today`s NCMS Art + Music Walk is ON -- rain or shine!

Lonna Hooks, Executive Director, North Capitol Main Street, wants to advise everyone that today's Art + Music Walk is on -- rain or shine!

There * are * indoor stops along the walk, too!

See you there!

the Saturday, 8-6-2011 NCMS Art + Music Walk needs volunteers to help make it a great day

See this message from Truxton Circle resident and North Capitol Main Street Executive Director, Lonna Hooks:

** ART WALK **
Needs YOU!

Art Walk is quickly approaching and we need volunteers to help make it a great day for all!

J o i n U s

Wednesday
August 3, 2011
7:00pm

NCMS Office
1703 North Capitol St, NE
Washington, DC 20001

We have several details to finalize and a sign-up sheet will be available. There are still several slots open for you to lend a hand.

If you can help to make this year's Art Walk a great success we hope to see you at the meeting.

Please RSVP HERE or email Lonna Hooks at lhooks@ncmsinc.org if you plan on attending.

Contact Information
North Capitol Main Street
1703 North Capitol St, NE
Washington, DC 20001
202-670-1703
www.ncmsinc.org

mark your calendars for the Saturday, 8-6-2011 NCMS Art + Music Walk

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NCMS 2011 Art + Music Walk

for the hipster, the chic, the buppie, the yuppie, the old and the young, the kids and the puppy :)

Mark your calendar . . .

Yard Art Installations - by the Pinkline Project
Music
Artist Vendors
Performers (local artists)
Merchant promotions
Stuff for the kiddies
Food

Saturday, August 6, 2011

First Street NW -- between P and V Streets NW

12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m.

and then there's the grand finale at Rustic Tavern starting at 4:00

Stay tuned for more details. . .

introducing the North Capitol Main Street Art + Music event blog: http://northcapitolartwalk.wordpress.com/

See this message from Lonna Hooks, Truxton Circle resident and Executive Director, North Capitol Main Street regarding the Saturday, August 6, 2011 NCMS Art + Music Walk event.

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NCMS - 2011 Art & Music Blog

JOIN OUR BLOG! - STAY INFORMED http://northcapitolartwalk.wordpress.com/

We are working hard to make this year's Music & Art Festival a fabulous event for the entire community.

Join Our Blog!

Get Up-To-Date Information!

MUSIC & ART WALK INFORMATION
2010 Art + Music Walk in Bloomingdale, DC

The North Capitol Main Street Art + Music Walk is back for its third year! Previously known as "First On 1st", this summer's iconic arts and music festival is bigger and better than ever - featuring four areas for live music and cultural performances at the launch event, and at least twenty homes throughout the North Capitol neighborhoods of Eckington, Bloomingdale, and Truxton Circle featuring sculpture and other installations for the entire month of August.

JOIN OUR BLOG TO GET MORE INFORMATION! http://northcapitolartwalk.wordpress.com/

North Capitol Main Street
1703 North Capitol Street, NE
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia 20002
202-670-1703
www.ncmsinc.org

North Capitol Main Street July 2011 board & committee meetings

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July Board & Committee Meetings

Economic Recovery (ER) & Design Committee Meeting
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
7:00pm

North Capitol Main Street Board Meeting
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
7:00pm

Promotion & Organization Committee Meeting*
Thursday, July 21, 2011
7:00pm

*(Promo/Org Meeting has changed to the 3rd Thursday in July)

All meetings held at the NCMS Office
1703 North Capitol St, NE
Washington, DC 20001
202-670-1703

Please RSVP HERE (lhooks@ncmsinc.org)if you plan to attend or email Lonna Hooks at lhooks@ncmsinc.org.

CONTACT INFORMATION
North Capitol Main Street
1703 North Capitol St, NE
Washington, DC 20001
202-670-1703
http://www.ncmsinc.org/

the NCMS Art & Music Walk is coming Saturday, August 6 - and we need YOU!

See this message from Lonna Hooks, Executive Director, North Capitol Main Street (and Truxton Circle resident):

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2011 NCMS Art + Music Walk

The Art & Music Walk is Coming
Saturday, August 6 - and we need YOU!

Are you an artist that would like to exhibit your outdoor sculpture work or other installation for an entire month?

Are you a homeowner who would be interested in hosting a beautiful work of art in your front yard throughout August.

