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Sunday, July 30, 2017

chef/owner of the @thedabneydc is today's Chef Demo at the Bloomingdale Farmers Market

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Saturday, July 29, 2017

no place like home -- #BloomingdaleDC

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July 2017 Bloomingdale Bites column featuring Boundary Stone, Unified Scene Theater and DC Water

Click on the link to read the entire Bloomingdale Bites column from the July 2017 MidCityDCNews newspaper.

 Sorry for this tardy posting here at the blog.  Much thanks to Taylor Barden Golden.  
By Taylor Barden Golden

Boundary Stone’s Songs of Summer
The Boundary Stone (116 Rhode Island Ave. NW) has expanded its musical footprint and launched the 100% Summer Session Concert Series. While Monday is still reserved for open mic night, the venue has added events on Wednesday and Saturday throughout the summer, and plans to continue in the fall. Each Saturday will see a different concert featuring local and regional bands. On Wednesday, owner Colin McDonough plans to mix it up with music education programs and documentary showings.
“Once we expanded, we knew we wanted to put the music front and center,” McDonough explains. “This is just formalizing what we’ve been trying to do all along.” That focus on the music translates into a top-of-the-line sound system and infrastructure designed by Scott Stark. Live performances are also streamed on the TVs in the bar on the other side of the large, half-split room.

McDonough remembers a time when the neighborhood was begging for a watering hole of any kind. Nowadays, the proprietors of new local establishments need to try and fill a void in the market (read: Truxton Inn and high-end cocktails). Boundary Stone has continued to expand its offerings to the ever-changing community. Now neighbors can say they live within walking distance of not only great restaurants and bars, but a rocking live music venue.
Boundary Stone has partnered with DC Brau to sponsor the series, and plans to release a 100% Summer Session IPA that will be available for $4 at concerts, as well as other DC Brau beers. Every event is free to attend. The series kicked off on July 21 with a performance by singer/songwriter Andy Shea, featuring Reed Appleseed.

For more information visit, www.boundarystonedc.com.
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DC Water: the new tunnel in #BloomingdaleDC stored 500k gallons of stormwater and sewage overnight

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DCity Smokehouse: Wishing our Bloomingdale neighbors much sunshine today

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our Original New Jersey Bagels waiting for you this morning at Sylvan Cafe

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Crisp KItchen and Bar: No better way to celebrate National Wing Day

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Open Houses scheduled in and around Bloomingdale for 7/30/2017

155 Randolph Pl NW has an updated price of $999,900. & will be open Sunday 2-4pm
The featured listing is a newly renovated Victorian house with 4 bedrooms and 4.5 baths. It will be open Sunday from 2:00pm-4:00pm. The listing is represented by Richard Newton with Washington Fine Properties. You can find more information in the links below.

The list of open houses scheduled for Sunday in and around Bloomingdale can be seen here. The same info can be seen in a map format here. 

*Agents, to have your open houses included in this weekly post, please have them tagged in MRIS by 10am on Friday. If you don't see your open house in the links, feel free to add in the comments. Also, if you would like your open to be featured with a picture for this post, please e-mail suzanne at bediz dot com by 10am on Friday before the open.
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Friday, July 28, 2017

host your #FantasyFootball draft parties with Boundary Stone!

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the G8 Metrobus stop at 1st & Rhode Island Avenue NW will close beginning 07-31-2017 weekdays from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm

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"THAT DRIVING BEAT W/ DJ DAISY LACY"! at Showtime Lounge tonight

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flood watch in Bloomingdale today...

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the re-enactment slated for this Tuesday, 08-01-2017, will indeed be at Flagler and W Street NW -- "RSVP is required for access"

Trying to keep up here.

 The Jack Burkman murder re-enactment will indeed be at Bloomingdale's Flagler and W Street NW this Tuesday, 08-01-2017.

 An RSVP is required for access to public space...?

 There does not appear to be a DDOT permit on the DDOT permit map for this activity.

 I do not like posting this stuff.  But if they are going to be here in Bloomingdale, then neighbors need to be advised.  

