Thursday, May 29, 2014

El Camino, Uncle Chip's, Sky Real Estate, NestDC receive Great Streets Small Business Capital Improvement program grants

Click on the link to read the * entire * Washington City Paper post.

One of the listed North Capitol Street NW/NE businesses I have not heard -- Health IT 2 Business Solutions.  A quick Google search shows an address of 1711 North Capitol Street  NE.  

Note that the business owner of Mess Hall DC, whose business is located on Edgewood Road NE, received a vote of support for a liquor license from ANC 5E at the most recent ANC 5E meeting.

Congrats to all of the grant recipients.

And here is the official press release from DSLBD.



Latest Recipients of City Largesse Include H Street CrossFit, U Street Spinning Studio


A pharmacy in Bellevue, an artist studio in Anacostia, and a construction company in Congress Heights just got a big boost from the city, in the form of grants aimed at assisting businesses in the District's emerging corridors.
...
The Great Streets Small Business Capital Improvement Program purports to "stimulate small business creation, expansion, and retention while also creating new job opportunities for District residents, growing the tax base, and improving commercial vibrancy along the District’s emerging corridors and in surrounding neighborhoods." It started in 2006, focused on H Street NE, and has since expanded to cover 11 corridors throughout the city.
...

North Capitol Street, NW/NE:
-Health IT 2 Business Solutions: $25,000 for foundation work, framing, drywall, flooring, building exterior, electrical and plumbing work, HVAC, and security system.
-Nest DC: $25,000 for flooring, interior upgrades to make property ADA compliant, countertop installation, painting, window replacements, fencing, and signage.
-El Camino: $25,000 for HVAC and gas lines, fryer, ovens, range, and grill.
-Uncle Chip’s Cookies: $25,000 for interior expansion, insulation, carpentry, security doors, and locks.
-Sky Real Estate: $25,000 for security door & system, flooring, ceiling, lighting, equipment upgrades, bathroom improvements, painting, shelving storage, and signage.

Rhode Island Avenue, NE:
-Mess Hall: $25,000 for HVAC and hood exhaust system.
...

Bloomingdale resident Hugh Youngblood's McMillan zoning hearing testimony

See this tweet and document link from Bloomingdale resident Hugh Youngblood:




My zoning testimony - 100% park, 100% caverns, 100% public ownership    


St. Martin's welcomes Harmony Public Charter School to Bloomingdale, Eckington, Edgewood & DC -- meeting on Tuesday, 06-03-2014

                                                     
From: john.salatti@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 23:43:35 -0400
Subject: Fwd: FW: St. Martin's Welcomes Harmony Public Charter School to Bloomingdale, Eckington, Edgewood &DC
                                                                            
Quick reminder about this upcoming event introducing a new charter school in our neighborhood.  Harmony Public Charter will be located in St. Martin's Catholic Church's old school building on T Street NE across from Langley.
                  
John T. Salatti
(202) 986-2592
"Together, Building a Better Bloomingdale"


St. Martin's Church will host a meeting on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at 7pm in  ​the Pioneer Room ( 7 T Street, NW) to welcome Harmony Public Charter School​ to our community. 

This new STEM School for K -5 will open this fall at 62 T Street NE.  The new principal of Harmony will explain  the school's special philos​ophy and unique approach to education with its focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.            
                                                                
Tuition-free: Harmony School of Excellence – D.C. is a tuition-free charter school.
             
Criteria for Admission: There is no testing or qualification required to attend.
                    
Find more information​ at www.harmonydc.org​ . 
                                                                                                                              
ALL Neighbors (i.e., Residents, Businesses, Civic Orgs., etc.) are WELCOME*​
                        
Fr. Michael Kelley, Pastor St. Martin's

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Urban Turf: "Zoning Commission not ready to approve McMillan, asks for more details"

Click on the link to read the * entire * Urban Turf post:



Zoning Commission Not Ready to Approve McMillan, Asks For More Details


At a final Zoning Commission (ZC) hearing on Tuesday night, Vision McMillan Partners (VMP) didn’t exactly get a warm embrace of their plan to redevelop the McMillan Sand Filtration plant.
The commission expressed strong concerns about the height of medical office buildings planned for the site, especially as they relate to nearby rowhomes adjacent to the development (map). They also cast doubt on VMP’s plans to bring in more transit for people living, working and accessing the site.
...  “I don’t have a problem with turning it down, I really don’t, and I’ll go home and sleep real good at night.”
...
Member Michael Turnbull expressed the most vociferous opposition to the plan.
“I don’t see a plan. I don’t see a positive plan,” Turnbull said, referring to the the issue of public transit that would serve the site. “You’re asking for a PUD which is stretching the whole idea of what medium density is. Explain to me how you’re going to fix this.”
...
The commission asked for some post-hearing submissions, but other than those the case is closed. ...
...