If so, then we want to hear from you! Email josef@pinklineproject.com to get involved.

Art Walk & Music Festival
For the last 3 years, North Capitol Main Street, Inc. has presented the annual Music + Art Walk to showcase the neighborhoods of Eckington, Truxton Circle, and Bloomingdale, showcasing live music, great art, and fine foods from area restaurants.

This year, we have a goal of including twenty (20) artists and homes to display art, and there will be four stages set up to feature live performances during the kick-off celebration on Saturday, August 6.

North Capitol Main Street
1703 North Capitol St, NE
Washington, DC 20002
202-670-1703
www.ncmsinc.org

North Capitol Main Street: call for Art Walk participants

See this message from Lonna Hooks, Executive Director, North Capitol Main Street:

The 2011 North Capitol Main Street Art + Music Walk is coming this August -- and we need you! Are you an artist that would like to exhibit your outdoor sculpture work or other installation for an entire month? Are you a homeowner who would be interested in hosting a beautiful work of art in your front yard throughout August? If so, then we want to hear from you!

For going on three years now, North Capitol Main Street, Inc. has presented the annual Music + Art Walk to showcase the neighborhoods of Eckington, Truxton Circle, and Bloomingdale, showcasing live music, great art, and fine foods from area restaurants.

This year, we have a goal of including twenty (20) artists and homes to display art, and there will be four stages set up to feature live performances during the kick-off celebration on Saturday, August 6.

If you`re interested in taking part, please e-mail josef @ pinklineproject.com to get involved -- and we`ll see you at this year`s North Capitol Main Street Art + Music Walk!

purchase your tickets TODAY for this Saturday's "Come on Baby, Light Your Fire" North Capitol Main Street fundraiser at Engine Company 12

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Come on Baby, Light Your Fire!

Jump-start your summer. . .

Engine Co. 12 is coming . . . and for many, the wait has been just way too long. So North Capitol Main Street with permission from the owners and support from business partners, is hosting an Adult Spring-break of sorts with a sneak preview party on Saturday, May 21, 2011.

Just imagine, EC 12, at the apex of three great neighborhoods in D.C. -- Truxton Circle, Bloomingdale and Eckington -- coming soon. Wow!

Get a sneak-peek this Saturday, May 21st
7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Buy your tickts online now! (http://www.ncmsinc.org/?p=398)

(Proceeds of fundraiser go to the continued support of the Green Team and NCMS projects)

established pet store looking to open in Bloomingdale

See this message from Lonna Hooks, Truxton Circle resident and Executive Director, North Capitol Main Street:

Pet store is considering moving to Bloomingdale but wants to gauge interest from community residents.

What services are Bloomingdale residents looking for? We need to demonstrate that we would support such an idea. Will residents shop?

PET SUPPLIES

Grooming

Training

Dog Walking Services

Please Reply To:

bloomingdalepetstore@gmail.com

please RSVP if you plan to attend this Saturday's NCMS annual meeting

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North Capitol Main Street Annual Meeting
We welcome all NCMS dues paying members, volunteers, business owners, and residents to join us for our Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held at Rustik Tavern and we hope to see you all there. If you plan on attending, please RSVP by Wednesday, March 30. You can email your RSVP to lhooks@ncmsinc.org

Where: Rustik Tavern - 84 T Street, NW
When: Saturday, April 2, 2011
Time: 9:00am - 10:30am

NCMS annual meeting; small business technical seminar

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a) North Capitol Main Street Annual Meeting

We welcome all NCMS dues paying members, volunteers, business owners, and residents to join us for our Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held at Rustik Tavern and we hope to see you all there.

If you plan on attending, please RSVP by Wednesday, March 30. You can email your RSVP to lhooks@ncmsinc.org or simply click below.

Where: Rustik Tavern - 84 T Street, NW
When: Saturday, April 2, 2011
Time: 9:00am - 10:30am
Click Here to RSVP (send an Email to lhooks@ncmsinc.org)

b) Small Business Technical Seminar
Topics of Discussion:

• Inexpensive Marketing for Small Businesses
• Learn How to Utilize Ward5DCOnline & the NCMS Website
• Using Social Media to Increase Business
• Making Websites and Directory Pages Work for Your Business

This is our second small business technical seminar of the year and you won't want to miss it. The seminar is FREE to attend and it is mandatory for those of you who wish to apply for the 2011 Storefront Improvement Program.

