The Week Ahead…& Some Photos from the Past Week
by Larry Janezich
Posted September 8, 2024
Here’s an update on the Palestinian House of Freedom at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. According to their website, “We are a new Washington-based non-profit organization dedicated to educating Americans on Palestine.
Mission: We will embark on an aggressive educational campaign targeting everyone from lawmakers, staffers, the media, to the general public to show how dismantling apartheid and establishing a free democratic Palestine from the River to the Sea with equal rights, is the path to peace and will benefit all parties involved.”
Among the board members, the website lists Andy Shallal, best known according to Wiki as founder and CEO of the chair of restaurant-bookstore-performance venues, Busboys and Poets. He was a candidate for DC mayor in 2014. He came in fifth. For more, go here: https://www.daralhurriya.org/
Tuesday night, Michael Skinner (left) President of Mott’s Market Neighborhood LLC and Payton Sherwood, the vendor and operator of the new Capitol Hill’s Mott’s Market, appeared before ANC6B’s Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis Committee in support of a Tavern License that would allow Mott’s Market to serve beer, wine, and spirits at the proposed backyard summer garden and the sidewalk café. The Market is owned by 90 community members and the liquor license application received overwhelming support from the community. The committee approved the application unanimously and placed it on the consent agenda for the full committee’s meeting on Monday, September 9.
“Joey’s on Barracks Row” at 527 8th Street abruptly closed its doors on Friday. The restaurant opened last January. The sign in the window says “Closed for Vacation.” A reliable source tells CHC this – as the legacy media would say – is a developing story. More later.
District Doughnut at 749 8th Street, Barracks Row, has temporarily closed all three of its District Outlets (Barracks Row, TheWharf, and Union Market). The sign on the door says,
“To our customers:
District Doughnut has some exciting news to share in a few weeks.
We are taking a break till then!! Thank you for your patience and understanding while we get ready for the next chapter of District Doughnut!”
This, too, is a developing story.
Miel Medical Marijuana Dispensary at 727 8th Street, SE, opened for business on Friday. They are offering a 20% discount on first visit purchases. Here’s their website: https://mielwellness.com/
Here’s a photo of a piece in the National Museum of American Art: American Voices and Visions, Modern and Contemporary Art. It’s by Firelei Baez, Untitled, 2022. From the label: “Beneath the swirling streams of paint lies an image of the Atlas Historique, a map created in 1718 to document the recently conquered European colonies. Charting the farthest reaches of human knowledge at that time, the Atlas joined the earth, the solar system, and the constellations into one view.”
The Week Ahead…& Some Photos from the Past Week
by Larry Janezich
Posted September 8, 2024
Monday, September 9
ANC6B will hold a hybrid meeting at 7:00pm
The meeting location will be 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE; First Floor (entry adjacent to Trader Joe’s).
For info on how to join virtually, go here: https://anc6b.org/
Among items on the draft agenda:
- Alcohol Beverage & Cannabis Committee Consent Items.
- Transportation Committee Consent Items.
- Submission of Suggested EV Charging Locations to DOEE.
- Letters Regarding School Pickup/Dropoff Issues on 11th Street, SE.
- DDOT
- Digital Pioneers Academy
- Letter to DDOT Requesting Resident-Only Parking on the 1300 Block of Ives Place, SE
Community & Commission Announcements and Speak Out.
- Anacostia River Watershed Society 6B Tour
Presentations
- Presentation from the Anacostia River Watershed Society
- Eric DeBear, Department of Corrections Hill East Planned Correctional Building
Mott’s Market, 233 12th Street SE, new Retailer Class “B” Beer & Wine Store license.
Mott’s Market, 233 12th Street SE, new Retailer Class “C” Tavern license.
Saint Georges, 301 7th Street SE, new Retailer Class “C” Restaurant license.
Bud Love, 1221 Pennsylvania Ave SE; New Medical Cannabis Retailer license.
