Tuesday, February 27, 2018

who's performing at Boundary Stone Wednesday night? Sara G and Friends

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Bloomingdale Civic Association historic designation survey postcard results shared at last night's BCA meeting

Last night's Bloomingdale Civic Association meeting was well attended.  Great to see so many new faces coming out.

Here are the minutes that I recorded regarding the agenda item of the recent BCA historic designation survey postcard.


Bloomingdale historic designation survey postcard results


Ms. Quinn advised that there were 48 postcards that were postmarked after the stated deadline.  She then asked if the postcards postmarked after the deadline should be included in the total survey postcard results.


Mr. Brannum made a motion to reject the inclusion of the postcards postmarked after the deadline.  The motion was seconded.  The motion passed - 21 in support, 10 in opposition.


Survey results


Total number of postcards mailed out: 3107
Total number of postcards received by the survey vendor: 516
Do you support Bloomingdale historic district designation/Yes: 234
Do you not support Bloomingdale historic district designation/No: 282


Ms. Quinn mentioned that the HPRB hearing will likely be in May 2018.


The BCA will take a vote at the Monday, March 19, 2018 BCA meeting. 


Ms. Prentice reported that the current BCA membership is currently 135.


Robert Brannum: Meet and Greet for Council of DC Chairman candidate Phil Mendelson -- Thursday, 03-15-2018

Here is an announcement for an event in the neighborhood:

From: rbrannum@robertbrannum.com 
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2018 5:05 PM
To: rbrannum@robertbrannum.com
Subject: Meet and Greet


Meet and Greet

Phil Mendelson

For Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia

Thursday, March 15, 2018

6:00pm – 8:00pm

158 Adams Street, NW

Washington, DC 20001






Robert Vinson Brannum
Chairman, NAACP-DC Veterans Committee
Commissioner, DC Commission on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Board Member, DC Open Government Coalition, Inc.
President Emeritus, DC Federation of Civic Associations, Inc.
Former President, Bloomingdale Civic Association, Inc.
Chairman Emeritus, 5th District Citizens’ Advisory Council, Inc.
Chairman Emeritus, Ward 5 Democratic Committee
Assistant Recording Secretary, Ward 5 Dem0cratic Committee
Former Interim Chairman, DC Commission on National and Community Service
Former Board Member, DC Crime Solvers
Former Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner
Incorporator and Founding Board Member, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Inc.
Founding Board Member, Veterans and Military Families for Progress, Inc.

a periodic message from Bloomingdale-based JSquared Candle Co.

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Bates neighbor soliciting camera footage on the unit block of U Street NW on Sunday morning related to an attack from a stranger

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Monday, February 26, 2018

Chef Michael Friedman of Red Hen is "All-In"

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attend tonight's Bloomingdale Civic Association meeting

Below is the agenda of the Monday, 02-26-2018, Bloomingdale Civic Association meeting:




Going Out Guide: review of Spark at 12 from Tom Sietsema

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incident on the 2200 block of Flagler Place NW last night

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ramping up for St. Baldrick's headshaving fundraiser at Boundary Stone -- to raise funds for childhood cancers research

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Sunday, February 25, 2018

Bloomingdale history moment: raised in Bloomingdale/LeDroit Park, Edward Brooke was the first African-American popularly elected to the US Senate

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come to Monday night's Bloomingdale Civic Association meeting

Below is the agenda of the Monday, 02-26-2018, Bloomingdale Civic Association meeting:




Open Houses scheduled in and around Bloomingdale for 2/25/2018

1718 1st St NW #6 is listed for $469,000. and is open Sunday 1-3pm
The featured listing is a 2 bedroom 1 bath condo in Bloomingdale at 1718 1st Street NW. The listing represented by Jenn Smira with Compass. 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 compass dot com by 10am on Friday before the open.

two weeks from today: St. Baldrick's headshaving fundraiser at Boundary Stone

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six days from today: The October Sessions performing at Big Bear Cafe -- rollicking dance tunes, classic folk songs and some new originals

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Workafrolic open house this afternoon

See this Instagram message from not-yet-opened Workafrolic, located at 1707 North Capitol Street NE:







The Unified Scene Theater's free improv workshop this afternoon

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Saturday, February 24, 2018

i (heart) the Sylvan Theater neon sign

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a week from today: McMillan Park/Bloomingdale historic walking tour

From: HistoricWashington@yahoogroups.com [mailto:HistoricWashington@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2018 4:28 PM
To: HistoricWashington@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HistoricWashington] McMillan Park/Bloomingdale Historic Walking Tour - Saturday, March 3

The Friends of McMillan Park is planning another history walking tour through the Bloomingdale neighborhood and around the perimeter of McMillan Park on Saturday, March 3 -- our first walking tour for 2018.  Once again, we are fortunate to have our neighbor and friend Paul Cerruti leading the tour.  Paul has compiled a tremendous amount of detail about the park and its role in our neighborhood through the years since it first opened to the public.  This will cover a lot of the information presented in history walks we did in 2017 that were very well attended and enjoyed!

The tour will showcase McMillan Park, its vistas, unique history, and connection to the historic landmarks in the Bloomingdale neighborhood.  The first part of the walk will include information and bonus highlights about Bloomingdale.  

The tour will last approximately 1 1/2 hours and will start at the Big Bear Cafe, located at the corner of 1st St. and R St., NW, on Saturday, March 3 at 9am (rain date: Saturday, March 10 at 9am, same location). Light refreshments will be served and a selection of some of our favorite mounted art photos of McMillan Park offered for sale at the end of the tour, as well as some lovely greeting cards of those same photos. 

Please register by sending an email to restoremcmillan@gmail.com or calling Kirby at 202-213-2690.  We are limiting the tour to 30 persons to ensure that all who join it can hear easily and participate fully.  So please register early to guarantee you'll be able to join us.  

Kindly note that a suggested donation of $20 in advance, $25 on the day of the event, is requested to benefit the Friends of McMillan Park's efforts to save this registered national and local historic landmark and would be greatly appreciated. 

Thank you,

Kirby Vining


1st time homebuyer seminar at St. Martin's Catholic Church -- Sunday, 03-04-2018

First Time Home Buyer Seminar
By Kristina O’Neill

The seminar will focus on:

Down payment assistance
Tax abatement (you can have your real estate taxes waived for 5 years)
HPAP (which give you $40,000 in down payment assistance) and
How to raise your credit score

When: Sunday, March 4th at 1:30PM
Where: St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church
Downstairs in the Pioneer Room 
1908 North Capitol Street, NW
(located on the corner of North Capitol Street and T Street NW, 
you can enter from the door on T-Street)
(http://www.stmartinsdc.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/stmartinsdc/)
    
For Directions call 202-232-1144

Peace,
Fr. Mike

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Kristina O’Neill
Senior Loan Officer
NMLS ID #187714
Cell 703-861-4665
Phone and Fax: 703-259-8670
Company NMLS ID # 86548  (www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org)
3201 Jermantown Road Suite 800
Fairfax, VA 22030

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