Dear Ward 5 Community: Our children are the future and need your help being safe on their way to school this fall. Please join volunteers and the Executive Office of the Mayor on the first day of school for our visibility events to educate drivers to slow down to keep our children safe! […]
August 2, 2015 Some things never grow old – or do they? The Bonsai collection at the National Arboretum is always on display where the trees age ever so slowly. See more images at Ward 5 On Display.
April 18, 2015 There are murals all around the District. They hide in alleys, on roof tops, as retaining walls, and all sorts of places. We drive by then, walk through them, and speed by them to the point where they start to blend in. Take a look up, around, down, and find them. \”The Walls
February 28, 2015 Mayor Muriel Bowser opened the third of her Budget Engagement Forums at Anacostia High School in Ward 8 with a discussion on balancing the fiscal 2016 budget. She informed the crowd that although the originally reported $240M deficit, is more likely to be between $190 to $195M, there are still a number of
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February 26, 2015 Last night’s ANC5A meeting covered a number of important topics starting with the Verizon outage last November that impacted over 8000 DC residents (2500 of which reside in district 5A), the District’s new marijuana laws, and recent developments regarding bi-lingual schools in district 5A. Commissioner Washington introduced Mr. Mario Acosta-Velez, Verizon Director,
February 18, 2015 Mid- City Financial Corporation revealed the initial layout for the renovation of Brookland Manor as part of the Brentwood Village project, scheduled to begin in 2017, during the February ANC 5C meeting today. Michael Meers, Executive Vice President – Mid-City Financial, led off the discussion by relaying the history of Brookland Manor and
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January 31, 2015 Despite below freezing temperatures, between 75 and 100 men, young and old, participated this morning in the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Men’s Summit. The summit was called to start a dialog between young men in the District of Columbia and the Metropolitan Police department (MPDC). In the wake of the deaths of
January 19, 2015 I grew up, like many young black kids, celebrating Black history week. I ran to the encyclopedias my father had wisely salvaged from someone else’s discards and wrote my traditional report on Booker T. Washington, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglas, or George Washington Carver and waited for next year to come around to