Where: NCMS Office - 1703 Capitol Street, NE
When: Thursday, March 24, 2011
Time: 8:00am - 10:00am
Registration & Continental Breakfast: 8:00am - 8:30am
Seminar starts at 8:30am

North Capitol Main Street
1703 North Capitol Street, NE
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia 20002
202-905-6039

NCMS Clean Team report for February 2011; Clean Team soon to plant Spring blooms

See this message from Lonna Hooks, Truxton Circle resident and Executive Director, North Capitol Main Street:

Spring is just around the corner and NCMS Clean Team will have the corridor looking its best! In February,

The Clean Team collected:

• 1,766 bags of rubbish, and
• removed 22 Graffiti markings.

They continued to shovel and treat our bus stops, handicap ramps & fire hydrants with ice melt where needed.

The Team will be planting the entire business district with beautiful Spring blooms in just a couple of weeks! What are your favorites? Let us know – lhooks@ncmsinc.org.

NCMS Promotion & Organization Committee meeting - tonight, 03/16/2011

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North Capitol Main Street Events
Promotion & Organization Committee Meeting

DATE: Wednesday, March 16, 2011
TIME: 7:00pm
LOCATION: NCMS Office

Come out and help with our exciting Spring projects!

Newsletter
Annual Meeting
Spring Event
Art Walk Preparations

North Capitol Main Street
1703 North Capitol Street, NE
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia 20002
202-905-6039

North Capitol Main Street Feb 2011 board meeting & committee meetings

See this message from North Capitol Main Street Executive Director and Bates area resident Lonna Hooks:

North Capitol Main Street February 2011 Board Meeting & Committee Meetings

NCMS has gotten off to a fabulous start this year so let`s keep the ball rolling by joining us for the upcoming board and committee meetings.

We have lots to discuss and we would love to see you there!

Sincerely,
Lonna Hooks
Executive Director, NCMS, Inc.

Board Meeting
When: February 15, 2011
Where: NCMS Office
1703 North Capitol St, NE
Time: 7:00pm

Committee Meetings

Economic Restructuring & Design
When: February 9, 2011
Where: NCMS Office, 1703 North Capitol St, NE
Time: 7:00pm

Organization & Promotion
When: February 16, 2011
Where: NCMS Office, 1703 North Capitol St, NE
Time: 7:00pm

Save the Date!

Upcoming Events

Council Member Harry Thomas' Ward 5 Economic Summit
When: March 12, 2011
Where: Gallaudet University
Time: 9:00am - Registration
More details to follow on the $5 billion development explosion coming to Ward 5!

NCMS Annual Meeting & Report Presentation
When: April 2, 2011
Where: Rustik Tavern
Time: 9:00am - 10:30am

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Housing Complex's analysis of & solutions for the Florida & North Capitol intersection

See Lydia DePilllis' Housing Complex post from earlier this morning.

The post has a map image, so you may wish to click on the blog link to take a look at it.

You might wish to clidk on the link below in order to read the long list of follow-up comments.

Florida Panhandle: Does the Layout at Florida Avenue and North Capitol Street Cause Crime?

Posted by Lydia DePillis on Feb. 3, 2011 at 7:57 am

[http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2011/02/03/florida-panhandle-does-the-layout-at-florida-avenue-and-north-capitol-street-cause-crime/]

The lay of the land. (Brooke Hatfield)

Just after 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18, Bill Mitchell was walking home from the New York Avenue-Florida Avenue-Gallaudet University Metrorail station. He hopped over busy Florida Avenue to a little triangle of land where a woman had been approached by a man on a mountain bike. According to the woman, the man on the bike asked her for sex. When she declined, he went up to Mitchell at the bus stop and asked him for money. The woman told him to lay off, and as the two got into an argument, Mitchell jumped on the man`s back.

Bad decision.

``This is what I been waiting for,`` the man said, as the police report tells it. He pulled out a gun and fired two shots at Mitchell, who died in a hospital two hours later.

What followed was the kind of outpouring of shock and outrage usually generated by the killing of community-minded young white people like Mitchell. There was a vigil, an emergency public safety meeting, a walk-through of the neighborhood with Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr., Mayor Vince Gray, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier—one of several several similar visits since she was appointed—and a handful of other agency directors. Calls for more police on the corner were issued.

