From: info@commongoodcityfarm.org
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:15:14 +0000
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Common Good City Farm: "It's Not Too Late to Enjoy A Night on the Farm"
Subject: It's Not Too Late to Enjoy A Night on the Farm
From: info@commongoodcityfarm.org
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:15:14 +0000
From: info@commongoodcityfarm.org
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:15:14 +0000
Urban Turf: "Zoning Commission Approves First Stage of McMillan PUD"
Click on the link to read the * entire * Urban Turf post on last night's Zoning Commission thumbs-up McMillan vote of approval.
by Lark Turner
After years of debate, the Zoning Commission (ZC) has tentatively approved the first stage of a planned unit development (PUD) for the redevelopment of McMillan Sand Filtration Plant. In a 4-0 vote, the commission gave developer Vision McMillan Partners a two-year permission to move forward with the first stage of the PUD on Monday night, though final action won’t be taken until November.
The redevelopment plan for the 25-acre filtration site on the northern edge of Bloomingdale (map) includes a mix of townhouses and multi-family residential, office space, park space, a community center and retail, including a grocery store. The development team of Vision McMillan Partners (VMP) is made up of Jair Lynch, EYA, Trammell Crow, and architect Shalom Baranes.
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3 Comments
- jaybee said at 8:42 am on Tuesday September 30, 2014:Oh thank goodness, I was worried I was really worried Friends of McMillan was going to go away. My entertainment value would have dramatically declined.
- Circle Thomas said at 9:35 am on Tuesday September 30, 2014:When this project is finally completed in 2042, I look forward to seeing pictures of the sobbing faces of Friends of McMillan Water Filtration Site in front of it.
- JQH3 said at 9:48 am on Tuesday September 30, 2014:Would not be surprised if Fear of Modernity put out a “press release” stating that the ZC rejected the PUD and demanded that the site be immediately turned over to urban fish-farming.But really, can someone explain what this actually entails for the development? Does this mean it goes to Mayor’s agent next, or what does the two-year PUD entail? When does building start?
Showtime Lounge: Jack on Fire live on Sunday, 11-16-2014
See this 09-30-2014 message from Showtime Lounge:
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 09:23:32 -0400
Subject: November 16 - Jack on Fire live at Showtime Lounge
From: jackonfiredc@gmail.com
To:
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 09:23:32 -0400
Subject: November 16 - Jack on Fire live at Showtime Lounge
From: jackonfiredc@gmail.com
To:
Hello all -
On Sunday, November 16, we're playing songs from our debut recording Grime & Crime Vol. 1 at DC's finest establishment and last bastion of civilization, Showtime Lounge. We're on at 6, followed by the funkiest octagenarian-fronted house band in the Bloomingdale area, Granny & the Boys. It's free and we'd love to see you there.
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Jackie + Jack
Rhode Island Avenue NE Main Street: Fall Fest 2014 -- Saturday, 10-04-2014
From: WARD5@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 07:55:09 -0400
Subject: [WARD5] Fall Fest 2014 - just around the corner!
Good morning, neighbors -
Fall Fest 2014 is almost here! Join us this Saturday, October 4, from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and get started early on that holiday shopping. This year we’ve got even more local artists, more vendors, and more fun - you’re not gonna want to miss this one. Plus, we’ve go more new businesses on Rhode Island Ave NE Main Street, so come out and support your local economy!
Here’s another huge thing happening: This year, we are so excited to welcome Cultural Tourism DC and Art4AllDC to the neighborhood, as they bring PorchFest to Rhode Island Avenue NE! From 3:30 p.m. - 7 p.m., businesses and homes along the Rhode Island Avenue NE Main Street corridor will be hosting a variety of local performers bringing music and entertainment to the community.
For more information on Fall Fest 2014 and PorchFest, visit http://eepurl.com/4tJJD - and bonus - follow us on Facebook and Twitter all week for contests and prizes! Use #FallFest2014 and #AFADC to tag us during the events - can’t wait to see those tweets :)
Hope to see you all here on Saturday!
Best regards,
Kyle Todd
Hope to see you all here on Saturday!
Best regards,
Kyle Todd
Monday, September 29, 2014
WBJ: "McMillan project wins Zoning Commission approval"
Click on the link to read the * entire * post from Washington Business Journal reporter Michael Neibauer:
Vision McMillan Partners' redevelopment plan for the McMillan Sand Filtration Plant earned the OK Monday of the D.C. Zoning Commission, eight years after the team was selected to breathe life into the fenced-off, historic 25-acre Northwest D.C. site.
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The controversial project, the subject of strong neighborhood opinion on both sides, will almost certainly be appealed by opponents to the D.C. Court of Appeals.
"Stage 1 PUD is approved. Stay tuned for next steps from us. This isn't the end - just another step in the process for us," @McMillanPark, which has organized the opposition to the McMillan development plan, tweeted immediately after the vote.