Zoning Commissioner Michael Turnbull regarding the McMillan transportation plan: "just a lot of fluff"

My #1 Tweet From Last Night's McMillan Zoning Hearing #5
               
My chief issue with the McMillan Sand Filtration site project has always been traffic and transportation.

Here is my favorite tweet from last night's McMillan zoning hearing #5 -- from comments made by Zoning Commissioner Michael Turnbull:
       
Michael Turnball: back to transportation;  "just a lot of fluff" "I don't see a plan" #mcmillanzoning #BloomingdaleDC #NewMillan

Michael Turnbull

DC Water 1st Street Tunnel webpage and hotline

First, see this tweet:

  
Now see the info at the dcwater link in the above tweet:


First Street Tunnel



24/7 Hotline 1-844-FST-INFO [1-844-378-4636]

Welcome to the First Street Tunnel Project. The First Street Tunnel is part of DC Water's Clean Rivers Initiative and is designed to control combined sewer overflows (CSOs) to the Anacostia River and mitigate flooding in the Northeast Boundary area, which includes the Bloomingdale and LeDroit Park neighborhoods
                                                          

Breaking News

What can you find in this section?




Bloomingdale resident and artisan Rania Hassan: Softer, Softest at Delicious Spectacle, and more art news!

Subject: Softer, Softest at Delicious Spectacle, and more art news!
From: darnknit@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 14:14:43 +0000

Rania Hassan's Art Events Newsletter
Spring 2014 Edition
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Rania Hassan
Dream Catcher by Rania Hassan. Oil, Fiber, Wood.
Softer, Softest
Curated by Eames Armstrong, Softer, Softest explores the condition of softness: the digital “soft” and the sculptural soft. Exhibiting artists include Megan Blafas, Rania Hassan, Matt Hollis, Leslie McConnaughey, Rene Medrano, Ziad Nagy, Cory Oberndorfer, John Paradiso, Jane Claire Remick, and Jade Yumang.

Softer, Softest is an exhibition on being soft. Examining what it is to be pliable, or easily molded. To be pleasing to touch, not harshly defined.


Softer, Softest
Aether Art Projects at Delicious Spectacle
1366 Quincy Street NW, Washington, DC
May 30–June 21, 2014

Opening Reception: Friday, May 30, 7–10pm
Performances: Saturday, June 7, doors 7:30, performances 8pm
Closing Reception: Thursday, June 19, 7–9pm
For the opening reception Facebook event page, click here.

Delicious Spectacle is a curatorial experiment and project space founded by Victoria Greising, Megan Mueller, Dan Perkins,Camden Place, and Sam Scharf. The space is located on the first floor of a row house in the Columbia Heights neighborhood.


Cuisine des Artistes

Cuisine des Artistes 2014 is DC Arts Center’s 25th Anniversary Gala, an evening of food and fun where chefs and artists collaborate to create culinary masterpieces. Rania has been paired with chef Doug Cooperman of Open Kitchen to create a piece titled Interwoven: 
A hand knit dress interwoven with a Dark Chocolate Lavender Truffle held by a Dried Sour Cherry and Rosemary Breadstick knitting needle. This piece explores the connections of life, friendship, community and family. The coupling of memories through shared experiences. 

Cuisine des Artistes
Meridian House
1630 Crescent Place NW, Washington, DC 20008
Thursday, May 29, 2014, 6:30–9:30pm
This is a ticketed event. Please click here to purchase tickets.



The Grace of Craft
The Grace of Craft is a show of contemporary craft curated by Gisele Huberman. Artists include: Phil Brown, Elissa Farrow-Savos, Gayle Friedman, Rania Hassan, Sean Hennessey, Tamara Laird, Laurel Lukaszewski, Jan Maddox, Donna McCullough, Nikki O’Neill, Komelia Okim, Chris Shea, Tim Tate, Novie Trump, Andrea Uravitch, Rick Wall, and Nancy Weisser.

Craft can tell stories. It can move us. It can serve us and adorn us. And it does all this in a quiet, self-effacing way.

