see the gravestones of Mrs. Emily Beale and Mr. George Beale at Congressional Cemetery

See this tweets and pics:

Bloomingdame ‏@bloomingdame 3h3 hours ago

Visited the Beale family plot (of original #BloomingdaleDC estate)

11:48 AM - 29 Oct 2016

The gravestones of Emily Beale and George Beale.

 

CM McDuffie invites you to testify at the Thursday, 11-03-2016, police hearing

From: Holliday, Bertha G. (SMD 5E07) [mailto:5E07@anc.dc.gov]
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2016 12:14 PM
Subject: Fwd: YOUR VOICE IS NEEDED!: TESTIFY; Thu, Nov. 3 @ 5pm-DC JUDICIARY POLICE HEARING

For posting on listserv and. Blog

Bertha Holliday, PhD

Commissioner, ANC 5E07
Treasurer ANC 5E
Washington, DC
5E07@anc.dc.gov
www.berthaholliday.com
202-491-3996
Serving Bloomingdale ...Building Community"


Begin forwarded message:

Date: October 28, 2016 at 12:15:44 PM EDT
Subject: YOUR VOICE IS NEEDED!: TESTIFY; Thu, Nov. 3 @ 5pm-DC JUDICIARY POLICE HEARING

On 10/21/16, Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie<McDuffiePress@gmail.com> wrote:

Please come out November 3rd to join this important conversation on police and policing. View this email in your browser Dear Neighbors, I would like to invite you to take part in this public oversight roundtable:   The State of the Metropolitan Police Department: Crime, Community Policing, and Selecting the Next Chief of Police In this wide-ranging discussion, we invite the residents of Ward 5 and the entire District of Columbia to discuss Crime, Community Policing, and Selecting the Next Chief of Police.   DATE/TIME: Thursday, November 3, 2016, 5 p.m. LOCATION: John A. Wilson Building, Room 412 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 If you wish to sign up to testify or submit written testimony, you can do so by emailing judiciary@dccouncil.us or visit:www.KenyanMcDuffie.com/MPDroundtable. Those wishing to testify must do so by the close of business on October 31, 2016. For a printable flyer for this event to share with your friends and neighbors, click here. In Service, Kenyan

"Get Out The Vote" message from ANC5E07 Commissioner Bertha Holliday

From: Bertha Holliday
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 5:30 PM

BLOOMINGDALE -- GET OUT THE VOTE!

                                    

The higher our voter numbers -- the more political clout this neighborhood gains!  

AVOID THE LINES AND VOTE EARLY !!

You can vote early NOW until NOV. 4 at ONE JUDICIARY SQUARE (441 4th  St., NW ) from 8:30 am - 7:00 pm. (including Sundays)

If you live in Ward 5, beginning FRIDAY,. OCT. 28 until NOV. 4 you can also vote early at TURKEY THICKET RECREATIONAL CENTER  (1100 Michigan Ave., NE), 8:30 a.m. - 7 pm.(including Sundays)  

You can also vote early through use of an absentee ballot.  DEADLINE   for receipt of Application for Absentee Ballot is NOV. 1.  Applications may be faxed.  Applications are available on the DC Board of Elections website (www.dcboee.org ).  In addition, I will be handing out Applications for Absentee Ballots on SUNDAY, OCT. 30 , 11 am - 2pm at FIRST & T STREETS, NW.    Completed ballots must be received  by the Board of Elections by 8 pm on ELECTION DAY.

Please vote for an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner (ANC) , usually near the end of the ballot -- and if you live between Randolph Place & U St., NW and North Capitol St.& amp; 2nd St., NW -- PLEASE VOTE TO RE-ELECT ME -- BERTHA HOLLIDAY --  FOR ANC 5E07.

For more information about BERTHA HOLLIDAY and her vision and accomplishments as an ANC Commissioner--or if you wish to volunteer or donate to the HOLLIDAY CAMPAIGN,  please go to:  

www.berthaholliday.com

-- 

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"
www.bloomingdalecivicassociation.org

Commissioner, ANC 5E07

Washington, DC

www.berthaholliday.com

5E07@anc.dc.gov.
Treasurer, ANC 5E

two weeks from today: Van Alen's "Intersection Mixtape" and "Playback Your Story" community engagement events

From: Jess Greenspan
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 4:11 PM
Subject: Fwd: Two Local Community Engagement Events - Request

Good afternoon Scott,

My name is Jess Greenspan, I work at the Van Alen Institute in New York. We're a nonprofit that develops cross-disciplinary research, public programs, and design competitions that investigate the most pressing social, cultural, and ecological challenges of tomorrow, and we're hosting two local D.C. events.