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The first stage PUD approval will remain in effect for two years. A second, more detailed application must follow during that period, or the order could expire (though, usually, extensions are provided).
National Symphony Orchestra In Your Neighborhood (Brookland to NoMa) ~ call for activity requests
Bloomingdale Civic Association:
See the forwarded message below and the two attached Word documents.
North Capitol Main Street would be interested in partnering with the Bloomingdale Civic Association to help bring events to the neighborhood.
If the Bloomingdale Civic Association is perhaps interested in hosting an event, please send an Email to North Capitol Main Street Executive Director Demetris Cheatham at ed@northcapitoldc.org. Ms. Cheatham can assist with putting together a proposal!
Thanks.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Drew, Amy K <AKDrew@kennedy-center.org>
Date: Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 4:01 PM
Subject: National Symphony ~ Call for Activity Requests - Deadline extended!
To:
Cc: "Williams, Warren G" <WGWilliams@kennedy-center.org>
Date: Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 4:01 PM
Subject: National Symphony ~ Call for Activity Requests - Deadline extended!
To:
Cc: "Williams, Warren G" <WGWilliams@kennedy-center.org>
Dear Community Leaders,
Greetings on behalf of the National Symphony Orchestra. The NSO is pleased to collaborate with community leaders to plan the 2015 In Your Neighborhood activities in DC neighborhoods from Brookland to NoMa. With your help musicians from the National Symphony will perform free concerts at schools, churches, community centers, clubs, retail establishments and performing arts venues for the neighborhood ~ January 7-12, 2015. We ask for your assistance getting the word out to groups to submit requests for NSO activities!
Please note that the deadline for activity requests has been extended to Monday, October 6, 2014.
Please forward the attached documents to your listserves, schools, businesses and organizations who may be interested in having NSO musicians perform in their spaces and for their constituents. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Warren Williams at (202) 416-8112 or wgwilliams@kennedy-center.org.
Sincerely,
_______________________________________
Amy Drew
Administrative Assistant
National Symphony Orchestra
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 101510, Arlington, VA 22210
For FedEx/Deliveries: 2700 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20566
Phone: (202) 416-8108 / Fax: (202) 416-8105
Zoning Commission approves McMillan Sand Filtration site First Stage PUD - work still to be done, but VMP is allowed to move to the Second Stage
From Washington Business Journal reporter Michael Neibauer:
McMillan First Stage PUD approved 4-0-1 by the Zoning Commission.
8:03 PM - 29 Sep 2014
Still work to be done, especially with regard to transportation, but Commission is allowing McMillan to move to the 2nd stage.
8:06 PM - 29 Sep 2014
Imagine an appeal probably coming, once McMillan opponents have the commission's order in hand. Or maybe before. Can they file one tonight?
8:08 PM - 29 Sep 2014
Andrea Rosen: McMillan Sands Filtration Park demolition to come before Mayor's Agent -- Monday, 10-06-2014
From: HistoricWashington@yahoogroups.com
To: HistoricWashington@yahoogroups.com
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 14:01:02 -0400
Subject: [HistoricWashington] McMillan Sands Filtration Park demolition to come before Mayor's Agent, Oct. 6
Those following our city's proposed demolition of the National Register of Historic Places-listed McMillan Slow Sands Filtration site and the Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr.-designed park atop the filtration caverns may be interested in submitting or presenting testimony at next week's hearing before the Mayor's Agent. Because the city's long-in-the-works plan does not conform to covenants attached to the transfer of the formerly federal site to the D.C. government, HPRB was obliged to reject the plan that was devised by Vision McMillan Partners, the city's "consultant" and through sleight of hand, also the site's developer.
Still the city plows on.
On Monday, October 6, at 9:30 AM, the DC Mayor’s Agent will hear an appeal by the Gray Administration and its development consultant, VMP, to demolish over 80% of the underground sand filtration cells at McMillan Park. Last year, the DC Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) rejected the Mayor’s plan for the site, a designated Historic Landmark. The Mayor’s Agent will consider the park’s historic status, the HPRB report, and the proposed demolition request.
Friends of McMillan Park will advocate at the hearing AGAINST granting the demolition permit, and the public is welcome to testify at the hearing as well. No advance notification is necessary to present oral testimony .Click here for details about the hearing, how to send written testimony, and suggested language to include.
New Crowdrise Donation Site
We recently launched a Crowdrise fundraising page to help defray the cost of legal expenses that we are incurring in the fight to save McMillan Park in the Zoning Commission and Mayor’s Agent hearings. Please consider visiting the site and making a donation to our cause! So far we have spent over $50k on legal fees and expert witnesses, and we still have a long way to go.
We are also selling lovely posters of McMillan Park for a donation of $30. Email restoremcmillan@gmail.com for details.