Seth Rich murder re-enactment: August 1 filming schedule released by The Profiling Project’s Jack Burkman

Group says known facts of the Seth Rich case will be coupled with various scenarios to act out what happened the night that left a DNC staff dead. Scenes will be shot at various locations throughout the day in and around Washington D.C. Two scenes will be open to the media; RSVP required.
(PR NewsChannel) / July 25, 2017 / ARLINGTON, VA 

The Profiling Project, the independent, nonpartisan and autonomous unit investigating the mysterious unsolved murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich, today released a preliminary taping schedule for the upcoming re-enactment filming on August 1 that’s open to members of the media.
Mirroring a Hollywood set and complete with lights, cameras and actors, the group says known facts of the Seth Rich case will be coupled with various probable scenarios to act out what happened that night. Scenes will be shot at various locations throughout the day in and around Washington D.C.

MEDIA AVAILABILITY FOR VIDEOTAPING
        
Scene 1: Bar
Arrive by: 3:30p ET – Scene taping begins 4pm ET
INDOOR LOCATION: Local 16 – 1602 U St. NW, Washington
***RSVP is required for access.
 
Scene 2: Murder Re-enactment
Arrive by 7:30pm ET – Scene taping begins 8pm ET
OUTDOOR LOCATION: Corner of W St. and Flagler Pl. NW, Washington, D.C.
***RSVP is required for access.
               
MEDIA AVAILABILITY FOR INTERVIEWS
-Jack Burkman, attorney, director and funder of The Profiling Project
-Kenny Reff, re-enactment director
 
TO RSVP
Email: media@thepublicityagency.com
       
MORE INFORMATION
Late last month, The Profiling Project released an 80-page report on its preliminary findings. Chief among them: the facts don’t support that the killing was random; that it was likely a hit.
In addition to creating The Profiling Project, Burkman, a GOP lobbyist and lawyer, has put up $105-thousand in reward money—the largest single contribution from an individual. He has also erected billboards in the neighborhood, created the website whokilledseth.com and filed suit against the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), among others, to force the release of more evidence publicly, including videotapes of the crime.
Additional information: The Profiling Project
                     
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Glenn Selig
PR firm: The Publicity Agency
Online: www.thepublicityagency.com/the-profiling-project
Cell: (813) 300-5454
Office: (813) 708-1220 x 7777
Adam Farragut
PR firm: The Publicity Agency
Online: www.thepublicityagency.com/the-profiling-project
Office: (813) 708-1220 x7778
Cell: (770) 881-3034
Direct link:  https://www.prnewschannel.com/2017/07/25/seth-rich-murder-re-enactment-august-1-filming-schedule-released-by-the-profiling-projects-jack-burkman/

SOURCE:  The Profiling Project

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Bertha Holliday: grant opportunity for commercial waste compactors


From: Bertha Holliday
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2017 6:12 AM
Subject: FOR POSTING ON LISTSERV/BLOG

As an ANC Commissioner with a district in which many restaurants are located, I am accustomed to hearing complaints from residents related to trash and rat control procedures of some of our small businesses. Below is a grant opportunity that might help solve many of those problems. 

 Bertha Holliday, ANC 5E07

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Compactor grant

·        Provides up to $13,500 to help DC businesses purchase or lease a commercial waste compactor (for trash, recyclables and/or compost)
·        Open to DC businesses (incorporated as for-profit with DC business license)
·        Part of the Commercial Waste Compactor Pilot Program, which includes education and guidance for business owners provided by Dept. of Health (DOH)
·        Grant Application opens June 30 and closes September 8, 2017 at 2pm
·        For more information and notification when application is live – DCcommercialwaste@cnhed.org or (202) 370-3693 

--
Bertha G., Holliday, PhD & Associates, LLC
Independent Consultant (Diversity Assessment, Planning, Implementation & Evaluation)
49 T Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-491-3996

Co- Director
Bloomingdale Village Square Project
"Building Community Identity & Sense of Place"

Commissioner, ANC 5E07
Washington, DC

Member At Large, Executive Committee, Division 45 (Psychology of Culture, Ethnicity & Race)
American Psychological Association

Fellow, American Psychological Association
  

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Thursday, July 27, 2017

limited edition Meats and Foods tees and tanks

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re-enactment to occur this Tuesday, 08-01-2017

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I am assuming that the “Hollywood-style set” won’t be in Bloomingdale anywhere, but who knows. 