The Grace of Craft
Capitol Arts Network
12276 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852
June 3–27, 2014
Opening Reception: Friday, June 6, 6–9pm
Gallery Hours: Monday–Thursday: 10am–10pm,
Friday–Sunday: 10am–4pm
Forming [Series I] by Rania Hassan. Oil, Fiber, Wood.

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tweets from last night's McMillan zoning hearing #5

                                                            
Didn't get to attend or watch the live webcast of last night's final McMillan zoning hearing #5 before the DC Zoning Commission ?

Last night's McMillan hearing started off with the overflow testimonies of those in opposition, followed by rebuttal by the development team, Vision McMillan Partners.  And, of course, questions from the Zoning Commissioners.

Some of the attendees -- and some of the people watching the live webcast -- tweeted about the hearing.  Many of the tweeters used the #mcmillanzoning Twitter hashtag.
I captured all of the tweets that included #mcmillanzoning.  

Once again, I used a website called ChirpStory.com website to collect all of the 
#mcmillanzoning tweets and to create a Chirp Story. 
                                                                                      
Here is how to read this set of #mcmillanzoning tweets:   
            
  • Click on this link.  
  • Click on the "Load Remaining" button.  
  • Scroll all  the way to the bottom of the stack of tweets.
  • Then read up!
       
Thanks to all of our Bloomingdale neighbors who testified in support and in opposition.  

P.S.  If you want to read the stack of tweets from the first four McMillan zoning hearings, then go here  and here  and here .
                           
P.P.S.  If you want to watch the recorded zoning hearing webcasts, then go here . 

P.P.P.S.  At the end of last night's zoning hearing, Office of Zoning's Sharon Schellin rattled off four dates -- June 23, July 3rd, July 7th and July 28th -- when further activities are scheduled.  I didn't get an opportunity to jot down what each of the four upcoming dates is for. Hopefully, the zoning calendar will list that info.

seeking a petsitter with good references

See this request from an Eckington resident:

I'm looking for a petsitter in the neighborhood with good references.

Brookland resident Daniel Wolkoff: testimony to the DC Zoning Commission hearing on McMillan


Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 21:02:29 -0700
From: amglassart@yahoo.com
Subject: Fw: Testimony to Zoning case #13-14
                           
Testimony to the DC Zoning Commisssion hearing on McMillan
                                   
Daniel Goldon Wolkoff
Adams Morgan Stained Glass
1231 Randolph Street, NE
Washington, DC 20017
www.adamsmorganstainedglass.com
                                 
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Daniel Wolkoff <amglassart@yahoo.com>
To: "zcsubmissions@dc.gov" <zcsubmissions@dc.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 12:00 AM
Subject: Testimony to Zoning case #13-14

please include this testimony for the record Zoning case #13-14
                               
Daniel Goldon Wolkoff
McMillan Coalition for Sustainable Agriculture
1231 Randolph Street, NE
Washington, DC 20017

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

missing person from the 500 block of W Street NW; person subsequently located

To: mpd-5d@yahoogroups.com
From: MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 17:45:37 -0400
Subject: [MPD-5D] 5.27.14 Missing Person Critical 500 Blk W St., NW Jair Edwards

Contact: Officer Paul Metcalf (202) 727-4383

May 27, 2014
Missing Person Critical: Jair Edwards

           
(Washington, DC)-  The Metropolitan Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating 17 year-old Jair Edwards who was last seen in the 500 block of W Street, NW on Monday, May 26, 2014 at approximately 11:26 am.
        
Jair is described as a black male, 5’5” in height, weighing approximately 150 pounds, brown eyes, and short black hair.  He was last seen wearing a blue shirt with tan pants and gray Nike shoes.

See this subsequent Email:

To: mpd-5d@yahoogroups.com
From: MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 12:44:44 -0400
Subject: [MPD-5D] FW: Missing Person Critical Located: Jair Edwards
 
 
Contact: Police Officer Araz Alali (202) 727-4383

May 29, 2014

Missing Person Critical Located: Jair Edwards

(Washington, DC)- The missing person identified as 17 year-old Jair Edwards has been located in good health and has been reunited with his family.

Mr. Edwards was reportedly last seen on Monday, May 26, 2014in the 500 block of W Street, NW.

The Metropolitan Police Department would like to thank both our community and media partners for their assistance in publicizing this case.

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P#pville features the 11 S Street NW pop-up

Click on the link to read the entire post and to see the supplied pics of the house.

Be sure to read the long, long set of comments.

5/27/14 3:55pm


Popping Up in Bloomingdale

 
                                              
[The pic below of 11 S St NW is one that I recently took, not a pic from the P#pville post.]