Friends of McMillan Park on the Radio
Our own Hugh Youngblood appeared on WAMU’s Kojo Nnamdi Show on September 11 along with our community colleague, Chris Leptak of McMillan Advisory Group. Hugh and Chris did an excellent job arguing our side of the McMillan Park debate. Click here to read the transcript or listen to the show.
Please help us now to stop the proposed destruction and privatization of historic McMillan Park!
Sincerely,
If you have any questions, please contact restoremcmillan@gmail.com or call 202.234.0427.
Still the city plows on.
Posted by Andrea Rosen
On Monday, October 6, at 9:30 AM, the DC Mayor’s Agent will hear an appeal by the Gray Administration and its development consultant, VMP, to demolish over 80% of the underground sand filtration cells at McMillan Park. Last year, the DC Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) rejected the Mayor’s plan for the site, a designated Historic Landmark. The Mayor’s Agent will consider the park’s historic status, the HPRB report, and the proposed demolition request.
Friends of McMillan Park will advocate at the hearing AGAINST granting the demolition permit, and the public is welcome to testify at the hearing as well. No advance notification is necessary to present oral testimony .Click here for details about the hearing, how to send written testimony, and suggested language to include.
New Crowdrise Donation Site
We recently launched a Crowdrise fundraising page to help defray the cost of legal expenses that we are incurring in the fight to save McMillan Park in the Zoning Commission and Mayor’s Agent hearings. Please consider visiting the site and making a donation to our cause! So far we have spent over $50k on legal fees and expert witnesses, and we still have a long way to go.
We are also selling lovely posters of McMillan Park for a donation of $30. Email restoremcmillan@gmail.com for details.
Friends of McMillan Park on the Radio
Our own Hugh Youngblood appeared on WAMU’s Kojo Nnamdi Show on September 11 along with our community colleague, Chris Leptak of McMillan Advisory Group. Hugh and Chris did an excellent job arguing our side of the McMillan Park debate. Click here to read the transcript or listen to the show.
Please help us now to stop the proposed destruction and privatization of historic McMillan Park!
Sincerely,
Friends of McMillan Park
If you have any questions, please contact restoremcmillan@gmail.com or call 202.234.0427.
Pepco: cancellation of tonight's scheduled service interruption -- the vicinity of the 100 block of T St., 1900 block of 1st St. NW.
Subject: Cancellation of Tonight's Scheduled Service Interruption
From: crtaylor@pepco.com
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 18:18:51 -0400
Hi Scott,
We had planned on completing work tonight related to the DC Water project, but we must reschedule that work. Once a new date has been selected, we will update you.
Customers that would have been impacted by this work are in the vicinity of the 100 block of T St. and the 1900 block of 1st St., NW.
Our apologies for the inconvenience.
Respectfully,
Chris Taylor | Public Affairs Manager, DC Region
Pepco | Government Affairs and Public Policy
701 Ninth Street N.W. | Washington, DC 20068
o: 202-872-3357 | f: 202-872-2482
crtaylor@pepco.com | pepco.com
Howard University Homecoming 2014 Community Guide
From: MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com
To: MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 13:34:07 -0700
Subject: [MPD-5D] Howard University Homecoming Information [1 Attachment]
Please see the attached Community Guide for Howard University Homecoming.
Homecoming activities will occur from October 11 - 19, 2014.
Commander Porter
meet-and-greet Fall Gathering for ANC 5E09 candidate Dianne Barnes -- Saturday, 10-11-2014
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 15:48:42 -0400
Subject: 5E09 Meet & Greet Fall Gathering
From: cdianne.brns@gmail.com
Subject: 5E09 Meet & Greet Fall Gathering
From: cdianne.brns@gmail.com
Please share - 5E09 Meet & Greet Fall Gathering
Date: October 11th
Location: Adams and Bryant Streets' Backyards/Alley NW
Time: 12 PM - 4 PM
Come and join the residents of 5E09 Single Member District, North Bloomingdale.
All are welcome and so are your donations of your choice if you care to share with the neighbors while we mingle and greet each other!
Thanks,
Dianne Barnes
Commissioner
5E09 SMD
Samsara House 2023: You're Invited to Meet & Listen to a Tibetan Buddhist Rinpoche in Bloomingdale, DC this Thur-Sun (Oct 2-5) 1st Visit to the US, Come One Day or All !
From: wakeup@samsarahouse.org
Subject: You're Invited to Meet & Listen to a Tibetan Buddhist Rinpoche in Bloomingdale, DC this Thur-Sun (Oct 2-5) 1st Visit to the US, Come One Day or All !
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:52:55 -0400
Subject: You're Invited to Meet & Listen to a Tibetan Buddhist Rinpoche in Bloomingdale, DC this Thur-Sun (Oct 2-5) 1st Visit to the US, Come One Day or All !
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:52:55 -0400
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