But this time, it`s not just a matter of having more cops come through and bang heads. Neighbors think the physical shape of the immediate area and the buildings nearby might have helped cause the crime.

Here`s the lay of the land: Florida Avenue cuts across the busy six lanes of North Capitol Street in a chaotic basket of stoplights and signals. There`s a bus stop right next to a liquor store on the southwest corner, and another across the street on the traffic island, which allows sauced loiterers to claim they`re waiting for the bus when police come by to move them along. A few blocks away, So Others Might Eat feeds two meals a day to more than 400 homeless people at its headquarters on O Street NW. There`s an outpatient substance abuse treatment center a few blocks south on First Street NE, a medical clinic for the homeless up on Lincoln Road, and a needle exchange van that occasionally sits on Florida Avenue.

Tom Usselman, who`s lived in the neighborhood for nine years and serves on the board of North Capitol Main Street, says he would never wait for a bus at the intersection, which he sees as a maelstrom of disorderly activity.

``We come in, we hit the meth clinic, we grab breakfast over at SOME, we sell our methadone to drug users, and then they don`t need to purchase as much cocaine or whatever it is they`re on—because they`ve got the methadone, it was just a big feeding circle,`` he says, sitting at a folding table in NCMS` storefront office. ``The police have to be extra vigilant to know who is where and what they`re doing. There`s so much activity that it allows the drug dealers and the other guys that are doing bad things to slide under the radar, as long as they keep below that noise.``

Lonna Hooks, NCMS` executive director, thinks things have gotten worse recently. ``The situation is escalating,`` she says, of street harassment and panhandling. ``There is a large amount of people who are clearly not residents, and they have become extremely aggressive.``

Except crime isn`t escalating, at least not the kind that shows up in the city`s CapStat system. The last three years show no consistent trend of incidents taking place within a quarter-mile radius around the intersection (and the average crime rate is actually lower than the same radius around M Street NW and Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown). Plus, there are fewer social services in the neighborhood than there used to be—at least one meth clinic has relocated, and police say the needle exchange truck rarely comes by anymore.

To understand Usselman`s perspective, I spent quite a bit of time ``waiting for a bus`` at the intersection. It`s a fairly affable atmosphere; people stand around, a little aimlessly, chatting about getting off drugs, getting out of jail. The line for cigarettes and singles inside the liquor store is polite. The most uncomfortable thing was having to stand the whole time: The spiked treeboxes meant to keep homeless people from sitting on them make the little traffic island inhospitable to everyone. At no point did I feel threatened, but I did notice that people who looked like me hustled past quickly, as if the intersection were made out of quicksand.

After a while it occurred to me: This isn`t so much about crime, as it is about the perception of crime. What if more people had been on that traffic island when Mitchell was killed? Would the gunman have been so willing to shoot and run?

The problems at Florida Avenue and North Capitol Street go back long before the killing of Bill Mitchell, or even the demographic changes now sweeping the neighborhood. They began in 1947, when the city demolished Truxton Circle and plowed the streets right on through, creating an open sore in the street grid and disrupting the protected feeling that you get from having properties ringing an interior space.

Though some businesses have clung to the street, like crustaceans in a jetstream, not much can really bloom in such a harsh environment. Saeed Momenian has owned a sports store on the corner for 21 years, and says crime is now pretty low—but he`s lost his lower-income clientele, and is having difficulty attracting the newer, wealthier residents who are afraid to walk by the shop.

The school of crime prevention that focuses on environmental design as opposed to police suppression is by now fairly well established. Its principles are basic: You need good visibility from many angles, which requires excellent lighting and low shrubbery. You need to make sure the neighborhood seems cared for, by keeping it clean and well-painted. But most importantly, says the National Institute for Crime Prevention`s Art Hushen, you need to get people to take ownership of their spaces and watch over each other—homeless people or not.

``When you rehabilitate the neighborhood, the offender can no longer survive,`` Hushen says. ``The more social interaction you have amongst people, the less opportunity for crime you have, because people are responsible for each other.``

This is just as true for places like the pocket park on Florida Avenue and 1st Street NW, which has long been known as a drug-infested homeless hangout. It`s getting a $1.4 million facelift, but Bates Area Civic Association President Geovani Bonilla knows it`ll still require a willingness on the part of the community to spend time there. ``If we as a community don`t do events and coordinate things, then we`ll never be able to take that park back,`` he says.

