The owner of the building housing Lustre Cleaner at 309 – 311 Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E., has applied for a voluntary environmental cleanup permit for the property and is proposing to convert it into a restaurant. The property lies between two Spike Mendelsohn restaurants – Béarnaise and We the Pizza – which have done battle with neighbors and ANC6B over rat and trash issues. The privately done environmental assessment is complete. Look for ANC6B to push hard for indoor trash storage here when the application for a liquor license comes up.
The Week Ahead…. Boys and Girls Club & a New Restaurant on PA Ave?
Monday, April 24
- CM Charles Allen’s Ward 6 Budget Town Hall meeting, 6:30pm, Jefferson Middle School, 801 7th Street, SW.
2. The office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) is scheduled to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for development of the Hill East Boys and Girls Club.
Tuesday, April 25
- ANC6B Executive Committee meets at 7:00pm in Hill Center to set the agenda for the May meeting of the ANC.
Wednesday, April 26
Image courtesy of ANC6B Hill East Task Force Chair Dan Ridge
ANC6B’s Hill East Task Force meets at 7:00pm at St. Coletta of Greater Washington, 1901 Independence Avenue, S.E. DMPED has been invited to provide an update on the RFP for the Boys and Girls Club. In addition, representatives from the Office of Planning will attend to talk about “tactical urbanism” in the context of pedestrian safety (read the 17th Street “speedway”).
Saturday, April 29
March for climate, jobs and justice.
Participants will gather in front of the Capitol Building at 11:00am. The march will kick off at 12:30pm, and proceed up Pennsylvania Avenue toward the White House and end with a rally at the Washington Monument at 3:00pm.
CAPITOL HILL CORNER 