Historic
Designation Upcoming Events and Information
Walt Cain
<waltcain@googlemail.com>: Mar 09 02:59PM -0500
Second Town
Hall on Historic District Designation
The
Eckington Civic Association (ECA) will host the second of three town halls on
historic district designation at 7 PM on Wednesday, March 16 in the second
floor community room of the Summit at St. Martin’s (116 T St NE). The panelists
for the town hall include:
· Kim
Elliot, DC Historic Preservation Office
o Kim will
speak to the process for homeowners who want/need to do work on their homes in
a historic district. Specifically, what kind of work requires what level of
approval, what information homeowners have to provide, the role of desk
reviewers/what they look for, how reviewers can assist homeowners, as well as
information about the Homeowner Grant Program.
· Joel
Lawson, Development Review Division, DC Office of Planning
o Joel will
speak to the various types of zones in Eckington, the different effect on
pop-ups between the recent R-4 rule change and historic designation, and zoning
issues in historic districts generally.
· Greta
Fuller, Homeowner in the Anacostia Historic District
o Greta will
share the perspective of a homeowner currently living in a DC historic
district. She will speak to issues of home repair, impact on senior citizens,
and cost associated with historic designation.
· Peter
Sefton, Historian with QED Associates
o Peter will
provide updates on the architectural, cultural, and social history of Eckington
found through research since the first town hall.
The event
will last two hours with the first hour dedicated to panelist presentations and
the second hour reserved for a Q&A session between the audience and
panelists. In order to get to as many questions as possible and to maintain an
orderly meeting, audience members will be provided notecards and pens to write down
their questions for the panelists. The questions will then be read by a
moderator and the panelists given the chance to respond.
If you are
unable to attend and have a question you would like addressed, please send an
email to HistoricEckington@gmail.com. We will ask the questions at the town
hall and include the response in the meeting minutes.
Added Event:
Workshop on Energy Efficiency and Window Repairs in Older Homes
In response
to feedback received after the first town hall, ECA has partnered with the DC
Preservation League to present a workshop on how to maximize energy efficiency
in older homes.
Come learn
about energy audits and what home improvements are the most cost effective with
particular attention to the issue of window repair, replacement, and integrity.
Speakers are
Nakita Reed, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, GGP, a managing member of ENCORE Sustainable
Design, working to combine historic preservation with energy efficiency and
sustainable design; and John Sandor, an architectural historian and expert in
the repair and replacement of windows in historic buildings.
The workshop
will be from 1:00 – 3:00 PM on Saturday, April 9 in the Pioneer Room at St.
Martin’s Catholic Church (1908 North Capitol St. NW – please use the 7 T St. NW
entrance)
This is a
FREE event open to the public.
Click Here
to let us know you are coming!
Minutes From
First Town Hall and Survey Results
The meeting
minutes from the first town hall can be found here and the results of the
online survey taken after the first town hall can be found here.
Please be
sure to visit EckingtonCivicAssociation.org/Historic-Designation for more
information and reach out to HistoricEckington@gmail.com with any questions!
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