In an attempt to spread the word about the events, we are wondering if you'd be able to share our flyer, below, with your network. Are you able to help me with that? 

Information and links are included below. Basically, the program is made up of two events that promote place-making and community engagement in order to preserve the neighborhood's fabric and culture, near Mid City East. It will be a mix of video, music, improv and interviews with locals.

The events will take place Saturday, November 12. Please let me know if you can help.

Thanks,

Jess

https://www.facebook.com/events/1801805886707859/

https://www.facebook.com/events/1223241097734810/

--

Jess Greenspan

Competitions Intern Fall 2016
Van Alen Institute

Join us for Intersection Mixtape and Playback Your Story community engagement events in DC Van Alen Institute and the DC Office of Planning are pleased to invite you to attend Intersection Mixtape and Playback Your Story, a series of public programs and interventions to unite communities through narrative, vibrations, and the built environment. Events include: Intersection Mixtape Site-specific artistic interventions by DC artists collective Furthermore that include mixtapes of local histories and multimedia explorations of neighborhood demographic shifts When: November 12, 2016 12:00 - 3:00 P.M. Where: The lot on the corner of Bates and North Capitol Streets NW, Mid City East   REGISTER Playback Your Story Playback Theatre performances by John Johnson and company who specialize in improvisational play that involves a mix of theater and sign language. After conducting over twenty interviews in the neighborhood in September, John will highlight community narratives and stories through theatre. When: November 12, 2016 4:00 - 7:00 P.M. Where: Olmsted Green, Gallaudet University   REGISTER ABOUT THE COLLABORATORS About Van Alen At Van Alen Institute, we believe design can transform cities, landscapes, and regions to improve people’s lives. We collaborate with communities, scholars, policymakers, and professionals on local and global initiatives that rigorously investigate the most pressing social, cultural, and ecological challenges of tomorrow. Building on more than a century of experience, we develop cross-disciplinary research, provocative public programs, and inventive design competitionswww.vanalen.org Twitter: @van_alen Instagram: @van_alen Facebook: /vanaleninstitute About DC Office of Planning Office of Planning's mission is to guide development of the District of Columbia, including the preservation and revitalization of our distinctive neighborhoods, by informing decisions, advancing strategic goals, encouraging the highest quality outcomes, and engaging all communities. OP performs planning for neighborhoods, corridors, districts, historic preservation, public facilities, parks and open spaces, and individual sites. In addition, OP engages in urban design, land use, and historic preservation review. OP also conducts historic resources research and community visioning, and manages, analyzes, maps, and disseminates spatial and US Census data.www.planning.dc.gov and www.dcculturalplan.org Twitter:@OPinDC #CrossingtheStreet #creativeplacemaking Instagram:op_indc Facebook:/dcofficeofplanning   ABOUT CROSSING THE STREET The Crossing the Street grant initiative is made possible through a grant from the Kresge Foundation. The initiative, taking place in select neighborhoods around the District that are experiencing rapid demographic and social change, aims is to create more locally sensitive public spaces that promote health, happiness, and neighborhood wellbeing by engaging in civic activities that capitalize on community assets.

--

Jess Greenspan
Competitions Intern Fall 2016
Van Alen Institute

a week from today: North Capitol Main Street's 1st Annual Chili Challenge fundraiser - chili entries from El Camino, DCity Smokehouse, Boundary Stone, Pub and the People and Crisp Kitchen Bar

See this fun event announcement from Aisha Bond, Executive Director of North Capitol Main Street:

North Capitol Main Street is excited to announce our first annual chili challenge featuring chili entries from five of our local restaurants!! It will be a good time to be had by all! Warm apple cider, DC Brau, games for the kids and friendly competition for the adults. If you make a  mean cornbread enter the cornbread challenge by emailing me at ed@northcapitoldc.com and if you think you can handle the heat come prepared to compete in our hot pepper eating contest. 

Saturday November 5th 1-4 pm 

Tickets sold strictly through event brite. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/north-capitol-main-street-first-annual-chilli-challenge-tickets-28901972578

a week from today: Oral History Project launch celebration party at Showtime Lounge

See this 10-27-2016 message from Albin Sikora:

I have an oral history project that I just finished, where I interviewed one person every day for 100 days in a row. The project explores the concepts of care and community. Many of the interviews took place in Bloomingdale and I am having a party at SHOWTIME to celebrate/launch the project. It will be held on Saturday, November 5th from 5 PM to 7 PM. The flyer is attached.
 