I hope not.



Jack Burkman sets Aug. 1 for Hollywood-style re-enactment of Seth Rich murder

Group says known facts of the Seth Rich case will be coupled with various probable scenarios to act out what happened that night. It will be open to the media.

(PR NewsChannel) / July 10, 2017 / ARLINGTON, VA 

The Profiling Project, the independent, nonpartisan and autonomous unit investigating the mysterious unsolved murder of Seth Rich, announced today that to catch the killer or killers, the group will stage a re-enactment of the murder on Tuesday, August 1 funded by Jack Burkman.

Mirroring a Hollywood set, complete with lights, cameras and actors, the group says known facts of the Seth Rich case will be coupled with various probable scenarios to act out what happened that night. It will be open to the media.

“Reenactments help catch killers. We must therefore rise to the occasion and give Washington, D.C. and this nation one of the finest crime reenactments ever done,” says lobbyist/lawyer Jack Burkman, director of The Profiling Project.

One year ago today, DNC staffer Seth Rich was fatally shot in his D.C. neighborhood, creating a news story full of theories, suspicions and controversy. There have been no arrests and there are no known suspects.

Burkman vows he and the Project will not stop until this case is solved.

“Never has there been such a high-profile case with a complete lack of information released by police. It’s almost appears as though they don’t want this case solved,” says Burkman. “Police continue to say it was random and that it was a robbery gone bad yet nothing was taken. There’s something not right and I’m not going to quit until we get to the truth of who is responsible for the killing.”

Late last month, The Profiling Project released an 80-page report on its preliminary findings. Chief among them: the facts don’t support that the killing was random; that it was likely a hit.

“Just about everything in this case doesn’t add up,” says Burkman. “I am deeply troubled by it and our community should be too. That is why I won’t let up.”

In addition to The Profiling Project, Burkman, a GOP lobbyist and lawyer, has put up $105-thousand in reward money—the largest single contribution from an individual. He has also erected billboards in the neighborhood, created the website whokilledseth.com and filed suit against the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), among others, to force the release of more evidence publicly, including videotapes of the crime.

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Glenn Selig
PR firm: The Publicity Agency
Online: www.thepublicityagency.com/the-profiling-project Cell: (813) 300-5454
Office: (813) 708-1220 x 7777
Email: glenn@seligmultimedia.com

Adam Farragut
PR firm: The Publicity Agency
Online: www.thepublicityagency.com/the-profiling-project Office: (813) 708-1220 x7778
Cell: (770) 881-3034
Email: adam@seligmultimedia.com


SOURCE:  The Profiling Project

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National Night Out (NNO) in the Fifth District this year will be held at the Starburst Plaza -- Tuesday, 08-01-2017

From: MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 9:41 PM
To: MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MPD-5D] NNO in the Fifth District [1 Attachment]

5D Community,

Join us at the Starburst Plaza for NNO  on Tuesday August 1, 2017.  See attached flyer for details

Toni Miles-Maloney

Fifth District Community Outreach Coordinator



Twitter@DCPolice Dept

We are here to help

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#BloomieNights "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" movie postponed from Friday, 07-28-2017, to Friday, 08-04-2017

See this Crispus Attucks Park NextDoor message:
Hi All,
I wanted to let the neighborhood know that the Bloomie Nights Movie Series in Crispus Attucks Park will be postponed to next Friday August 4th due to rain forecast for tomorrow.
   
We look forward to seeing everyone next Friday and we hope for beautiful weather!

Thanks!
                                         
CADC Board



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Square 519 -- bounded by Florida Ave NW, 4th St NW, R St NW and 3rd St NW -- nominated for historic landmark nomination

Let's see how the DC Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) evaluates this landmark nomination.


