500 block of T Street NW in LeDroit Park: violent home invasion

Some stale, but horrifying news:

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/01/crying-teenaged-girl-used-as-lure-for-violent-home-invasion-71967.html

here are the neighborhood events originally scheduled for today, Saturday, 10-29-2011, that are now rescheduled for tomorrow, Sunday, 10-30-2011

a) See this Friday afternoon message from Marc Morgan, President, LeDroit Park Civic Association:

Dear Friends,

Due to tomorrow weather forecast, we are moving the LeDroit OktoberFest and Common Good City Farm fall harvest to SUNDAY, Oct. 30 (11am to 5pm) at the Park at LeDroit.

The LeDroit Park Civic Association
in conjunction with
Common Good City Farm

is hosting a community

OktoberFest
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2011
11am to 5pm

at
The Park at LeDroit
Elm St at 3rd St NW

A community day filled with live music, entertainment, food, fun and games for the whole family
Free and open to the public

Please plan to attend the LeDroit OktoberFest on SUNDAY, Oct. 30

This event is supported by: Howard University, Wells Fargo Bank, Busboys and Poets, Zipcar,
& Nellie's Sports Bar.

For more information, contact Marc Morgan at morgan@morganfordc.com

Common Good City Farm: http://www.commongoodcityfarm.org/
LeDroit Park Civic Association: http://ledroitparkdc.org/
To Volunteer or for Vendor information - email: morgan@morganfordc.com
--
Marc D. Morgan
President, LeDroit Park Civic Association
www.ledroitparkdc.org
202 then 642 - 3914


b) And read this message also sent out late Friday, 10-28-2011:

Due to the weather, we have rescheduled for Sunday, October 30. Hope to see you!!

---------- Forwarded message ----------

Join the Bloomingdale LeDroit Dog Park Association for "Halloween CuteFest: Puppies on Parade" being held on Saturday, October 30, starting at 3:30.

Bring your costumed pooch and join us for cider, cookies and conversation. And, of course, dog treats! Then get your furry friend's photo taken by our volunteer photographer. Don't have a pooch? Bring your kids - they'll love seeing the dressed up doggies. Join us around 4:30 for a short parade around the park and the neighborhood. Hope to see you there!

Location: Park at LeDroit dog park, near 3rd and Elm Sts. NW

This event is part of the LeDroit Park Oktoberfest celebration being held in the park on Saturday, 10/29 from 11-5.

For more information, visit www.bldpa.org .

LeDroit Park and Bloomingdale Community Safety Walk – Wednesday, 10-26-2011

See this message from Bloomingdale resident Jennifer McCann:

COMMUNITY SAFETY WALK
Join your neighbors from LeDroit Park & Bloomingdale

WHEN: Wednesday, October 26th @ 7:00 PM

WHO: You! ... and your children, dogs, friends, etc. All are welcome to come, regardless of where you live. Please consider bringing a flashlight to light up the neighborhood! Officers from the 3rd and 5th Districts of the Metropolitan Police Department will join us.

START: Anna J. Cooper Circle (3rd & T Streets, NW)

Sponsored by: Bloomingdale & LeDroit Park Civic Associations, ANC Commissioners Salatti (5C04), Youngblood (5C03), and Fournier (5C07)

www.LeDroitParkDC.org
www.BloomingdaleDC.org

Washington Post profile of LeDroit Park

See this message from Amy Reinink, author of this Washington Post real estate section article on LeDroit Park, to some LeDroit Park residents:

Just a quick note to let you know the story about LeDroit Park is live on The Post's website -- Legacy and location in LeDroit Park - (http://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/2011/07/08/gIQAgHJWGI_story.html ) -- and that it will appear in this weekend's Real Estate section. Thanks so much again for sharing your knowledge and insight about your lovely neighborhood for the story!

9 minute 'history of LeDroit Park' YouTube video

Here is a cool cross post from the LeDroit Park list:

Neighbors—I don’t believe this video has been posted on the email list before so I thought I would share. I saw this posted on Twitter by a local resident earlier today. She indicated that Bloomingdale resident Smokey Stevens was the narrator. Thanks to @ekarleckert for sharing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hve4OjadzWM

Regards,

Dina

more talk about the firehouse..you know.. the martini sushi pizza tapas waterslide place.

a developers agent vlogs about the firehouse on north capitol

a collection of posts about LeDroit Park, Bloomingdale and Shaw on a real estate site, On The Radar

Officer of Cultural Tourism DC's Neighborhood Heritage Trail

See this message from Bloomingdale Civic Association President Cassandra Costley:


Ledroit Park and Bloomingdale have a wonderful opportunity to become a tour of choice in a city of wonderful touring options. Earlier this month the Executive Committee of the Bloomingdale Civic Association had dinner with Ledroit Park Civic Association president Robert Sullivan, ANC 5-C Commissioner John Salatti, and Jane Freundal-Levy, Chief Program Officer of Cultural Tourism DC's Neighborhood Heritage Trail to discuss how that could happen. Ms. Levy and her assistant explained the process by which Ledroit Park and Bloomingdale can become part of the city's ever expanding network of neighborhood heritage trails.

Those who don't already know about these trails can go to www.culturaltourismdc.org to learn more. Completed trails bring positive attention to the neighborhoods they grace. The process of putting the trails
together brings neighborhoods together to talk, to research, to learn, to listen, and to laugh. Long-time residents get an opportunity to preserve for posterity all the things they have loved about the place they live. Newer residents get a chance to do research on their new home and to meet neighbors they might otherwise never get a chance to befriend. "Building" these trails has given whole communities an opportunity to learn more about their physical space and the people who once lived there. If you'd like to capture a bit of that magic for Bloomingdale and yourself, please volunteer to support this effort when the collaboration with Ledroit Park begins in May.

No particular skills or abilities are required. An abiding interest in people, history, and storytelling will come in handy. Otherwise, we'll find something for you to do if you can walk, talk, cough, or smell nice. We'll use the time between now and when our collaboration begins to plan how to involve everyone in our community who wants to play a role and to determine how to collect all of the stories of all of those who have stories to tell.

Email us at BloomingdaleCA @ gmail.com to volunteer, ask questions, or comment on this initiative.

Thanks,