 Albin Sikora

tomorrow: St Martin's Pink-A-Boo Breast and Prostate Cancer Awareness Walk - wear something pink - wear something blue

From: Lisa Thomas 
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2016 10:06 AM
Subject: St. Martin's - Pink-A-Boo Breast& Prostate Cancer Awareness Walk - 10/30/2016

Good Morning Scott,

St. Martin’s Church is hosting a Breast & Prostate Cancer Awareness Walk on Sunday, October 30^th.  Please include it in the next Bloomingdale group publication.  

Thanks

Lisa Thomas

St Martin's Catholic Church Pink-A-Boo 2016 10 30 by Scott Roberts on Scribd

three pics from the 10-19-2016 wheels theft on the 100 block of V Street NW

See this 10-28-2016 message and images from ANC5E08 Commissioner Horacio Sierra:

May you please post these photos on your blog? A jeep's wheels and tires were stolen on the 100 block of NW V Street during the early morning hours of October 19. The security cameras used by the Parker Flats condo association recorded footage of the criminals.

If anyone can identify them or has information about the robbery, they should contact the police.

Thank you.

Peace,

Horacio Sierra, Ph.D.
ANC 5E08 Commissioner 
5E08@anc.dc.gov

Here is a link to an earlier post here at the Bloomingdale Neighborhood blog.

Open Houses in and around Bloomingdale scheduled for 10/30/2016

143 Adams St NW is listed for $835,000. and will be open Sunday 1-4pm

The featured property at 143 Adams St NW will be open on Sunday from 1pm-4pm. It is listed for $835,000.  The listing is represented by Ed Ingebretson with Evers and Company Real Estate, Inc. 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. If you prefer a printed copy, you can pick up a list with map at Big Bear Cafe after 10am on Saturday.

*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.

at the Park at LeDroit tomorrow: Neighbors! Food! Fun! Community Event, 10 am to 4 pm

Subject: Reminder!! Community Event at the Park at Ledroit on Saturday, October 29, 10AM-3PM

Please join us on Saturday!  Here is a schedule of the activities happening in the Park on 10/29:

10AM – 3PM:   Crafts and face painting for kids.  Kids can make their own fairy mask, super hero mask, hat or tiara. Pumpkin painting on the farm starting at 11!

10AM – 11:30AM:  Join us for DJ Jacq Jill.

11AM – 3PM: Howard University Hospital and Walgreens will be providing various health screenings and flu shots.  (Flu shots will be provided for free or at a discount for the under-or un-insured. If you are insured, please bring your insurance card.)

11AM- 1PM: Activities on Common Good City Farm including Pumpkin Painting, a soapmaking demonstration and a cooking demonstration.

11:30 – 12PM:   People Objects Play (POP) Performance.  POP is a creative movement company of teenage performers. The company performs entertaining dance pieces to upbeat music using a variety of lively props such as balls, parachutes, hula-hoops, fabrics, umbrellas and more. After each brief dance, they invite audiences to participate in movement explorations. The company engages participants of all ages and abilities. POP is a resident company of Dance Place and an art elective in our Junior Staff job readiness training program. The company stresses professionalism, cooperation, collaboration, creativity and community building.

12PM:  Danceplace Step Team. The Dance Place Step Team has represented the best in youth talent since its inception in 2000, hosting a core group of outstanding students in both academics and theatrics.  The Dance Place Step Team has been nominated for a Metro DC Dance Award on two occasions, won 1st and 2nd place in Arlington County Step Competitions and performed at the Lincoln Theater, the Corcoran Art Gallery, the Gunston Arts Center, the Black Rock Center for the Arts and the Duke Ellington School Theater.

12:00PM:  COOKOUT starts at Common Good City Farm.

12:00PM – Judging of puppy costume contest at the dog park.

12PM-2PM - Lucky Dog Animal Rescue will be at the park with dogs available for adoption.

12:15PM: Halloween costume parade for the kids and pups in costumes.  (With non-candy treats at the end for the kids!)

12:15-1PM: More DJ Jacq Jill.

2:30:  Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau is scheduled to stop by!! Come say hello!

1PM – 3PM: Poetry performances featuring Holly Bass, a multidisciplinary performance and visual artist, writer and director, and students from Howard University. About Holly Bass: A Cave Canem fellow, she has published poems in Callaloo, nocturnes (re)view, Beltway, Role Call (Third World Press) and The Ringing Ear, an anthology of Black Southern poetry. From 2008-2011, she was the Cullen Poet-in-Residence for Busboys & Poets, a popular cultural gathering space in DC. She was a founding member of DC WritersCorps and continues to work internationally as a teaching artist in schools, colleges and community centers. In 2011, she was named one of the “Top 30 Black Performance Poets” by The Root. She was voted 2012 Best Performance Artist in the Washington City Paper. In 2014, she initiated a year-round creative writing and performance program for adjudicated youth in DC’s Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services.

