May Newsletters
Please join us for a joint MVSNA/DNA forum on homeless issues & housing plans, on our regular MVSNA meeting date, May 20th, 7pm, Mt Calvary Baptist Church - 755 8th St. NW
Dear Neighbor,
Special Neighborhood Meeting - May 20th (update)
http://pqliving.com/?p=1571#more-1571
This one has a poll too:
http://mvtriangle.blogspot.com/2008/05/5th-i-public-meeting-recap.html
petition: http://www.chappleanc.com/petitions2007/public/survey.php?name=CityMarketAtO_TIF_Support
ANC2C02 Commissioner Kevin Chapple's comments/update at: http://ChappleANC.com/public/
UDC/HAWDC Hospitality Training: Second Session
10 am, Saturday, May 17
Mandatory recruitment and pre-screening session
9am-2pm, Saturday, May 31
Classes for front desk and housekeeping services
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
801 Mount Vernon Place NW
1-888-643-9994
The University of the District of Columbia and the Hotel Association of Washington DC are conducting their second in a series of free training programs for local residents. This program is meant to prepare District residents for a variety of exciting careers in the hospitality industry.
If you need a job or know someone who needs a job, pass it along. These jobs offer great opportunities for advancement and learning a diverse skill set for those who really want to apply themselves. And it couldn't be more convenient.
Sanctuary 84?
Has anyone heard anything more about/fro"Sanctuary 84", the NFL Player Club "lounge" that is operating on M Street? For the first time in a long time the website is fully functional thenflplayerclub.com/
Just heard on the radio - Mayor Fenty has announced that the north parcel of the Old Convention Center Site that sits between NY Ave, 9th, 11th & (I) will be leased the Hines Archstone Smith for development into a 400 room 4 star hotel with 100k sq ft of retail. Washington post has the details. Hines is also the developer of the larger south parcel of the OCC site so they are developing it all (it was planned this way). This pretty much kills the fancy new library idea that former Mayor Williams was so into. The south part will be housing, office and more retail. First dirt should fly in January! Until then, tennis.
Speaking of Hines, they do support the community.
Review - Ida's Idea
For the ladies! I just visited that little boutique down 7th St, Ida's Idea, for the first time ever despite walking past it many times. Ive got to tell you all this place is delightful and totally worth checking out! I took my mom there and she tried on all kinds of fabulous clothes from the US, France & Italy. They have a very interesting selection of colorful, airy & flowy couture pieces. I say pieces as they do because each one is pretty much a work of art. Its a family business, warm and inviting. Though its a little pricey, go. You'll have a great experience and you might end up with something very special to wear. Even if you arent exactly a skinny minnie, they are a good fit as they do have big girl sizes. My momma went with a full length grey strapless dress with a subtle diagonally striped A-line skirt and she looked HOT!
7th Street between Mass Ave & I Street (east side - old ATF Building) Monday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Happy Mother's Day!
Avoid them on practically the whole rotting block!!! Now we know why Jemal gets to skate on those pesky Class 3 taxes. 10 years of staring at funk & broken windows on the most prominent corner in our neighborhood as the odd campaign slinks by. This stinks and smacks of a big fat FU to the neighbors, activists, and the tourists who visit the convention center and get to stare rotting urban decay as soon as the walk out the door. Enough! Develop it already! Tax it up the wazoo! Do something!!!! I've got to just paste the whole thing on here.
Evans Campaign to Occupy Legendary Political Address
One of the District’s hardiest political addresses is once again occupied: Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans will be locating his campaign headquarters at 1005 7th St. NW, on the highly visible northeast corner of 7th and New York Avenue.
Evans, who is being challenged thus far by Mount Vernon Square lawyer and community activist Cary Silverman, follows in the footsteps of numerous other city politicos—many who had checkered experiences on the premises:
- In 1998, the building housed one of At-Large Councilmember Carol Schwartz’s failed mayoral runs.
- In 2000, Schwartz ran her successful re-election campaign out of the building—a rare unqualified success for the edifice.
- In 2002, Mayor Anthony A. Williams also ran a re-election campaign out of the building. You know, the one with all the fake ballots and the write-in votes.
- In 2004, incumbent At-Large Councilmember Harold Brazil’s campaign occupied the space. He was overthrown by insurgent Kwame Brown.
- In 2006, mayoral hopeful Michael A. Brown moved his campaign in. He ended up with a mere 650 votes after throwing his support to Linda Cropp less than a week before the Democratic primary.
Red-and-white Evans signs appeared all over the three-story building, owned by developer Doug Jemal, earlier this week; Evans campaign manager Keith Carbone says phone lines still need to be installed and furniture ordered for the storefront. A kickoff event for the office, he says, is scheduled for later this month.
Perhaps Evans will be able to avoid any bad juju on the premises—he is, after all, the first non-citywide candidate to move in (the office is located in Ward 2’s eastern flank—the area Silverman considers his base). Carbone says he’s not worried about any of that. “We’re not going to be superstitious,” he says.
And BTW I dont give a crap where Evans has his office. As long as its in legitimate commercial property.