High Demand, 511 11th Street SE; New Medical Cannabis Retailer license.
Radici Market, Substantial Change application to change the location of the liquor license to 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE; Request for approval of a stipulated license.
530 5th Street SE Project: Zoning Adjustment Application to construct a two-story plus cellar rear addition, to an existing, attached, two-story with cellar, principal dwelling unit in the RF-1/CAP zone.
530 5th Street SE Project: Historic Preservation Application to construct a two-story plus cellar rear addition, to an existing, attached, two-story with cellar, principal dwelling unit in the RF-1/CAP zone.
Discussion Item: Strategies for Increasing Committee and Task Force Resident Member Participation.
Bylaw Amendment #1: Proposal to Remove Resident Member SMD Residency Requirement for ANC Committees & Task Forces.
Bylaw Amendment #2: Proposal to remove the term limit for the Chair of the ANC.
Discussion Item: Request for Authorization of Commissioner Mareino to Conduct a “Clean Up” Review of the ANC Standing Rules for Commission Approval at a Future Meeting.
ANC6D will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.
For info on how to join the meeting, go here: https://www.anc6d.org/virtual-meetings/
Among items on the draft agenda:
Public Safety Report.
Presentations:
- DCHA – Director Pettigrew.
- Culture House: Grant Support letter.
- DDOT I street Protective Bike Lanes.
- DDOT – I 395 Plans.
Consent Agenda
- Susan G. Komen Walk 9/18 Support Letter
- Children’sNational 5K Support Letter
- Army 10 miler 10/13 Support Letter
Plenary session
- Broccoli Music Festival – Follow up letter to City Council.
- 1250 Maryland avenue. Portal Project – Public Space Plan.
Tuesday September 10
ANC7D will hold a virtual meeting at 6:30pm.
For info on how to join the meeting, go here: https://7d0761.wixsite.com/anc7d-1
Among items on the draft agenda:
DC Government Updates/Presentations
- Mayor’s Office of Community Relations & Services (MOCRS) Ward 7 Representative.
- Office of Ward 7 Councilmember Vincent Gray Casework Representative.
- Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Representatives (THRIVE, 1D, 5D, 6D all invited).
Plenary session:
Missed Alley Trash Collections by DC DPW. Proposed Motion: Commission to send a letter to DPW concerning missed collections.
Rosedale Recreation Center Malfunctioning Alarm. Proposed Motion: Commission to send a letter to DC DGS requesting prompt repair of malfunctioning alarm.
Notice of Intent: East Capitol & 16th Street NE Proposed Motion: Commission to send a letter to DDOT to support & recommend further traffic safety improvements at East Capitol and 16th Streets, NE.
Wednesday, September 11
ANC6C will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm
For info on how to join the meeting, go here: https://anc6c.org/hot-topics/
Among items on the draft agenda:
Consent Calendar
- 622 Massachusetts Avenue, NE. Historic Preservation Application. Opposition.
Plenary Matters
Transportation and Public Space Committee
- TBD
Planning, Zoning, and Economic Development Committee
700 A Street, NE. Proposed letter to DOB, cc to HPO. (World Mission Society Church of God.)
627 A Street, NE. Bureau of Zoning Adjustment Application. (BZA 21163).
Capitol Hill Corner would also like you to know about:
Thursday, September 12, 7:00pm.
Rachel Louise Snyder, Women We Buried, Women We Burned.
East City Bookshop 645 Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast 7:00pm.
East City Bookshop welcomes Rachel Louise Snyder to discuss her book, Women We Buried, Women We Burned, for its paperback release. Kirkus Best Nonfiction Title of 2023.
Note on Format: This hybrid event will have both an in-person component with limited seating as well as a virtual broadcast via Zoom Webinar. Both in-person and virtual attendees will be able to pose questions to the authors during audience Q&A.
Free. Get tickets here: https://bit.ly/4gk7yJe
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