From the DC zoning map -- here is Square 519, bounded by Florida Avenue NW to the north, 4th Street NW to the west, R Street NW to the south and 3rd Street NW to the east.


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plans for the triangular lot across from the Howard Theater

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ANC Commissioner Anita Norman in Ledroit Park included this item about the empty pie shaped lot across from the Howard Theater, 625 T ST NW.

7. The T st. Cornerstone LLC will develop the lot directly across the street from the Howard Theatre (HT), 625 T st. N.W., It was formerly a vacant lot which included Jersey Walls,  debris and the  homeless. Now, the property has been put to use. With a 5 year lease, T st. Cornerstone LLC will have the following events: weekend Farmer's Markets, films, fashion shows, live entertainment and activities for seniors and kids. On August 4th from 8:00 pm-10:00 pm, there will be a movie night to celebrate Obama's birthday. There will be a documentary about him shown; and, they will feature speakers, comedians and live music.

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weather forecast for Friday night calls for rain -- so #BloomieNights at Crispus Attucks Park tomorrow may get rescheduled to Friday, 08-04-2017

See the Crispus Attucks Park Facebook post from yesterday:


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robbery on the 1600 block of North Capitol Street NW at 2:24 hours

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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

InTowner: Mayor’s Agent hearing reveals never-never land character of McMillan Park Reservoir controversy

Click on the link below to read the entire InTowner article.



Published: July 24th, 2017
By William G. Schulz*

It can sometimes seem as if McMillan Park Reservoir– a now-blighted and fenced-off 25-acre open space crossing the city’s Stronghold, Bloomingdale, and LeDroit Park neighborhoods — is at risk of becoming Never-Never Land.
Ever since the city bought the parkland portion of the historic reservoir area from the Army Corps of Engineers in 1989, plans to redevelop the vast green space have been dogged by controversy, marred by scandal and possibly official corruption, and fought tooth and nail by citizen activist groups who want to see much more of McMillan’s 19th century water purification technology and underground storage caverns preserved for posterity.

The latest episode of the McMillan Park drama played out on July 14th during an all-day hearing of the Mayor’s Agent for Historic Preservation, who is J. Peter Byrne, a Georgetown University law professor and expert on land use, historic preservation, and similar issues at the Georgetown University Law Center. Byrne works on contract with the city and his reports and findings are presented to the Mayor’s office for final approval.
The hearing — which The InTowner has learned will be continued sometime after August 15th because one day was simply not enough time – addressed a set of remands handed down by the DC Court of Appeals’ decision in December 2016. That ruling vacated the city’s zoning designations for the McMillan site, thus bringing construction by Vision McMillan Partners (VMP) to a screeching halt just one day after a groundbreaking ceremony officiated by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser.

Bowser, like many other elected city officials, wants VMP’s development plans to proceed. The resulting park, community center, mixed-income housing, and towering medical office buildings would be a crowning achievement for her administration – at least in the eyes of pro-development forces. But they are plans that now hang in the balance thanks in large part to Friends of McMillan Park (FOMP), a neighborhood activist group that filed the original suit addressed by the Court of Appeals after a ruling against FOMP by the Mayor’s Agent.
The Appeals Court remand — as The InTowner has reported  –- instructed that the city address a set of five issues that the court’s three-judge panel unanimously deemed insufficiently explained or justified by the city to serve as the basis for zoning designations that would have allowed construction to begin.

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are you ready for some futbol at El Camino tonight ?

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#WednesdayWisdom from Truxton Inn

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tonight: help plan a pool party with Bloomindale Fun & Fit

From: Bloomingdale Fun-Fit <bloomingdale.fun.fit@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 9:58 AM
Subject: Bloomingdale Fun and Fit Pool Party Planning Meeting | Wednesday, July 26 6:30pm at Crisp
Good Morning!

Since starting in April, Bloomingdale Fun and Fit [BFF] has brought together over 75 of our neighbors for fun and healthy events in Bloomingdale, including Tai Chi, Yoga, Spin, and a tour of Common Good City Farm. Many of you have been involved in these events - thank you!