We will also be joined by the following organizations: Mamatoto Village, Cleveland Elem. School, HU Hospital, DC Office on Aging, My School DC, Collective Action for Safe Spaces.

AND - you are invited to enter our SWEEPSTAKES at the LeDroit Park Civic Association table.  Over $200 in gift certificates to local restaurants!

Please visit this link for any changes to the schedule: https://www.facebook.com/events/1658199344470074/

one year anniversary of the launch of the LeDroit Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail

See this tweet:

Cultural Tourism DCVerified account ‏@DCculture
In October of last year we celebrated the launch of our LeDroit Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail #DCHeritageTrails http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/portal/992
11:50 PM - 27 Oct 2016 
 

tonight: Town Hall on improving the safety of our community -- at Metropolitan Wesley AME Zion Church

From: Holliday, Bertha G. (SMD 5E07) [mailto:5E07@anc.dc.gov]
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2016 2:22 PM
Subject: Fwd: Town hall

Post on listserv and blogBertha Holliday, PhD

Commissioner, ANC 5E07
Treasurer ANC 5E
Washington, DC
5E07@anc.dc.gov
www.berthaholliday.com
202-491-3996
"Serving Bloomingdale ...Building Community"

Begin forwarded message:


From: "Proctor, James E Jr"
Date: October 19, 2016 at 2:55:02 PM EDT
To: "5E07@anc.dc.gov"
Subject: Town hall
Bertha G. Holliday,

We invite you to join us at our neighborhood town hall, below you will find the details.

Metropolitan Wesley AME Zion Church request your presence at a Town Hall event to share concerns and ideas to improve the safety of our community. "BE PART OF THE SOLUTION" on Friday October 28, 2016 7 pm thru 830 pm at 1712 North Capitol St. NW Washington D.C. It's a conversation on finding solutions. Please contact James Proctor for further information at (202) 483-3262.

V/r
James
 

DC Water Small Diameter Water Main Replacement project in Bloomingdale presentation on Monday, 10-17-2016

See this tweet and Powerpoint presentation:

Bloomingdame ‏@bloomingdame                         

Here is the @dcwater water main replacement PowerPoint from October 17 #BloomingdaleDC CA. You're welcome. https://www.dcwater.com/workzones/bloomingdale/bloomingdale_civic_association_ppt_10_17_16.pdf …

9:49 PM - 27 Oct 2016

DC Water 1st Street Tunnel Bloomingdale Presentation 2016 10 17 by Scott Roberts on Scribd

North Capitol Main Street 1st Annual Chili Challenge -- Saturday, 11-05-2016

See this fun event announcement from Aisha Bond, Executive Director of North Capitol Main Street:

North Capitol Main Street is excited to announce our first annual chili challenge featuring chili entries from five of our local restaurants!! It will be a good time to be had by all! Warm apple cider, DC Brau, games for the kids and friendly competition for the adults. If you make a  mean cornbread enter the cornbread challenge by emailing me at ed@northcapitoldc.com and if you think you can handle the heat come prepared to compete in our hot pepper eating contest. 

Saturday November 5th 1-4 pm 

Tickets sold strictly through event brite. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/north-capitol-main-street-first-annual-chilli-challenge-tickets-28901972578

MPD: Person of Interest ought in an Armed Robbery of an Establishment (Gun): 400 block of Rhode Island Avenue NW

From: MPD-5D@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2016 7:45 AM
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: [MPD-5D] Person of Interest Sought in an Armed Robbery of an Establishment (Gun): 400 block of Rhode Island Avenue, Northwest [1 Attachment]

October 28, 2016

Person of Interest Sought in an Armed Robbery of an Establishment (Gun): 400 block of Rhode Island Avenue, Northwest

(Washington, DC) - The Metropolitan Police Department seeks the public's assistance in identifying and locating a person of interest in reference to an Armed Robbery of an Establishment (Gun) offense that occurred in the 400 block of Rhode Island Avenue, Northwest, on Tuesday, October 25, 2016, at approximately 10:56 am.

The suspect entered the establishment, brandished a handgun, and demanded the employee open the register. The employee complied. The suspect took US currency and fled westbound in the 400 block of Rhode Island Avenue, Northwest, towards 5th Street, Northwest.

The person of interest can be seen in this video: https://youtu.be/EJXR6-dSeI8.

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 text messaging 50411. The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $10,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for a violent offense, including an armed robbery, committed in the District of Columbia.

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