the needs we have and need to see filled by the upcoming budget.

Good Afternoon Ward 5,

Please join Mayor Vincent C. Gray and your neighbors for an important presentation on our City's Budget.  It is crucial to have you present, so that we may have the opportunity to share details about the budget that may be of interest to you and your family. Also, we expect several key cabinet and agency directors will be present to answer any questions or concerns regarding other important matters for our community.

We look forward to seeing you there.

With warm regards,

 WHAT: MAYOR’S BUDGET TOWN HALL
WHEN: April 10th, 2012
TIME: 6:30-8:30pm
LOCATION: McKinley Technology High School (151 T st. NE)

 Carl Thomas
Ward 5 Community Liaison

Public Hearing DC Surplus Property: Webb School, 1/23/12

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: Parcel No: 01410047 at 1375 Mount Olivet Road, (“Webb School Building”)

Parcel No: 01600046 at 1401 Brentwood Parkway, (“Young School Building”)

Date: Monday, January 23, 2012
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Trinidad Recreation Center
1310 Childress Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002

Contact: Althea O. Holford, Real Estate Specialist
Department of General Services
202.478.2428 or althea.holford@dc.gov

Ward 5 Community Calendar

Please see this message from fellow Ward 5 resident about a calendar he created to help all of us keep track of the many meetings and events around our ward.

Dear friends and fellow Ward 5ers:


I was having a hard time keeping track of all the community meetings and events in Ward 5, so I thought I would try to help the situation by creating a community calendar:

http://ward5dc.org/

I've got it loaded with all the events I've seen come across the listservs I belong to, but there's a good chance I've missed some things. To submit events to the calendar, just email (or cc on your announcement) to calendar@ward5dc.org. I update it manually, so please forgive any delay in posting.

I'll continue to pull events from listservs as I see them, and I hope to get it set up so people can submit their own events without me having to do it, but for now this is the system I've got. (and I don't expect that people will immediately stop hitting all the ward listservs with event reminders, but hopefully over time that may become less necessary)

Please forward this on to other folks/listservs you know who might be interested. And if you've got suggestions or other thoughts, I'd love to hear them either here on my gmail or at calendar@ward5dc.org.

Thanks!

Nolan Treadway
22nd NE and Lawrence NE
Woodridge

Ward 5 Scholarshi​p

Attention DC public high school seniors:

If you currently reside in Ward 5, you may be eligible to receive an annual $2,000 scholarship for four years (up to $8,000)!

WARD 5 RESIDENTS

To qualify, students must:

Be a DC Public High School Senior

Reside in Ward 5

Be accepted to either a 2-year or 4-year college or university

Have a GPA which ranks in the top 30% of their class

To Apply:

Complete the scholarship application available at http://www.eya.com/scholarship.pdf and send via fax or email to Bomani Johnson at bjohnson@cfncr.org by June 3, 2012.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: JUNE 3, 2012

For questions about the application process, please contact: Bomani Johnson (202) 263-4770 (phone)

Final Ward 5 redistricting Meeting Tonight

Good Morning Task Force,


Our final Redistricting meeting has arrived!

Date: November 14, 2011
Location: 5th District Police Station
1805 Bladensburg Rd NE
Time: 6:30- 8:00 PM

If you have any questions, feel free to contact the Ward 5 Council Office at 202-724-8028

Thank you!

Ward 5 Democrats November Meeting Notice

November 2011 Monthly Meeting Notice

Monday, 28 November 2011

7:00pm

Israel Baptist Church

1251 Saratoga Avenue, NE

Washington, DC

Special Guest Speaker -invited

The Honorable Vincent C. Gray

Mayor

District of Columbia

Special door prize(s) - Two (2) tickets to Washington Redskins v New York Jets, Sunday, December 4, 2011*

(*open to Ward 5 registered Democrats present only)

Ward 5 Redistricting and Edgewood

In case you have missed it there has been a series of posts on Greater Greater Washington the past three days on the Ward 5 redistricting maps and process.  I encourage everyone to read them and comment.

Yesterday they posted a map which the authors of the posts thought would be best for the new ANCs and SMDs in Ward 5.  They have grouped Edgewood with Eckington, Truxton Circle, Bates-Hanover and Bloomingdale.  I think that Edgewood would be better served to be in the same ANC as Brookland.  There are so many projects and developments on the Edgewood/Brookland border and Edgewood is constantly left out of the process.  Many residents in Edgewood think they live in Brookland.  I think that if we were in the same ANC it would allow the Edgewood neighborhood to have better representation and stop the overuse of the Brookland name for the projects/developments that are partially or even wholly in the Edgewood neighborhood.

The thing that I do really like is that Edgewood now has 3 SMDs that are pretty much all in its neighborhood boundaries. This is really a great thing for the neighborhood as before my SMD was half Eckington and half Edgewood in a weird "Z" shape across Rhode Island Avenue NE.  I think that it would also help the Ward 5 ANCs be more even in size and give all of them an odd number of SMDs if Edgewood was with ANC 5C.

Geoffrey Hatchard was kind enough to provide me with a map for this post.  The three Edgewood SMDs are a darker green/blue between the blue ANC 5B and the green ANC 5C.  My thoughts are that we would be better off with the green ANC 5C, but I would really like to hear from fellow Edgewood neighbors on what they think.


What do you think?  Please state in the comments your feelings on where Edgewood should end up in this redistricting process.  Also please email our council member your thoughts and attend the meeting when it is announced.

Ward 5 Great Schools Initiative, September 29th

Ward 5 Great Schools Initiative:

Building Tomorrow Together

DCPS cordially invites all Ward 5 parents, families, staff and community members to join the conversation about middle school and other education initiatives. Share your vision for Ward 5 schools and work with us to expand educational opportunities in your neighborhood schools.

Thursday, September 29th

5:30-7:30

Luke Moore HS Cafeteria

1001 Monroe St. NE

To help us plan childcare and food services,

please RSVP Marie Woodward-Graves at (202) 719-6601

Seminar/Ne​tworking in Ward 5-Finding Your Business a Home, Sept. 26

Ward Five Redistricting Task Force Meeting Tomorrow

Good Afternoon Ward Five Redistricting Task Force!


This email is to serve as a reminder of the upcoming meeting Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 6:30pm which will be held at a new location this week:

Israel Baptist Church
1251 Saratoga Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20018

During this meeting we will recap the last meeting and go over steps to continue effectively in our redistricting process.

Thank you for working for Ward 5!

Art Enables: Call for Local Artists

Art Enables (http://www.art-enables.org/) is looking for artists who live or work along the Rhode Island Ave. NE Corridor. They recently moved to the Woodridge neighborhood (from their previous location on NY Ave)


With the move came more space....a lot more space. They now have a roughly 1200 sq. foot space that they're calling the “Off Rhode Gallery”. It’s the first/ground/basement level of their space- but street level to the alley outback and easily accessible from 22nd st.
 

I would love to go see the space when it is filled with local artists' work.  It is a really cool idea and I am looking forward to visiting the gallery.