For Bloomingdale Fun and Fit's August event, we're thinking that it's about time for a pool party barbecue at the Harry Thomas Rec Center. This will be an awesome way to beat the heat and meet some great neighbors.

The BFF Pool Party could be epic or it could be intimate. It depends on how many of our neighbors want to help make it. 

We'll meet to start planning the BFF Pool Party this Wednesday, July 26, at 6:30pm at Crisp Kitchen and Bar on 1st St NW.

We already have a budget for food and will be reserving the grill at Harry Thomas. How much bigger this party becomes is up to us!

Hope to see you Wednesday,

The BFF Team


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tonight: PSA 501 monthly meeting at St. George's Episcopal Church


From: MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2017 5:18 PM
To: MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MPD-5D] RE: PSA 501 Monthly Meeting July 26, 2017

PSA501 will be holding a Monthly PSA Meeting on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, @ 7-8 p.m.   

EVENT:           PSA 501 Monthly Meeting
DATE:             Wednesday, July 26, 2017
TIME:              7 – 8 P.M.
LOCATION:   St George's Episcopal Church - 160 U Street, Northwest 
AGENDA: 

·        Welcome remarks
·        Speakers – PSA Lieutenant William Verna, Sergeants Farid Fawzi and Nicole Brown
·        PSA 501 Monthly Crime Stats
·        Address any immediate concerns
·        Discuss problem solving techniques 
    
We will be gathering every 4th Wednesday of the month in order to discuss the PSA’s Crime Stats, and work on problem solving techniques to address any area’s that are in need of police attention.  
                             
Lieutenant William Verna
Metropolitan Police Department
Fifth District


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Boundary Stone's choice for #DCBurgerWeek

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wings Wednesday at Crisp Kitchen and Bar

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Bloomingdale resident Wade Henderson addresses NAACP on voting rights

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Tuesday, July 25, 2017

MPD: Person of Interest sought in a Robbery (Force and Violence) offense -- 400 block of Florida Avenue NW


From: MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 6:16 PM
Subject: [MPD-5D] 7.25.17 Person of Interest Sought in a Robbery (Force and Violence) Offense: 400 Block of Florida Avenue, Northwest [1 Attachment]

July 25, 2017                                      

Person of Interest Sought in a Robbery (Force and Violence) Offense:
400 Block of Florida Avenue, Northwest


(Washington, DC)  – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Third District seek the public's assistance in identifying a person of interest in reference to a Robbery (Force and Violence) offense that occurred in the 400 block of Florida Avenue, Northwest, on Sunday, July 23, 2017.
                                                                                                  
At approximately 2:24 am, the suspect approached the victim and asked the victim for money. When the victim refused, the suspect assaulted the victim and took his property. The suspect then fled the scene.

The person of interest can be seen in this video:  https://youtu.be/bEgf-VGwvDY
                                                                                                       
Anyone who has information regarding this case should call police at 202-727-9099.  Additionally, information may be submitted to the TEXT TIP LINE by sending a text message to 50411.  Crime Solvers of Washington, DC currently offers a reward of up to $1,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and indictment of the person or persons responsible for a crime committed in the District of Columbia.

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DC Office of Planning *opposes * the pursued zoning relief for the 74 R Street NW (two condo units) -- how will the BZA vote tomorrow at the BZA hearing ?

Recall that 74 R Street NW was recently converted into two units, permitted by-right under RF-1. (Here is a link.)

 However, some zoning relief was needed -- for exceeding lot occupancy and for an addition to a nonconforming structure.

 The Bloomingdale Civic Association voted on Monday, 06/26/2017, to support the zoning relief.  ANC5E06 Commissioner McClelland advised that ANC5E would support the zoning relief if the BCA voted for it.  So since the BCA voted for it, the requested zoning relief got ANC5E's support as well.

 However.

 See the DC Office of Planning's recommendation below.

 "the Office of Planning cannot make a recommendation regarding variance relief"

 Note that the BZA hearing is tomorrow, Wednesday, 07-26-2017.

 Will the BZA vote not to support 74 R Street NW's variance relief in line with the Office of Planning's recommendation?

 We shall see.









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