Neighbors are right to focus on improving the area`s cleanliness and function. Narrowing North Capitol Street and turning the intersection back into a circle might do the most to make the space usable again, but mustering the political will is likely too big a lift. Still, there are more realistic options: As the Urban Land Institute recommended in a 2009 study, the traffic island should be merged back into the northwest corner—which is empty and fenced-off, waiting for a stalled condo development—to create a real public plaza, while southbound cars take a wider turn right onto Florida. Public restrooms would give people a place to relieve themselves other than the sidewalk, and perhaps there should be an activity center for homeless people to spend time productively instead of on the street. Vacant properties nearby must be put into productive use—like the decaying Slater, Cook, and Langston schools on P Street, where neighbors have resisted transitional housing for young people.

Other design changes, like moving bus stops to make it easier for cops to crack down on loiterers, just seem like a way of pushing out people who have nowhere else to go. That might make residents feel more comfortable using the space, but the more important step is for them to stop being afraid in the first place. At one point in my loitering, a guy—not evidently homeless—offered me a piece of his pizza from Subway, which I declined. He regarded me for a second. ``Not all black people are bad, you know,`` he said, seemingly concerned about what I might make of the cluster of vagrants, before rushing off to catch a bus.

North Capitol Main Street welcomes Fab Lab

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Congratulations Fab Lab!

Awesome Foundation D.C. Awards its 1st grant to Fab Lab.

January/2011

NCMS Congratulates Fab Lab

Awesome Foundation D.C. chooses Fab Lab for its first grant. The Fab Lab program is part of the MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA), which "broadly explores how the content of information relates to its physical representation." Fab Labs are part of the maker movement, which celebrates the creative tinkering that has been part of the American character for centuries.

Phyllis Klein, who submitted the application for the winning grant, is currently operating a mobile Fab Lab on 14th Street NW. The Awesome Foundation grant will go to help activate a new bricks and mortar space on North Capitol Street, NW. Following is her successful application:

In the spirit of MIT's Fab Lab community outreach project, Fab Lab D.C. will create a high-tech, fabrication laboratory/community workshop in the heart of the nation's capital to advance creativity, innovation and collaborative projects. Fab Lab D.C. will serve and foster the creative community by providing access to digital fabrication technology, rapid prototyping, and the global Fab Lab network.

With a focus on life-long learning and emphasis on investigative teamwork, Fab Lab D.C. plans to provide a range of educational programs for people of all ages, including access to the international Fab Lab network and Fab Academy, which extend opportunities for information sharing, research and broader social impact.

Fab Lab is for local community members, life-long learners, inventors, entrepreneurs, creatives and professionals.

With its location within walking distance and in view of the U. S. Capitol Building, Fab Lab D.C. will also serve as a model for the nation's leaders in policy, government and industry to experience first hand Fab Lab's proven grassroots approach in developing technical education and literacy, promoting innovation, launching inventions and incubating new businesses.

Visit www.fablabdc.org for more information.


Sincerely,

Lonna Hooks
North Capitol Main Street
1703 North Capitol Street, NE
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia 20002

North Capitol Main Street: upcoming schedule of events

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North Capitol Main Street
Upcoming Schedule of Events

Dear NCMS Stakeholders:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Let's start the New Year off with a bang!

Join me for our 1st Board Meeting of the year.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011
7:00PM - 8:30PM
NCMS Office - 1703 North Capitol St NE
Washington, DC 20002

Please RSVP if you plan to attend to: lhooks@ncmsinc.org

And Beyond... Join A Committee!

North Capitol Main Street, Inc. (NCMS) invites you to help us continue the revitalization of our historically and culturally important neighborhood! Our important work is done through Four Standing Volunteer Committees which meet monthly at 7:00PM at NCMS headquarters, 1703 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002.

Economic Restructuring and Design meet on the Second Wednesday - January 12, 2011. Promotions and Organization on the Third Wednesday - January 19, 2011.

For More Information & Commitee Details - Visit our website - www.ncmsinc.org

Drop us a line, or call us and let us know if you can come: NCMS Executive Director, Lonna Hooks 202-670-1703 or lhooks@ncmsinc.org

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